Ten years after their big screen appearance, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s Victorian-era heroes The League of Extraordinary Gentleman are set to return, with Fox placing an off-season order for a TV pilot from writer-producer Michael Green (Green Lantern, Heroes).
Starting its run in 1999, the comic book series focusses on a group of Victorian literary characters – including Allan Quartermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, The Invisible Man and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – who team up to fight various villains such as Fu Manchu and Professor Moriarty. The comic was loosely adapted into a feature film in 2003, with Stephen Norrington directing a cast led by Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain.
The pilot for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is being produced by 20th Century Fox Television, with Green serving as showrunner and executive producing alongside Erwin Stoff (The Matrix). Should it receive a full season order it would become the latest in a number of high profile comic book adaptations to arrive on the small screen, including The Walking Dead, Arrow and the forthcoming Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Originally published July 10, 2013. Updated April 11, 2018.
