The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) | League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Wiki The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) 375pages on Share The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 superhero film, loosely based on the first volume of the comic book series of the same name. It was released on July 11, 2003 in the United States, was distributed by 20th Century Fox, directed by Stephen Norrington, and starred Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng and Richard Roxburgh. It is an action adventure film set late in the late 19th Century, featuring an assortment of fictional literary characters appropriate to the period, who act as Victorian Era superheroes. The film adaptation's plot and general atmosphere, however, is very far from the original comic book. The characters draw from creations by H. R. Haggard, Bram Stoker, Iam Fleming, H. G.

Wells, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and Robert Lewis Stevenson, among many others. The film was intended to spawn a Film Franchie based on further titles in the original comic book series, and this first film was indeed financially successful. It was however critically panned, and a lack of enthusiasm for a sequel resulted in the film franchise idea being dropped. Contents Edit In 1899, an attack on the Bank of England in London is committed by a group of men who appear to be German soldiers using advanced explosives and automatic weapons, and even the first ever tank. This is followed by an attack on a German Zeppelin factory in Berlin by the same men, this time dressed as British soldiers, that leads Europe to the brink of war. An emissary of the British government, Sanderson Reed , arrives in a gentlemen's club in British East Africa , hoping to recruit the legendary, but now aged, hunter and adventurer Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) to investigate the situation. Though Quatermain's sense of patriotism has waned, he wishes to protect his beloved Africa from war and agrees, especially after his lodge is attacked and destroyed by a band of assassins.

In London, Quatermain meets with the mysterious " M ", who explains his plan to assemble a modern version of a group of talented individuals known as the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", which aids the world in times of need, in this case to combat the threat of the " Fantom ", who is the true mastermind of the current crisis, and ensure world peace, by stopping him from destroying Venice . Quatermain is introduced to the Indian Captain Nemo , Commander of the world's only submersible vessel Nautilus ; invisible gentleman thief Rodney Skinner , who works for the government in hopes of an antidote for the invisibility serum he stole; and Mina Harker , a vampire and well-regarded chemical scientist. The group also recruits the mysterious immortal Dorian Gray , Dr. Henry Jekyll (who can transform into the superhumanly strong Edward Hyde under the effects of a special elixir), and American Secret Service Agent Tom Sawyer ; in Hyde's case, he has to be hunted down by Quatermain and Sawyer before Jekyll offers his services for reprieve in London for his crimes as Hyde. With the team complete, the group takes off on Nemo's submarine, the Nautilus, and set off for Venice.

The group worry there is a traitor in their midst when flash powder is found in the wheel room of the Nautilus, and a vial of Jekyll's transformation serum is determined to be missing. Naturally, all think that the invisible thief, Skinner, is the culprit, but nothing can be done about it since Skinner is nowhere to be found. Though the group reaches Venice in time, a series of bombs that has been planted under the city start to detonate shortly after, toppling buildings in a domino effect. The team decides that knocking one of the buildings out of the sequence is the only way to stop the chain of explosions. Nemo has a missile that can be fired from the Nautilus at the building in question, but only if a beacon can be set in place. Since Nemo can track his "automobile," allowing it to serve as the beacon, Sawyer drives the car past the chain of explosions, as Gray and Mina disembark to fight the Fantom's henchmen. Quatermain, meanwhile, notices and gives chase to the Fantom on foot. During the chase, The Fantom is unmasked and revealed to be M, who then escapes.

At the same time, Sawyer crashes the car into the target building, while firing a flare, which signals Nemo to launch his missile. The building is destroyed, the chain of explosions stops, and Venice is saved. The League regroups at the Nautilus, where Quatermain reveals that M is behind everything. Nemo's first mate, Ishmael , also reveals that Gray, not Skinner, is the traitor, as he had been mortally shot by Gray, who escapes in an exploration pod. Nemo sets the Nautilus in pursuit, but a record is found from M and Gray, revealing that the League was a ruse so that M could steal physical elements from each of the League members, so as to construct an army of super-powered soldiers; Captain Nemo's science and technology, Jekyll's formula, Mina's blood, and a sample of Skinner's invisible skin; Quatermain was merely used to capture Hyde. M seeks to profit by starting a world war and selling armaments and weaponry based on the powers of the League to the combatant countries. As the record is played, it also releases a second, high-frequency signal which sets off three bombs in the ship, but Hyde is able to stop the ship from sinking.

Following a signal from Skinner, who had stowed away on Gray's vessel before he escaped, the Nautilus follows to the Asiatic Arctic, and the League travels to a cave overlooking an industrial fortress. Skinner meets with the group (who then apologizes to him for falsely condemning him as the traitor) there, and tells them that M has a number of scientists and their families held as hostages and slaves in his munitions factory, where the new weapons are being constructed. Splitting up, the League infiltrates the factory. Nemo and Hyde free the scientists and their families; Sawyer and Quatermain go after M. Mina goes in search of Gray, while Skinner sets off to plant some explosives to destroy the factory. Nemo and Hyde run into M's second-in-command, Dante, who drinks a very large dose of Jekyll's formula and transforms into a gigantic, hulking monster to combat Hyde. Mina fights a stalemate battle with Gray; little is accomplished as they are both immortal, until she confronts him with the enchanted portrait of himself. When he sets eyes upon the painting, he ages rapidly, dies, and decays.

Quatermain confronts M in his lair and reveals his deduction that M is none other than the supposedly dead Professor James Moriarty , nemesis of Sherlock Holmes. As the explosives go off, Nemo and Jekyll manage to escape the building through a small hole in the wall, while Dante, being far too large to fit, is crushed to death by falling debris. Quatermain, about to kill Moriarty, sees Sawyer being held at knifepoint and chooses to save Sawyer at the cost of being stabbed himself. Sawyer is forced to use the marksmanship skills that Quatermain had taught him, and manages to kill a fleeing Moriarty before he can leave in his stolen submersible vessel. Quatermain dies soon after, telling Sawyer that the new century belongs to him now. The League assembles in Africa to bury Quatermain. As the group departs, a tribal witch doctor takes handfuls of dirt from Quatermain's grave and begins a ritual chant. We are reminded of a witch doctor's pronouncement, recounted by Quatermain at the beginning of the movie, that Africa would not let Quatermain die. The earth shakes violently, making the rifle that Sawyer had left on the grave shake.

Lightning strikes Quatermain's grave right before the screen cuts to black. Cast Edit Parts of the movie were filmed in Hungary [1] and in the Czech Republic. [2] The original film included a character named Eva Draper (played by Winter Ave Zoli ), who was the daughter of German scientist Karl Draper. She was cut from the film but remained in the promotional material. She appeared in two scenes. The first scene was cut from the film, while in the second she was digitally replaced by another character. A brief fight scene featuring Sawyer and the replacement character was rotoscoped into the movie, which took West by surprise. Connery had many disputes with the director. [3] Norrington did not attend the opening party. When asked where the director could be, Connery said, "Check the local asylum." Norrington reportedly did not like the studio supervision and was "uncomfortable" with large crews. [4] For the script, the character "The Invisible Man" was changed to "An Invisible Man" since Fox was unable to obtain the rights to that character. A Fu Manchu character was also dropped from the script.

At Fox's request, the character of Tom Sawyer was added to the film so it could appeal to American audiences and give the movie some "youth appeal." Producer Don Murphy, who described the request as a "stupid studio note," later stated that the move to add Sawyer was "brilliant." [4] The studio put pressure on the filmmakers so it could be released in the summer. Some people at Fox wanted it to be released in the fall, but the Los Angeles Times reported that Fox already had Master and Commander lined up for the fall. The production ran into some trouble when a special effects set did not pan out as intended, forcing the filmmakers to have to quickly look for another effects shop. [4] Connery was paid $17 million USD for his role in the film. This left the filmmakers without much money to attract other big-name stars for the ensemble cast. [4] In an interview with The Times, O’Neill said he believed that the film failed because it was not respectful to the source material. He did not recognize the characters when reading the screenplay. He also said that Norrington and Connery did not get along.

Finally, O'Neill said that the comic book version of Allan Quatermain was a lot better than the movie version. [5] Lawsuit Edit The Cast of Characters vs. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen lawsuit involved Larry Cohen and Martin Poll filing a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized a script of theirs entitled Cast of Characters in order to create this film. According to the BBC , the lawsuit alleged "that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name the Cast of Characters." [6] [7] [8] The lawsuit alleged that Fox had solicited the comics series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen from Moore as a "smokescreen" for their intent to produce a movie plagiarizing Cast of Characters. [6] [7] [8] It also claimed that both films shared similar public domain characters, including Tom Sawyer and Dorian Gray , characters who did not appear in the comic book series. [9] Although Fox dismissed the lawsuit as "absurd nonsense" [8] , the case was ultimately settled out-of-court, a decision which Moore, according to the New York Times "took ...

as an especially bitter blow, believing that he had been denied the chance to exonerate himself." [10] Reception Edit Critical reaction to the film was generally negative, garnering a 16% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 166 reviews and a score of 30 out of 100 on Metacritic based on thirty-six reviews. Empire magazine gave it two stars out of five whilst criticizing the film's expository dialogue and lack of character depth, saying it 'flirts dangerously close with one-star ignominy'. Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill also criticized and rejected the film. O'Neill stated that the characters were unrecognizable to their comic book counterparts, particularly referring to Mina Murray's radical status as a vampire, and ultimately concluded that the film failed because of its failure to follow the source material. Alan Moore initially agreed not to see the film (to date he has not watched any film adaptation of his works) but to wish it well while profiting from it, though following LXG he would cut his ties to Hollywood altogether, refusing credit and royalties for the subsequent film adaptations of Constantine, V for Vendetta and Watchmen.

The film grossed an estimated $66,465,204 in Canada and the United States , $12,603,037 in the United Kingdom and $12,033,033 in Spain. [11] Worldwide the film took $179,265,204. [12] DVD Sales & Rentals The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen earned a total of $48,640,000 in rentals with $14,810,000 from Video rentals and $33,830,000 from DVD Rentals. [13] DVD sales meanwhile gathered revenue of $36,400,000. [14] Other media A novelization of the movie was written by Kevin J. Anderson and released shortly before the movie. The soundtrack album was also released internationally but not in the United States. Notes The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) - Quotes - IMDb The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Rodney Skinner (The Invisible Man) : Well, I thought I just did.

[Mina slaps him] Tom Sawyer : I can already. Allan Quatermain : Oh, I saw. Very American. Fire enough bullets and hope to hit the target. [Dorian and Mina, both immortals, are fighting] Dorian Gray : We'll be at this all day. [She stabs him in the groin] Dorian Gray : [gasping] If that had been permanent, I'd have been very upset! Dr. Henry Jekyll : So, we're done? Tom Sawyer : No, we're alive. If M has any idea to the contrary, that gives us an edge. Captain Nemo : The sea is vast, he could be anywhere. Tom Sawyer : Yeah, well, I'm an optimist, now maybe that's a crime to you twisted so-and-so's but it keeps me from going crazy. Mina Harker : Your optimism's out of place. Tom Sawyer : You're wrong! Because we'll get out, man... at least, I will. That other agent I told you about... was my childhood friend. We were agents together until the Fantom shot him dead. Now you can be done, but I am not. I will avenge his death. Dr.

Henry Jekyll : It's not about any one of us, Tom, it's bigger than that. Tom Sawyer : Yes, it is, Jekyll! The fate for the world is in our hands... the world! So M tricked you, he brought you all together and you walked straight into his trap. But the way that I see it, that's the part he did wrong... He brought you together. Dr. Henry Jekyll : He has a point. Allan Quartermain : And the boy becomes a man... perhaps a leader of men. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) | Hollywood Subliminals Breaking the Spell The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 superhero film adaptation loosely based on characters from the comic book limited series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore, who is also famous for Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell. It was released on July 11, 2003, in the United States, and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

It was directed by Stephen Norrington and starred Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, and Richard Roxburgh. It is an action and fantasy film set in the late 19th century, featuring an assortment of fictional literary characters appropriate to the period, who act as Victorian Era superheroes. It draws on the works of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Ian Fleming, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Gaston Leroux, and Mark Twain, albeit all adapted for the film. The plot and general atmosphere are very far from those of the original comic book. The film was a box-office financial success, with worldwide revenue of $179,265,204, rental revenue of $48,640,000, and DVD sales as of 2003 at $36,400,000. Though not popular with critics, the movie has a cult following, particularly within the Victorian steampunk community.

It was intended to spawn a film franchise based on further titles in the original comic book series, but there was little enthusiasm for a sequel due to various reasons. PLOT SUMMARY In 1899, men dressed as German soldiers attack the Bank of England and steal Leonardo da Vinci’s layouts of Venice’s foundations. Shortly after, led by their leader the “Fantom”, the men dressed as British officers kidnap German scientists and destroy a factory, causing tension between England and Germany which could lead to war, with both attacks marked by highly advanced weaponry (for the time) such as tanks and machine guns. Sanderson Reed of the British Empire ventures to Kenya, visiting a gentlemen’s club to recruit world-renowned hunter and adventurer Allan Quatermain. Quatermain has no interest in helping, having retired and mourns the loss of his son after his last adventure. Assassins arrive to kill Quatermain but he defeats them, only for a bomb to destroy the club, forcing Quatermain to agree to work with Reed.

In London, Quatermain meets “M”, Reed’s employer, who explains the Fantom plans to destroy Venice to prevent a meeting between the leaders of the world, his ultimate goal being to start a world war and arms race to profit from sale of his weapons. To combat the Fantom, a team of unique individuals known as the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is being formed – consisting of Quatermain himself, Captain Nemo, chemist Mina Harker, and invisible thief Rodney Skinner. M sends the group to recruit their fifth member, immortal Dorian Gray, who remains youthful while a currently missing portrait of himself ages. Dorian once was infatuated with Mina, but refuses to join the team. The Fantom and his assassins attack, but thanks to the presence of U.S. Secret Service Agent Tom Sawyer, who snuck in, the assassins are defeated although the Fantom escapes. Mina is revealed to be a vampire when a surviving assassin tries to take her hostage. Dorian and Sawyer join the team and set off to recruit their final member, Mr. Hyde, in Captain Nemo’s ship, the Nautilus.

After capturing Hyde in Paris, Quatermain negotiates with him into joining the team by offering amnesty for his past crimes. Hyde agrees, turning into his harmless self, Dr. Jekyll. On the way to Venice, Quatermain bonds with Sawyer and teaches him to be a better marksman. It eventually becomes clear there is a traitor on board when a camera’s flash powder is found in the ship’s wheelhouse and one of Dr. Jekyll’s transformation formulas goes missing. Skinner is quickly accused of being the saboteur, but he disappears. Arriving in Venice, the league are shocked when bombs planted beneath the city begin to destroy building in a domino effect but Nemo concludes they can stop the chain reaction by destroying a building out of sequence using one of the Nautilus’ missiles. Quatermain, Sawyer, Mina and Dorian take Nemo’s automobile to outrun the chain reaction with Dorian and Mina leaping out to fight the Fantom’s men. Quatermain spots the Fantom and confronts him, revealing him to be none other than M. Sawyer manages to signal for the missile to be launched and Venice is saved.

Dorian returns to the ship and kills Nemo’s first mate Ishmael, revealing he is the traitor. The league learns of M and Dorian’s treachery, who escape in an exploration pod. A phonograph record made by M is found, M explaining his true goal was to gather physical elements of the team (Skinner’s invisible skin, Jekyll’s Hyde formula, Mina’s blood, and Nemo’s technology, while he only needed Quatermain to capture Hyde) to make superhuman formulas to sell to the highest paying countries, with Dorian revealing bombs are hidden on the ship. The bombs detonate, damaging the ship, but Hyde drains the flooding water from the Nautilus’ engine rooms. Skinner, who stowed away on Dorian’s pod, messages the group to follow his lead. The Nautilus travels to the Arctic where the league reunites with Skinner. Skinner reveals M runs a factory where the kidnapped scientists are forced to make the superhuman formulas and weaponized versions of the Nautilus are being constructed.

The league break into the factory and split up to stop M – Nemo and Hyde free the scientists and their families, Skinner sets bombs to destroy the factory, Mina goes to kill Dorian, and Quatermain and Sawyer go after M, who is revealed to be Professor James Moriarty, who was believed to have died in his battle with Sherlock Holmes. Mina confronts Dorian and kills him by exposing his portrait to him. Quatermain fights Moriarty who points out Sawyer has been taken captive by an invisible Reed. Quatermain shoots Reed, but is then stabbed by Moriarty who escapes out of a window with the collection of formulas. Sawyer manages to use Quatermain’s teachings to shoot Moriarty dead from afar, the formulas sinking into the icy waters below. Quatermain dies but tells Sawyer to enjoy the new century. Quatermain is buried in Kenya beside his son, but the other league members recall how he said that a witch doctor would never let him die as long as he was in Africa. After Sawyer, Mina, Nemo, Skinner and Dr.

Jekyll depart, the witch doctor appears and uses a ritual to summon a bolt of lightning which strikes Quatermain’s grave, implying the hunter is to be resurrected as promised. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen can be found here . Is 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' based on a book? The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by British writer Alan Moore, illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, and launched in 1999 as part of the America's Best Comics imprint of Wildstorm Comics. British screenwriter James Dale Robinson adapted the comics for the screen.

Who are the extraordinary "gentlemen" in the league? They are all characters from fictional novels and include: Allan Quatermain [ Sean Connery ], an English big game hunter introduced in the King Solomon's Mines novels of British author H. Rider Haggard. Captain Nemo [ Naseeruddin Shah ], a scientific genius who roams the depths of the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus, in two of French author Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874). Mina Harker [ Peta Wilson ], the wife of Jonathan Harker, a solicitor who traveled to Transylvania to sell London properties to Count Dracula and later lived to regret it in the novel Dracula (1897) by Irish author Bram Stoker. Dorian Gray [ Stuart Townsend ], a character created by Irish author Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). Dorian's picture grows older but Dorian does not. Rodney Skinner, The Invisible Man [ Tony Curran ], a thief who apparently stole the invisibility formula from the invisible man of English author H.G.

Wells' 1897 novel of the same name (still under copyright). Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde [ Jason Flemyng ], from Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Special agent Tom Sawyer [ Shane West ] of the American Secret Service. From the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain although, in that novel, he is only a young boy 'Mr. India' to 'Mr. X': Fascination with the 'invisible man' continues - Entertainment Entertainment By A correspondent | Posted 18-Apr-2015 Now Available on the mid-day iOS App, Download Now Isn't it fascinating when someone tells you that you can see something that's invisible? It is this bait that filmmakers use to keep the audience hooked on to their stories on screen. And director Vikram Bhatt, too, plays up the disappearing act by giving us an invisible hero in Emraan Hashmi with his latest release 'Mr. X'. As the sci-fi thriller 'Mr. X' hits the theatres, we bring you a list of seven films featuring characters with invisibility powers. Wouldn't you want to be in their shoes?

1. 'Mr. X' (2015) Emraan Hashmi and Amyra Dastur sharing a liplock in 'Mr. X'. Pic/Santa Banta This 3D sci-fi revenge drama tells the story of Raghuram Rathod (Emraan Hashmi), who gains the power of invisibility and turns a vigilante to avenge those who have wronged him. Emraan stays true to his serial kisser image and his invisible avatar indulges in a liplock with co-star Amyra Dastur in the film. 2. 'Mr. India' (1987) Anil Kapoor in a still from 'Mr. India'. Pic/YouTube Shekhar Kapur's sci-fi family entertainer, 'Mr. India', remains to be a cult classic. The film not only gave us a memorable invisible hero in Anil Kapoor, but also a remarkable villain in Amrish Puri. And his quote, “Mogambo khush hua”, always found a way into conversations with friends and family. 3. 'Gayab' (2004) Tusshar Kapoor and Antara Mali in 'Gayab'.

Pic/Santa Banta Frustrated of being ignored and made fun of, Vishnu Prasad Singh (Tusshar Kapoor) wishes to disappear. And just when you thought the almighty doesn't pay heed to your needs, his wish gets granted! The film further revolves around his attempts to win over the only spark in his life, his ladylove Mohini (Antara Mali). 4. 'Mr. X in Bombay' (1964) Kishore Kumar in 'Mr. X in Bombay'. Pic/YouTube When Kishore Kumar's character, Sudarshan, drinks a potion and tries to kill himself on being rejected by his love interest, he becomes invisible! 5. 'Hollow Man' (2000) A still from 'Hollow Man'. Pic/YouTube Inspired by HG Wells' novel 'The Invisible Man', this film revolves around a scientist, played by Kevin Bacon, who becomes invisible with the help of a serum and goes on a killing spree, taking advantage of his invisibility. It was nominated for an Oscar for Visual Effects, but lost to 'Gladiator'. 6.

'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' (2003) The invisible thief, Rodney Skinner, from 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' (2003). Pic/YouTube This superhero action film, set in the late 19th century, is loosely based on the comic book series 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. Amidst the plethora of unique individuals known as the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, is the invisible thief Rodney Skinner, played by Tony Curran. 7. 'Hotel Transylvania' (2012) Poster of 'Hotel Transylvania' featuring the invisible man, Griffin (third from left). Pic/Santa Banta This 3D computer-animated fantasy comedy film tells the story of Count Dracula, the owner of Hotel Transylvania, a place where the world's monsters take rest from human civilization. David Spade voices the character of Griffin, the invisible man, and among Dracula's friends who enter the hotel. The list doesn't end here. Cinema has had many more invisible heroes such as Ashok Kumar in 'Mr.

X' (1957), Claude Rains in 'The Invisible Man' (1933) and Chevy Chase in 'Memoirs of an Invisible Man'. And the cinematic experiments with invisibility will, in all probability, continue further as we wait with bated breath for the next disappearing act to unravel on screen. Tags: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) | Universal Monsters Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) 837pages on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Theatrical release poster Box office $179,265,204 It is an action adventure film set in the late 19th century, featuring an assortment of fictional literary characters appropriate to the period, who act as Victorian Era superheroes . It draws on the works of Jules Verne , H. G. Wells , Bram Stoker , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , H. Rider Haggard , Ian Fleming , Herman Melville , Oscar Wilde , Robert Louis Stevenson , Edgar Allan Poe , Gaston Leroux , and Mark Twain , albeit all adapted for the film. The plot and general atmosphere are very far from those of the original comic book.

The film was intended to spawn a film franchise based on further titles in the original comic book series, but it was critically panned, so there was little enthusiasm for a sequel. However, despite negative reviews the film was a box office hit. Contents Edit In an alternate version of 1899, the Bank of England in London is attacked by a group of men who appear to be German soldiers using advanced explosives, automatic weapons, and an armored tank . Next is an attack on a Zeppelin factory in Berlin , by the same men, this time dressed as British soldiers. The British and German Empires are ready to declare war, which many believe will spread throughout Europe . An emissary of the British government, Sanderson Reed ( Tom Goodman-Hill ), arrives in a gentlemen's club in British East Africa , to recruit the legendary, but now aged and world-weary, hunter and adventurer Allan Quatermain ( Sean Connery ) to investigate. Because his adventures had cost the lives of many friends and lovers, two wives, and his beloved only child (a son, who died in his arms), Quatermain's enthusiasm for the British Empire and European wars has waned and he refuses.

The words are hardly out of his mouth when men with automatic rifles burst into the club with attempts to assassinate Quatermain. The automatic rifles cause astonishment, as nobody known yet had invented a machinegun which was as small and light as a rifle. Soon the club is blown up, bringing the threat of war to his beloved Africa, and he agrees. In London, Quatermain meets with the mysterious " M " ( Richard Roxburgh ), who explains his plan to assemble a modern version of a group of talented individuals known as the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", who have aided the world in times of need. In this case, they will combat the threat of the " Fantom ", the true mastermind of the current crisis. M says they can ensure world peace, by stopping him from destroying Venice , where a peace conference is to take place. Quatermain is introduced to: The Indian pirate and technology genius Captain Nemo ( Naseeruddin Shah ), who commands the world's only submarine , the Nautilus , with Ishmael, the narrator in Moby Dick , as his first mate.

An invisible thief by the name of Rodney Skinner ( Tony Curran ), who works for the government in the hope of finding an antidote for the invisibility serum he stole and drank. Mina Harker ( Peta Wilson ), a well-regarded chemist and widow of Jonathan Harker , later revealed to be a vampire with connections to Count Dracula ; she is immortal, strong, can fly, and transform into/summon up a swarm of bats . When the group visits the mysterious immortal Dorian Gray ( Stuart Townsend ), the Fantom and his men attack. They fend off his forces with the help of American Secret Service Agent Tom Sawyer ( Shane West ), who was on an investigation of his own and now joins them, but the Fantom escapes. The League then sets off to Paris to capture Dr. Henry Jekyll ( Jason Flemyng ); his evil form Edward Hyde , a misshapen giant, is found to be terrorizing the Rue Morgue . He is hunted down and captured by Quatermain and Sawyer before Jekyll offers his services for reprieve for his crimes as Hyde in London. With the League complete, they take off on the Nautilus for Venice.

They begin to suspect there is a traitor in their midst when flash powder from a camera is found in the wheelhouse and a vial of Jekyll's transformation serum is found to be missing. Naturally, all think Skinner is the culprit; but, being invisible, Skinner cannot be found. Though the League reaches Venice in time, the bombs planted under the city start to detonate, toppling buildings in a domino effect. The League decides that knocking one of the buildings out of the sequence is the only way to stop the mass collapse. Nemo has a missile that can be fired from the Nautilus at the building in question, but only if a beacon can be set in place. Since Nemo can track his "automobile," allowing it to serve as the beacon, Sawyer drives the car past the chain of explosions, as Dorian Gray and Mina Harker disembark to fight the Fantom's henchmen ambushing them. Quatermain, meanwhile, sees the Fantom and gives chase on foot. During the chase, The Fantom is unmasked and revealed to be M, who then escapes. At the same time, Sawyer crashes the car into the target building while firing a flare, which signals Nemo to launch his missile.

The building is destroyed, the chain of explosions stops, and Venice is saved. The League regroups at the Nautilus, where Quatermain reveals that M is behind everything. Nemo's first mate, Ishmael , although fatally shot, is able to reveal that Gray, not Skinner, is the traitor. Gray escapes in an exploration pod (a mini-sub ), and Nemo sets the Nautilus in pursuit. A phonograph record made by M and Gray is found, revealing that the mission to Venice and the League itself were merely a ruse to enable M to take physical elements (Mina's vampire blood, Skinner's invisible skin, Jekyll's potion, and a photograph of Nemo's technological specs) from each of the supernatural members. He plans to construct an army of soldiers and weapons based on their powers; Quatermain was used only to capture Hyde. M's goal is to amass enormous wealth by starting wars and selling armaments and weaponry to the combatant countries. As the record plays, it releases an ultrasonic signal that sets off three bombs set by Gray before his departure. However, Dr. Jekyll transforms into Hyde and prevents the ship from sinking.

Following a signal from Skinner, who had stowed away on the exploration pod when Gray escaped, the Nautilus follows it to the Asiatic Arctic, where the League finds a cave overlooking an industrial fortress. Skinner appears and tells them that M is holding a number of scientists and their families as hostages and slaves in the fortress, his munitions factory. Splitting up, the League infiltrates the factory: Nemo and Hyde free the scientists and their families; Sawyer and Quatermain go after M; Skinner goes off to plant explosives; and Mina searches for her former lover, Gray. Nemo and Hyde run into M's second-in-command, Dante ( Max Ryan ), who drinks a very large dose of Jekyll's formula and transforms into a gigantic monster to combat Hyde. Mina fights to a stalemate with Gray, as they are both immortal, until she confronts him with his enchanted portrait. When he sets eyes upon the painting, he ages rapidly, dies, and decays to dust. Quatermain, along with Sawyer, confronts M in his lair and reveals his deduction that M is none other than the supposedly dead nemesis of Sherlock Holmes , Professor James Moriarty .

As Skinner's explosives go off, Nemo and Jekyll escape the fortress through a small hole blasted into the wall, while Dante is crushed to death. Quatermain and Sawyer follow Moriarty, and Sawyer is attacked by Moriarty's men. Skinner saves Sawyer but is badly burnt, though he survives. Meanwhile, as Quatermain is about to kill Moriarty, he sees Sawyer being held at knifepoint by an invisible Sanderson Reed and chooses to save Sawyer at the cost of being stabbed himself. Sawyer, using Quatermain's rifle "Mathilda" and the marksmanship skills Quatermain taught him, fatally shoots Moriarty who is fleeing across the ice toward his stolen submersible vessel. As Quatermain dies, he tells Sawyer that the new century belongs to him "as the old one was mine". The surviving League members assemble in Africa to bury Quatermain, next to his son, subsequently deciding to remain together as Nemo invites the League to join him as he sees the world anew as the century turns after hiding away from it for so long.

As they depart, a tribal witch doctor ( Semere-Ab Etmet Yohannes ) takes handfuls of dirt from the grave and begins a ritual chant. We are reminded of a witch doctor's blessing and pronouncement, recounted at the beginning of the movie, that Africa would not let Quatermain die. As the witch doctor chants, the earth shakes, making the rifle Sawyer left on the grave shake. Lightning strikes the rifle and Quatermain's grave, and the screen cuts to black. Cast This movie was filmed in Hungary , [1] Malta , and the Czech Republic . [2] A character named Eva Draper ( Winter Ave Zoli ), the daughter of German scientist Karl Draper, was removed during editing but remained in some of the promotional material. Eva had appeared in two scenes: One ended up on the cutting room floor , and she was digitally replaced with a different character in the other. A brief fight scene featuring Tom Sawyer and the replacement character was rotoscoped into the movie, which certainly took Shane West by surprise. The deleted scenes which feature Draper appear on the DVD. Sean Connery reportedly had many disputes with director [3] Stephen Norrington .

He did not attend the opening party; and, when Connery was asked where the director could be, he is said to have replied, "Check the local asylum." Norrington reportedly did not like the studio supervision and is "uncomfortable" with large crews. [4] For the script, the character "The Invisible Man" was changed to "An Invisible Man" since Fox was unable to obtain the rights to that character. A Fu Manchu character was also dropped from the script. At Fox's request, the character of Tom Sawyer was added for American audiences and to give the movie some "youth appeal." Producer Don Murphy , who described the request as a "stupid studio note," later stated that the move to add Sawyer was "brilliant." [4] The studio put pressure on the filmmakers for a summer release. Some people at Fox wanted it to be released in the fall; but, according to the Los Angeles Times, Fox already had Master and Commander lined up for the fall. The production ran into some trouble when a special effects set did not pan out as intended, forcing the filmmakers to have to quickly look for another effects shop.

[4] Connery was paid $17 million USD for his role, which left the filmmakers little money to attract other big-name stars for the ensemble cast. [4] In an interview with The Times, Kevin O'Neill said he believed the film failed because it was not respectful of the source material. He did not recognize the characters when reading the screenplay. He also said that Norrington and Connery did not get along. Finally, O'Neill said that the comic book version of Allan Quatermain was a lot better than the movie version. [5] Lawsuit Edit In 2003 Larry Cohen and Martin Poll filled a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox , claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized their script Cast of Characters. According to the BBC , the lawsuit alleged "that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name Cast of Characters," [6] [7] [8] and that Fox had solicited the comics series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as a smoke screen. [6] [7] [8] It noted that the films shared public domain characters who did not appear in the comic book series.

[9] Although Fox denied the allegations as "absurd nonsense", [8] the case was settled out of court, a decision Alan Moore , according to the New York Times "took ... as an especially bitter blow, believing that [he] had been denied the chance to exonerate [himself]." [10] Reception Edit Critical reaction to the film was generally negative, garnering a 17% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 176 reviews, [11] and a 30% approval rating on Metacritic based on 36 reviews. [12] Empire magazine gave it two stars out of five whilst criticizing the film's exposition and lack of character depth, saying it 'flirts dangerously close with one-star ignominy'.

[13] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one star out of a possible four stating "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen assembles a splendid team of heroes to battle a plan for world domination, and then, just when it seems about to become a real corker of an adventure movie, plunges into incomprehensible action, idiotic dialogue, inexplicable motivations, causes without effects, effects without causes, and general lunacy. What a mess." [14] However, the film did well at the U.S. box office, opening at #2 behind Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . [15] The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen grossed an estimated $66,465,204 in Canada and the United States , $12,603,037 in the United Kingdom , and $12,033,033 in Spain . Worldwide, the film took $179,265,204.

[16] Home media The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen earned a total of $48,640,000 in rentals with $14,810,000 from video rentals and $33,830,000 from DVD rentals. [17] DVD sales meanwhile gathered revenue of $36,400,000. [17] Other media A novelization of the movie was written by Kevin J. Anderson and released shortly before the movie. The soundtrack album was also released internationally but not in the United States . References rodney skinner | Tumblr rodney skinner Hyde and company and Don’t Starve! The last batch from this month btw! Show Chapter | Archive of Our Own Chapters: 3/? Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Rodney Skinner Additional Tags: Backstory Summary: An exploration of a character created to get around copyright laws. How Rodney Skinner came to become a thief, then the second invisible man, then a secret agent. Based on the comics, movie, and movie novelization of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Also based on the Invisible Man novel and 1933 movie.

Includes easter egg references to many other public domain books and plays (in the way of the lxg) Reblog 5 13 of 100 Fictional Characters I love: Rodney Skinner aka The Invisible Man from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (played by Tony Curran) I know a lot of people said that this movie was crap but I actually really like it. Skinner helped. He has a hot accent. Yes. That is my reason for him being on this list. No fan art here though, all the fan art for Skinner is yaoi - le sigh Loading... Show more notes Reblog I Love The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen because it’s the Ultimate Crossover of Victorian Writers Science Fiction, and That’s what makes it so Great! It even Involves Sherlock Holmes! But I have something against it, which I’m ashamed to admit, But the Fact’s about the Laws of Invisibility are all wrong >.< You will see what I mean when you read “The Invisible Man” by H.G.Wells In the Book The Character with the curse of Being Invisible, is “Mr Griffin”, Not Rodney Skinner (we only Meet Rodney in the League).

And Mr Griffin was a Scientist at a University in England, and His Theory of Becoming Invisible was to allow light to pass through the Body, and in order for this to Work, Mr Griffin had to Bleach his entire Body (and I mean every part - Including Blood cells, Eye’s, Figure/Toe Nails, Vains, absolutely everything within his Body). But in order for that to Work, he had to survive the Procedure, and this procedure took Months. Finally when he had Finnish Bleaching his entire Body, he must then take a Special Remedy that He made (and again, surviving that too). These Task’s where easier for Mr Griffin because he was an Albino. I would like to say why the Original Invisible man was in the League, but that would mean Spoiling the ending of the Invisible Man Invisibility | Superpower Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Invisibility Cancellation and Invisibility Awareness are direct counters to this power. May be limited on how much mass in addition of themselves/others they can affect. May be limited to how far of the body the mass can be to become invisible. May be not be able to revert back to a visible state without meeting certain conditions.

May be limited on how long they may remain invisible. May require great concentration to stay invisible. Users of several vision powers can detect the user. May be always on, limiting the user's interactions with others. User can be detected by senses that don't depend on vision, such as smell, hearing, touch, etc. Rain and other liquids, solids, fire, etc. may show the user's shape while invisible. May be rendered blind on account of their eyes not absorbing any light. May be invisible for only visible light. Known Users Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time) Big Chill (Ben 10) Ectonurites (Ben 10/Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) Zs'Skayr ChamAlien (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) Prisoner 775 (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) Vakama (Bionicle); via Kanohi Huna Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) Dr.

Zoidberg (Futurama: Viva Mars Vegas) Nessies (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch); via Loch-ets Kim Possible (Kim Possible); via her battle suit Anacondrai (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) Experiment 604 "Houdini" (Lilo & Stitch) Vanisher (Miraculous Ladybug) Space Ghost (Space Ghost and Space Ghost Coast to Coast) Sandy Cheeks; as Miss Appear (SpongeBob SquarePants); via Miss Appear's costume Foot Tech Ninjas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2003 TV series) Tygra (Thundercats) Phantom Limb (Venture Bros.); Though it is permanent and only affects his arms and legs Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H) Batina the Hidden (The 99) Gentleman Ghost (DC Comics) Rodney Skinner (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) A-Bomb (Marvel Comics) Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics):Via Mjølnir Namorita (Marvel Comics) Vampires (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) MudBud (Air Buddies series); via Power Ring of Inspiron Ghotas

 (Alien Trespass) Prince Koura (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad);Via his 'Shield of Darkness' The Predator (Predator series) Vanessa (Daughters of the Moon) Vanessa Dahl (Engelsfors) Millard Nullings (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) Hollows (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) Tara (Mostly Ghostly)

Question: Rodney Skinner was an invisible thief in which 2003 superhero movie?
Answer: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.