Well...

[venta]

At the cinema last night, I discovered that there's a film being made of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Did everyone else know this ? Why didn't you tell me ?

This makes me happy.

Unfortunately, from the look of the trailer, it isn't necessarily going to be a good film.

Oh, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Pirates. Zombies. It's bound to be a winner :)

Comments

Thanks for the link

[wimble.livejournal.com]

Ah. I had been wondering who Sean Connery was playing as "the world's greatest adventurer". It's Allan Quartermain. Yup, that makes sense.

Pirates

[wimble.livejournal.com]

The IMDB page has, as the second line on the cast list:

Ben Wilson (V) .... Seedy Prisoner

Presumably, as a main character (since he's not in the "rest of the cast listed alphabetically" section). Wow, a character who is so Seedy that that's his name! I'm sure I shouldn't be, but I'm actually impressed.

[leathellin.livejournal.com]

Well I knew. It will be a disappointment though.

This whole Hellblazer movie thing seems to have disappeared into the Hollywood mist which may be a good thing, it might end up with different casting rumours and not moved to New York.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

I knew! And I didn't tell you because, er, you didn't ask. Or maybe it was because I thought it was funnier not to. Yeah, that was probably it.

And yes, I'm also looking forward to Pirates of the Caribbean. Using the link topic of Orlando Bloom: I got some Two Towers Top Trumps yesterday (try saying that when you're drunk) and we observed that Legolas was the only character in the entire pack who didn't have a trade mark sign after his name. Try finding a possible use for that information if you can!

[zandev.livejournal.com]

I saw the trailer quite a while ago, but it looked a bit pants, which was why I didn't mention it. :)

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

My friendslist has been full of "LXG" speculation for months. I thought it best not to spread the information around, of course, preferring to quietly wince.

Film ?!

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Look 'ere - Kevin O'Neill's been my favourite comicbook artist ever since Nemesis. Why on earth would I want to see a film remake featuring none of his work ? Eh ?!

[cuthbertcross.livejournal.com]

Look on the bright side, when a film like LXG is made, even if it's *tripe*, it may provide incentive for a new audience to seek out the graphic novel and think "Ooooh...". It may even be lighthearted and enjoyable tripe...