The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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Adaptations

A film starring Sean Connery and directed by Stephen Norrington was released on July 7, 2003 in the United States. It adds the additional characters Tom Sawyer (from the novels by Mark Twain; he is portrayed anachronistically as a young man in the film) and Dorian Gray (from the novel by Oscar Wilde), as well as a new villain. Characters from the comic are also changed:

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Film - Sean Connery - Stephen Norrington - July 7 - 2003 - United States - Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain - Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

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• Quatermain is the leader of the team, and is not recovering from an opium addiction as he is in the comic.
• Mina Murray is still Mina Harker, and a vampire,
• The Invisible Man is a new character known as Rodney Skinner, a thief who has stolen the invisibility formula (because the film-makers were unable to obtain the rights to Wells' character). While Dr. Hawley Griffin from the comic is a sociopath, Rodney Skinner is merely mischievous.
• Jekyll and Hyde appear, but they are also portayed in a more favorable light in the film than they are in the comic.

In a move reminiscent of the James Bond novels, the League is recruited by a character known as "M". Moriarty from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories also makes an appearance, as does a character referred to as the "Fantom" who resembles the Phantom of the Opera or French master villain Fantomas. The character of Campion Bond was supposed to appear (one media report suggested that he would be played by Roger Moore, thereby having two former James Bonds in one movie), but the character was dropped before filming began.

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James Bond - Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes - Phantom of the Opera - Fantomas - Roger Moore

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This film is not to be confused with the film of The League of Gentlemen, which was a 1960 British heist film.

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The League of Gentlemen - 1960

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