io9: Captain Nemo

Alan Moore announces new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic, featuring the Mountains of Madness

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:00 PST

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Over the weekend, Alan Moore engaged in a 2.5-hour webchat as a fundraiser for Cleveland's Harvey Pekar Library Statue. During this frank conversation, the Bearded Master addressed questions about his feud with Grant Morrison (short answer: there isn't one), why he wrote Neonomicon ("Because I had a massive, massive tax debt."), and the difference between DC resurrecting Watchmen and Moore appropriating literary characters for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: More »

Disney Beaches Captain Nemo

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:10:11 PST

McG's planned reboot of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea has been put on hold by Disney, and McG is no longer attached to direct the project, according to Variety. Maybe they saw how well he treated the Terminator franchise. More »

McG's 20,000 Leagues Gets A Rewrite, Luckily Not By Christian Bale

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:00:00 PDT

Looks like the tide is turning for McG's undersea adventure. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is getting a much needed rewrite. But have Terminator Salvation's numbers scared off the mooted lead actor, Will Smith? More »

Can Justin Marks Scrape 20,000 Layers Of Drek Off McG's Captain Nemo Script?

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:00:00 PST

McG saved Terminator Salvation when he hauled in Jonathan Nolan to revamp the script. Now it seems he may exercise the same good judgement with his Captain Nemo movie's tawdry montage-and-angst-laden draft. More »

McG's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Trumps His Superman Movie

Meredith Woerner — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:30:41 PST

Now that McG is on the big Terminator ticket, is it time for him to start taking on the next American hero, Superman, or is the next big Hollywood hero Will Smith as Captain Nemo? More »

Sexual Swordplay, 80s Montages and Murder Dominate McG's 20,000 Leagues

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:51:09 PST

Curious as to what the Terminator Salvation director has in store for Captain Nemo? Check out all the details on McG's Nemo origins tale, stuffed to the gills with montages and sexy sword-fighting. More »