Dexter Fletcher Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Dexter Fletcher, perhaps best known for helming Elton John biopic Rocketman, is attached to direct The League of Gentlemen, Paramount Pictures' reimagining of a 1960 British heist movie. Bek Smith, who earned a story credit on the billion-dollar-grossing Moana 2, wrote the script. The feature project is described as a modern-day remake of the 1960 movie of the same name. That film, which adapted a 1958 novel by John Boland, told of former British Army officers who rob a bank in London. Jack Hawkins and Richard Attenborough were among the stars. Related Stories Movies Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans to Star in Dark Comedy 'Honey Don't!' Movies Chris Evans Says Audience Appetite for Movies Like 'Ghosted' Is There but Apple Film "Could Have Been Better" Opera and theater producer Dalia Ibelhauptaitė, who is married to Fletcher, is attached to exec produce. Michael Attenborough, Richard Attenborough's son, and Emma Forbes, daughter of the original movie's screenwriter, Bryan Forbes, are also exec producing. Fletcher has been involved in the project since early 2024, but his role has only come to light now. The project was in development at Skydance but has now migrated to Paramount in the wake of the merger. Smith came out of the Marvel writers program and has worked on several features in development, including an adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book Reborn for Netflix and the DC/Vertigo title 100 Bullets for New Line. Fletcher was an actor before transitioning to directing movies, including Eddie the Eagle, which starred Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman. In addition to the well-regarded Rocketman, he is known for replacing Bryan Singer as the director of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. He last directed the big-budget Apple TV/Skydance movie Ghosted, which starred Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. Fletcher is repped by CAA and Sloan Offer, Smith by Verve, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment and Ginsburg Daniels. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Venice Film Festival 2025 'Dead Man's Wire' Review: Bill Skarsgard Does His Strongest Work to Date in Gus Van Sant's Stylish and Gripping '70s Throwback Venice 2025 Kathryn Bigelow's 'A House of Dynamite' Lights Up Venice Film Festival With 11-Minute Standing Ovation Telluride Film Festival 'Karl' Review: A Likable Lagerfeld Documentary Prioritizes Breadth Over Depth Venice Film Festival 2025 'A House of Dynamite' Review: Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson in Kathryn Bigelow's Precision-Tooled, Viscerally Unsettling Nail-Biter Richard Gelfond David Keighley, Pioneer of Large-Format Cinema at Imax, Dies at 77 Venice Film Festival 2025 'The Stranger' Review: François Ozon's Bold and Beautiful Adaptation of the Classic Novel by Albert Camus Venice Film Festival 2025 'Dead Man's Wire' Review: Bill Skarsgard Does His Strongest Work to Date in Gus Van Sant's Stylish and Gripping '70s Throwback Venice 2025 Kathryn Bigelow's 'A House of Dynamite' Lights Up Venice Film Festival With 11-Minute Standing Ovation Telluride Film Festival 'Karl' Review: A Likable Lagerfeld Documentary Prioritizes Breadth Over Depth Venice Film Festival 2025 'A House of Dynamite' Review: Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson in Kathryn Bigelow's Precision-Tooled, Viscerally Unsettling Nail-Biter Richard Gelfond David Keighley, Pioneer of Large-Format Cinema at Imax, Dies at 77 Venice Film Festival 2025 'The Stranger' Review: François Ozon's Bold and Beautiful Adaptation of the Classic Novel by Albert Camus