Dexter Fletcher Takes On The League Of Gentlemen Remake

Dexter Fletcher is lining up another big studio swing: a modern-day remake of the 1960 heist classic The League of Gentlemen. And no, not the British comedy troupe or the Sean Connery comic-book thing. Different league.

The project in a nutshell

• Director: Dexter Fletcher
• Writer: Bek Smith (Moana 2)
• Studio: Now at Paramount following the Skydance Media/Paramount Global merger
• Development history: Fletcher has been attached for over a year, back when it was set up at Skydance
• Angle: A modern-day take on the 1960 film
• Source material: The original starred Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, and Richard Attenborough

What they are remaking, exactly

The 1960 movie follows a crew of ex-British Army officers, all fed up with regular life, who get recruited by a bitter former colonel named Hyde. His pitch: use military discipline to pull off a meticulously planned bank job. They train like it is a real operation, run drills, the whole nine yards. Of course, once you add money, egos, and human frailty to that level of precision, things start to fray. It is a tight, tactically minded heist story with a very British streak of cynicism.

Inside baseball on the studio shuffle

Here is the boring-but-useful context: this remake started development at Skydance. Now that Skydance Media and Paramount Global are under one roof, the project lives at Paramount. That corporate handoff is why you might be seeing it pop back up now.

Fletcher's recent track record

Fletcher's last movie was Ghosted, the 2023 Apple TV+ romantic action-adventure that paired Chris Evans (as a straight-arrow guy named Cole) with Ana de Armas (as Sadie, who turns out to be a secret agent). It was, at the time, Apple's most-watched movie debut. Critics were not on board, and even Evans shrugged at the result later, saying:

"We could have been better."

Evans also suggested the film was trying to revive a style of old-school, star-driven romp he still believes audiences want, but admitted the execution did not land. Fair read.

So, does The League of Gentlemen make sense now?

Honestly, yeah. A clean, character-driven heist that runs like a military op is timeless. Updating it to the present could be tricky tone-wise — disillusioned veterans and crime hit different today — but there is a sharp, relevant movie in there if the script threads that needle. With Bek Smith writing and Fletcher steering, this one is worth keeping an eye on.