The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

In 1899, a terrorist group led by the Fantômas cause international tension, breaking into the Bank of England to steal Leonardo da Vinci's blueprints of Venice's foundations, and then kidnap German scientists. The British Empire sends Sanderson Reed to Kenya to recruit adventurer and hunter Allan Quatermain. Quatermain, retired following the death of his son, at first refuses until a group of assassins are sent to kill him, resulting in the death of his longtime partner, Nigel. In London, Quatermain meets "M", who is forming the latest generation of the History of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He reveals the Fantom plans to start a World War I by bombing a secret meeting of world leaders in Venice. The new League consists of Quatermain, Captain Nemo, vampiric chemist Mina Harker, and The Invisible Man.