Flash Gordon (remake)

[Brian in Mesa]

'Flash Gordon' Movie in the Works at Fox

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/flash-gordon-movie-works-at-698291

Flash Gordon could be rocketing back to the big screen.

Twentieth Century Fox has closed a deal to pick up the screen rights to the pulp comic-strip hero in a package that has John Davis producing and J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, the up-and-coming scribes who just worked on Star Trek 3, on board to write the script.

Gordon is the hero first created in 1934 by iconic artist Alex Raymond who, along with the lovely Dale Arden and mad scientist Hans Zasrkov, ends up on the planet Mongo fighting its tyrannical ruler, Ming the Merciless.

The popular strip spawned three Buster Crabbe serials and in 1980 came the cheesy, colorful Flash Gordon movie, which had a soundtrack by Queen and cast that included Timothy Dalton, Max von Sydow and Chaim Topol. (Sam Jones played Gordon, who original backstory of being a polo player was modernized to be a football player.)

 

[Zeno]

They need to keep the 1980 theme song just for nostalgia sake

 

[BigRedRage]

flesh?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

 

[Stout]

That was a hilarious part of a hilarious movie.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Matthew Vaughn in Talks to Direct 'Flash Gordon'

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/matthew-vaughn-talks-direct-flash-788921

Matthew Vaughn, savior of the universe?

Vaughn, basking in the success of his surprise hit Kingsman: The Secret Service, is in negotiations to direct Flash Gordon, a movie based on the classic comic strip character that is set up at Twentieth Century Fox.

The studio picked up the project almost a year ago, with John Davis and King Features producing. Davis spent more than a year acquiring the rights from the Hearst Corporation.

Gordon is the adventurer first created in 1934 by iconic artist Alex Raymond. The hero, along with the lovely Dale Arden and mad scientist Hans Zasrkov, ends up on the planet Mongo fighting its tyrannical ruler, Ming the Merciless.

The strip was a major influence on pop culture, spawning three Buster Crabbe serials and, of course, the cheesy 1980 movie best known for its soundtrack by Queen. One of the character's lasting effects was in shaping the mind of a young George Lucas, who paid homage to the Gordon serials with Star Wars.

J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay (Star Trek 3) wrote the script, working off a treatment by Nolfi.