'Dracula Year Zero' Writers Sign for 'Flash Gordon' Update
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Sony, Scripts, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
Usually when a harebrained idea like remaking Flash Gordon starts to make the rounds, you can usually count on it being at least a few years down the line -- but I guess today I'm just not that lucky. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless have now signed to pen the update of the classic sci-fi tale with Sahara director Breck Eisner at the helm. Eisner signed to direct last May, and with the addition of the screenwriting duo, it could mean the project just entered the fast track. Sazama and Sharpless have had a busy 2008, and were already hard at work on scripting duties for Alex Proya's Dracula Year Zero and Zack Snyder's Cobalt 60 when the Flash deal finalized.For those of you out there not familiar with the Depression-era hero, Flash Gordon centered on a dashing polo player who is abducted and taken to the faraway planet Mongo. Along with his gal-pal *
This latest incarnation of the adventurer/polo player will mark the third time the classic comic strip has had a home on the big screen (including the original serial). Now that Hollywood is mining the comic book store at a furious pace, the third time could be a charm for Flash.
But it's going to be pretty hard to top Dino DeLaurentiis' psychedelic trip of a film back in 1980 -- don't ya think?
*Correction: Apologies to all the Flash fans out there; Flash's better half was Dale Arden.
Jeremy Renner Wants To Be An Avenger
Directors We Love: Jim Jarmusch
Indie Roundup: 'Sweetgrass,' 'Clarkworld,' 'Broken Embraces'
Shelf Life: Fight Club_thumbnail.jpg)
Watch: Famous 'Matrix' Scene Re-Created with LEGOs
_thumbnail.jpg)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-08-2008 @ 7:28PM
Rich Drees said...
Actually, there were three serials, so this will be the fifth time Flash has hit the big screen. ;)
Reply
8-08-2008 @ 9:12PM
FilmFan said...
And it's DALE, not Gail! Tchaa. Poor Flash research skillz there. Poor.
Reply
8-08-2008 @ 10:16PM
stephen said...
I cannot seriously believe that you can put DeLaurentis's campy toilet paper version in any league.Even a Roger Corman's version ought to be better! Hopefully Burt's last name isn't indictative of how he writes scripts and plots.
Reply
8-09-2008 @ 9:30AM
Jim B said...
A darker version of Flash Gordon would be nice. It worked in Batman. I would also like to see a new Star Trek series that is set 80 years after the Next Generation series.
Reply