Aug 7, 2008 by Brian Gallagher

Sony Sets Two Writers on Flash Gordon

A hot comic strip property is speeding through development. According to The Hollywood Reporter Sony has hired screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless to write the adaptation of Flash Gordon.

Flash Gordon, which started as a comic strip by Alex Reynonlds 75 years ago, concentrates on a polo player who is abducted and taken to the planet of Mongo where he battles the villainous Ming the Merciless with his pals Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov.

Breck Eisner is set to direct the film. The project was originally to be developed at Universal, but when the film languished in development, the rights reverted back to the Hearst newspaper empire and its King Features Syndicate, where Sony obtained the rights from.

Flash Gordon was released in 2011. The film is directed by Breck Eisner.


Sources: The Hollywood Reporter

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Comments (31)

  1. SPetnAZ

    I agree. George Lucas to direct. ILM for visual effects. TO SLIM: I understand how you feel. I loved the original, but as you said yourself, the 'children of society" will never know it - unless there is a remake and it is a great story that needs to be told to todays youth. They are missing out on all those great old stories - like the original 'Journey To The Center Of The Earth' - the recent movie sucked. A cheesy 'spin-off'.

    3 years agoby @spetnazFlag

  2. knobie09

    yes,it's lame! i know! but,just think about the possibilities!!! george lucas have got to do this!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  3. knobie09

    YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  4. knobie09

    VOTE GEORGE LUCAS TO DIRECT "FLASH GORDON"!!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  5. knobie09

    VOTE GEORGE LUCAS TO DIRECT "FLASH GORDON"!!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  6. knobie09

    VOTE GEORGE LUCAS TO DIRECT "FLASH GORDON"!!! getting all wound up about this election day hype. sorry!:D

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  7. Solar XI

    LMAO. YEP!

    3 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  8. knobie09

    just pray they do it right this time! yes slim,i tell you... hang tough!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  9. knobie09

    to moviebuff: you hate timothy dalton's acting gig as james bond either because you didn't liked it or because of the automatonic-massive-general opinion who really doesn't know any better? please let us know(jackass!!).

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  10. Solar XI

    No, dont remake it... Here goes another classic children of society will never know about.

    3 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  11. knobie09

    yeah!! yeah!! but george lucas would have to sit on the director's chair this time.

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  12. SPetnAZ

    I vote a classic Steven Spielberg/Goerge Lucas team up. Think Indiana Jones meets Star Wars. Maybe not, but they were a great team. No reason it can't work here.

    3 years agoby @spetnazFlag

  13. knobie09

    i vote for george lucas to make this movie!!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  14. The Kwisatz Haderach

    Yeah Moviebuff the orginal was hilarious! I love it it. It came out on DVD a few months back, so corny it rocks! I dont think it need s a remake but whatever I'll rent it, its hard to beat classic 80's cheese flicks.

    4 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  15. XSSIV

    UGH. Flash Gordon!?!?!

    Someone GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!

    Giddy UP!

    4 years agoby @xssivFlag

  16. The Doctor

    We will have to wait and hopefully see.....

    4 years agoby @ghettokidFlag

  17. The Doctor

    Could be bad and terrible....

    4 years agoby @ghettokidFlag

  18. The Doctor

    Could be good and brilliant....

    4 years agoby @ghettokidFlag

  19. MovieBuff

    The 1980 version with Max Von Sydow and Sam J. Jones had corny special effects but the story was good. If done well, this could be good.

    And don't forget future James Bond Timothy Dalton also appeared in the movie... although he sucked as James Bond hahahaha

    4 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag

  20. knobie09

    yes drexll... i'm speaking to you!!!

    4 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  21. knobie09

    1)you get serious! 2)i completely disagree with you.

    4 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  22. ShadowfoxSC

    kool kool

    4 years agoby @shadowscFlag

  23. drexll

    knobie09 are u serious?!,george lucas would f*ck up a bowl of cornflakes,they should remake flesh gordon with jenna jameson,now that is a movie i would watch!,again and again and again...lol.

    4 years agoby @drexllFlag

  24. Nyfresh

    they need to really do a good job with this one, The Flash is not your average super hero, this might b really cool but with the correct ppl workin on this

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  25. FadelessOrange

    "Gordons Alive?!?!!?"

    4 years agoby @fadelessorangeFlag

  26. knobie09

    george lucas would make a kickass flash gordon film.

    4 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  27. knobie09

    george lucas said he based star wars on inspiration from the flash gordon and buck rogers 1940's movie serials. now imagine george lucas making the homage adaptation to those films... just imagine!

    4 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  28. stodd

    Guys, Flash Gordon was created by Alex RAYMOND -- one of the true pioneers of comic art (strips or otherwise).

    4 years agoby @stoddFlag

  29. Err

    the 80's flash gordon did wonderful things for my imagination, including the effects that ming's daughter had on the pleasure sensors in my brain.

    itll be a hard one to top, but id watch the remake when it came out on dvd. i wouldnt go see it in the theatre unless they surprise me with how well they do it.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  30. Nyfresh

    it was only a matter of time

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

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