Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Trek 3 Scripters Eye "Flash Gordon" Remake

Star Trek 3 writers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are attached to pen the script for a big screen reboot of "Flash Gordon" character says Film Divider (via Screen Rant).


The report claims that the pair are working with a producer and are "in the process of making a studio deal."

Flash is a sports hero who accidentally travels to the planet Mongo with his lady love, Dale Arden, and scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov. There, they discover a world ruled by Ming the Merciless.

Originally a science fiction newspaper comic strip in the 1930s, it was first adapted for the screen as very popular movie serials...

The 1980 film (pictured) was a total flop at first-but has since become a cult hit to many--myself included-, thanks to a well-known theme song by the band Queen-among other fun reasons.

SyFy's attempted TV series remake of a few years ago but thanks to drew poor reviews and low ratings, the show was cancelled.

Film director Stephen Sommers tried to mount another film four years ago, but it fell apart. After that fellow filmmaker Breck Eisner was attached to do the project that stalled out as well.

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