[quoteFlash Blasts Off Again
SCI FI Channel has green-lighted production on Flash Gordon, a series based on the popular comic-strip franchise, the channel announced Jan. 12 at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
Production on the 22 one-hour episodes begins in Canada early this year. The series, produced by Reunion Pictures, is slated to debut on SCI FI in July, with a broadcast syndication window to follow.
The series will be produced under an agreement between King Features Syndicate, which owns the rights to Flash Gordon, and Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr. (The Legend of Earthsea).
The characters of Ming, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov will be brought back for a contemporary retelling of the comic-strip story created in 1934 by Alex Raymond. The strip is still distributed internationally by King Features Syndicate.
Hmm.
I'm only interested if they get the Queen themesong for every episode.
I'm not really huge on the whole nostalgia rebirth things, like Battlestar and such, but Flash is just cool by default, so who knows? I'll tune in for an ep or two.
FLASH! Ahhhhhahhhhhh! Saviour of the Universe!
When they premiere this, they better show the old movie later =3
the film was on tv only about a week ago.
*watched it just so she could sing along with the song* 😛
I know he is a sci-fi space action hero, but why does his name seem like an evil trenchcoated alias for Gotham City's commissioner?
