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“Flash Gordon” coming to a TV screen near you
Well, I guess it won’t be Ashton Kutcher taking on Ming the Merciless now – not unless he took a ‘percentage of profit’ deal from “The Guardian”.
Despite an earlier proposal to bring pulp comic-book hero Flash Gordon back to movie screens – with Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy”) leading the charge, and Kutcher the favourite to play the fighting footballer – seems the character is instead headed for the small screen.
According to Geek Monthly, Sci Fi is secretly developing a new “Flash Gordon” series. It’ll be much more serious than the previous film version – and no, Sam Jones won’t be back. It’s all tied in with the success of the classic “Battlestar Galactica”. I guess Sci Fi have tapped onto the fact that they can take these classic old shows/serials and give them a nice oil and grease, primed for a contemporary audience.
I can see a “Flash Gordon” series working. It’s a good idea. Something to watch when “Smallville” inevitably winds down.
