Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Date of Birth

1923-03-27

Date of Death

2014-03-28

Place of Birth

Mount Kisco, New York, USA

Known for

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

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Taika Waititi’s animated Flash Gordon film will now be live-action

Posted 5 years ago

Disney tapped Taika Waititi with developing an animated Flash Gordon movie two years ago, but it would seem the project has undergone something of a metamorphosis. While speaking with Collider, producer John Davis said that the Flash Gordon film is...

Never Say Never Again (Sean Connery) James Bond Revisited

Posted 5 years ago

The year 1983 was perhaps the biggest in the James Bond franchise's history, as it's the only time not one but two 007 movies hit theaters. One was the official Roger Moore/EON entry, Octopussy, which opened to blockbuster business worldwide,...

007: Never Say Never Again – WTF Happened to this Movie?

Posted 6 years ago

WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at TROUBLED movie productions! Box-office smashes and flops, fan-favorites or creative failures, these movies endured numerous problems behind-the-scenes. After leaving 007 behind after DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, the late, great...

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Sean Connery: James Bond Revisited – Diamonds Are Forever

Posted 6 years ago

For fans of Sean Connery 2020 is going to be a year they'll remember – with the great man having passed away this weekend at 90. The greatest James Bond of the all is no more. It just so happens...

WTF Happened to Flash Gordon?

Posted 6 years ago

Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster, but were beset...

Flash Gordon comes alive in 4K for jam-packed 40th anniversary box-set

Posted 6 years ago

Gordon's alive?? That's right, and in order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of FLASH GORDON, the film has been scanned from the original 35mm negative to produce a 4K restoration which will be released in a jam-packed box-set later this...

Fox/Disney anoint Taika Waititi to helm their animated Flash Gordon movie

Posted 7 years ago

While THOR: RAGNAROK helmer Taika Waititi is busy putting the finishing touches on his upcoming war comedy JOJO RABBIT for Walt Disney Studios, Deadline has learned that the in-demand filmmaker is being eyed for Fox/Disney's animated FLASH GORDON feature. According to...

Overlord director Julius Avery to helm Flash Gordon for Paramount

Posted 8 years ago

Flash Gordon's alive! The last we heard of the titular science-fiction hero returning to the big-screen was several years ago when Paramount Pictures was courting Matthew Vaughn (KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE) to direct the project, but now Deadline has reported...

Matthew Vaughn being sought to direct the Flash Gordon reboot

Posted 11 years ago

There’s been a lot of talk this past year about some sort of FLASH GORDON film (thanks TED?), and while the latest rumor suggested a possible sequel in the works, I have a feeling that might go out the window...

Sam Jones says new Flash Gordon movie might be a sequel

Posted 11 years ago

We know FOX is developing a new FLASH GORDON movie, however according to Sam Jones it may not be a remake or a reboot, but a sequel to the 1980 film. Jones has been out promoting (and is the subject...

Star Trek 3 screenwriters also working on script for Flash Gordon reboot?

Posted 12 years ago

J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are currently working on the script for STAR TREK 3 with Robert Orci, but are they also penning the script for another sci-fi project? According to Film Divider, the duo are developing a screenplay for...

Awfully Good: Flash Gordon

Posted 13 years ago

Jason Arguably the best part of the movie TED was all the FLASH GORDON stuff. In case you haven’t seen FLASH, here’s a refresher course. Flash Gordon (1980) Director: Mike Hodges Stars: Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow The...

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