Melody Anderson

Date of Birth

1955-12-03

Place of Birth

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Known for

Flash Gordon, Dead & Buried, Firewalker, Elvis, The Boy in Blue

Most Popular Stories

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...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Alien, Batman, Get Out, Inception

Posted 6 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

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...

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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...