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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around A Net: John Dunn

Posted 3 years ago

Theodore For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month...

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Get Carter, Flash Gordon director Mike Hodges died at the age of 90

Posted 3 years ago

Theodore Sad news to report today as it was announced that British writer and director Mike Hodges died on December 17th at the age of 90. Hodges was best known for directing Get Carter, which has been described as “one...

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

Posted 5 years ago

Theodore 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...

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

Posted 6 years ago

Theodore 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...

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...

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Kill of the Day: Damien: Omen II (1978)

Posted 13 years ago

It’s safe to say DAMIEN: OMEN II is a pretty forgettable sequel, right? Well it’s tough to follow up a flick like THE OMEN. One thing DAMIEN has going for it though – it’s death scenes! I’m talking about one...

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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