'Flash Gordon' pace quickens with scribes

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FLASH GORDON MOVIE HIRES WRITERS
Published 8/8/2008 at FilmDrunk.com
... "Flash Gordon" centers on the titular young polo player who is kidnapped and taken to the distant planet Mongo, where he and companions Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov embark on a series of adventures fighting a ruler named Ming the Merciless. [THR] ...

Flash Gordon gets new writers
Published 8/8/2008 at Filmstalker
... . Something else that might back that up is the blurb that comes from The Hollywood Reporter which tells us that Flash Gordon focuses on a young polo player who is kidnapped and taken to the distant planet Mongo along with Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov (man, that name rings a bell in my head and the lines start rolling in…”there is no cause for alarm…alarm…alarm….”). On the planet they begin a series of adventures fighting the dictator of the planet called Ming the Merciless and banding together with various groups under his control to overthrow him. Now you’ll recognise all of ...

New Flash Gordon Movie Gets It's Writers
Published 8/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Skipper) at Flicks News
... Sony's Columbia Pictures has signed Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless to write the script for Flash Gordon, the new take on the outer space tale. ...

Development of ‘Flash Gordon’ speeds up!
Published 8/8/2008 by Franck Tabouring at The Screening Log
... The new big-screen version of “Flash Gordon” is quickly shoved through development, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ...

'Dracula Year Zero' Writers Sign for 'Flash Gordon' Update
Published 8/8/2008 by Jessica Barnes at Cinematical
... Usually when a harebrained idea like remaking Flash Gordon starts to make the rounds, you can usually count on it being at least a few years down the line -- but I guess today I'm just not that lucky. The Hollywood Reporter announced that ...

Flash Gordon Movie Gets Screenwriters
Published 8/9/2008 at Cinema Blend News
... Comic books, comic strips and all kinds of superheroes are getting set up for their own movie adaptations lately, but who knows how many of them will actually reach the big screen. But Flash Gordon is heading toward the front of the pack, now that Sony has signed up two writers to write a screenplay for the new movie. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless-- what a name!-- are also writing Cobalt 60 for Zack Snyder, and will team up for the Flash adaptation, according to The Hollywood Reporter . The movie will be live-action, somehow, despite the fact that it's about a polo ...

Flash Forward
Published 8/10/2008 by Kirby at Movie Dearest
... movie seems to be moving along nicely; screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless have been brought onboard to do the script. The duo are also working on another classic character reboot, ...