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New Flash Gordon movie: No Queen, no camp, but 3-D!
Topic Started: Feb 20 2010, 06:38 PM (110 Views)
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New Flash Gordon movie: No Queen, no camp, but 3-D!

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Director Breck Eisner promises that his upcoming new Flash Gordon movie won't be a remake of the campy 1980 version or even the Buster Crabbe serials from the 1930s—and he promises it will be in 3-D.

"It's a movie that is in no way a remake or a re-imagining or a reboot of the '80s version or the serial version," Eisner told SCI FI Wire. "No Queen [music]. It is not camp in any way. We're going back to the original Alex Raymond [comic strip] scripts and imagining if he were living today, what would those strips be like?"

Eisner is moving forward on his new movie version of the classic sci-fi story. "Flash Gordon is a movie I've been pursuing for years, and I finally was able to orchestrate it going to Sony from Hearst," Eisner said while promoting his new sci-fi horror movie, The Crazies.

Eisner added: "We hired writers a year ago. I've been breaking story with them since I wrapped post on [The Crazies]. We've got an awesome, very long-form outline that they're now executing a script off of, which I should have in two months or so to the studio." It's unclear as of yet whether Flash Gordon will be Eisner's next movie.

Eisner is a longtime Flash Gordon fan with a strong vision of how Gordon should be brought into modern times.

Gordon will also enter the third dimension this time out: "It will definitely be in 3-D, unless they come out with 4-D before then," Eisner says with a laugh. The director adds that he is even testing a new binaural German 3-D sound system that could be employed for the film. "It's supposed to push 3-D to the next level," he says.

Cost is the primary obstacle the space hero will have to overcome. "It's a very expensive movie," admits Eisner. "Do they have and do they want to spend the kind of money it's going to take to pull this thing off?"

For now, Eisner is simply intent on developing the best filmic version of Flash Gordon possible. "It's one that I will be passionate enough about forever and will hope to be able to make," says Eisner. "It's action, it's adventure, it's intense, it's dynamic. It's a strong central character who goes on a dynamic journey. It should be a really amazing movie if we can get it made."

Eisner decided to go to space instead of the murky lagoons: He had originally been attached to a remake of the 1950s monster movie The Creature From the Black Lagoon. Eisner's The Crazies hits screens on Feb. 26.

Will you blast off with Eisner's Flash?

No Queen? No Camp? And they want me to watch this new version? :blink: :D

I'm also not on the "yayyyy, its 3-D" bandwagon yet either.

As an aside, one of the primary reasons I fell in love with the Sci-Fi genre (in the visual form) is for movies like "Flash Gordon" (the 1980 version). The movie was out of this world adventurous, fun and intriguing. The costuming, colors and characters were all so interesting to me.
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I remember watching the serials on television as a kid. I also enjoyed the 1980 version, though admittedly it wears a bit thin now. In some ways it was a fine heir to the serials. Plus, being a bit of a Queen fan, I enjoyed the soundtrack; even owned a copy.

That being said, I would love to see them go in the direction they are describing. Don't need the 3-D format if the story is worth it.
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I found a DVD at the Dollar store one time that had episodes of the old Flash Gordon serials. That was a fun watch and good find I thought.

My original kidding aside, I am interested in whatever direction they go. At least Flash hasn't been done on film/TV, over and over and over and over like some other comic book characters.
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