Posted on 01/13/2007 7:15:25 AM PST by KevinDavis
SCI FI Channel has green-lighted production on Flash Gordon, a series based on the popular comic-strip franchise, the channel announced Jan. 12 at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
Production on the 22 one-hour episodes begins in Canada early this year. The series, produced by Reunion Pictures, is slated to debut on SCI FI in July, with a broadcast syndication window to follow.
The series will be produced under an agreement between King Features Syndicate, which owns the rights to Flash Gordon, and Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr. (The Legend of Earthsea).
The characters of Ming, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov will be brought back for a contemporary retelling of the comic-strip story created in 1934 by Alex Raymond. The strip is still distributed internationally by King Features Syndicate.
Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump-FLASH!!!
AH-AAHHHHH!!
The hell with Buck Rogers bring a real show back like Blake 7
Where is my TORCHWOOD?
"He'll save every one of us!"
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Nothing definite yet, but keep an eye on BBC America; I'm pretty sure they'll get it ahead of SciFi.
In any event, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't air until after CBC gets their broadcast window; as with 'Who', CBC is coproducers with BBC Wales on 'Torchwood.' I'm pretty sure that they get rights to the NorthAm premiere as a result. I've heard nothing on an air date on CBC yet.
Flash - ah - saviour of the universe
Flash - ah - he'll save ev'ry one of us
Seemingly there is no reason for these
Extraordinary intergalactical upsets (ha ha ha)
What's happening Flash?
Only Dr. Hans Zarkov formerly at NASA
Has provided any explanation
Flash - ah - he's a miracle
This mornings unprecedented solar eclipse
Is no cause for alarm
Flash - ah - king of the impossible
He's for ev'ry one of us
Stand for ev'ry one of us
He'll save with a mighty hand
Ev'ry man ev'ry woman ev'ry child
With a mighty Flash
General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching!
What do you mean, Flash Gordon approaching?
Open fire all weapons!
Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body
Flash - ah
Gordon's alive
Flash - ah - he'll save ev'ry one of us
Just a man with a man's courage
He knows nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No one but the pure in heart
May find the golden grail oh oh oh oh
Flash, Flash I love you!
But we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!
Flash
Is that about Flash Gordon or Barack Obama?
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