Taika Waititi Attached Animated Flash Gordon Film For Disney And Fox

This is a bit of unexpected news. Flash Gordon is one of those properties that has been in the works for God knows how long, with directors hopping in and out along with a whole band of writers. As recently as last year, Overlord’s Julius Avery was attached to write and direct the film, with Matthew Vaughn acting as producer (Vaughn had originally been on board to direct). Now it sounds like even that information is outdated.

Deadline is reporting that Waititi is set to “crack” the film as an animated feature for Disney and Fox. That’s right. It looks like this is something that’s going to be made under the Fox banner, which is pretty interesting to me. But, before we get too excited, while it does seem like he may be on board to write and direct, it’s still too early to tell whether or not that will indeed ultimately be the case. 

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Waititi has had quite the career boost ever since Thor: Ragnarok hit theaters a couple of years back, really putting on the map with Hollywood bigwigs and mainstream fans. In addition to finishing up work on his odd film Jojo Rabbit — where Waititi himself plays Adolf Hitler — he also seems to be taking steps bring a live-action Akira film to the world. 

Flash Gordon is based on the comic strip of the same name from the 1930s, and it competed with the likes of Buck Rogers — so you know that s*** is old. It was adapted in 1980 into live-action as a lovingly campy take, featuring a killer soundtrack from the band Queen.

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SOURCE: Deadline

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