After his success with 'Kingsman: The Secret Service', the 44-year-old British filmmaker is circling another 20th Century Fox project.
- April 16, 2015
AceShowbiz -
Matthew Vaughn is in talks to direct 20th Century Fox's upcoming movie "Flash Gordon", according to The Hollywood Reporter. The studio picked up the project last year with John Davis and King Features producing, and the script being written by "Star Trek 3" writers John D. Payne and Patrick McKay.
Matthew has previously worked on some Hollywood superhero movies like 2010's "Kick Ass" and 2011's "X-Men: First Class". The producer-turned-director most recently directed his most successful movie to date "Kingsman: The Secret Service" starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson which has grossed $392 million worldwide.
Steven "Flash" Gordon is a character in a science fiction adventure comic strip written by Alex Raymond. Flash is a Yale graduate who is kidnapped and taken into space when Earth was bombarded by fiery meteors. The story has spawned movies, last seen in a 1980 flick starring Sam Jones, and TV series with the latest adaptations running on Sci-Fi Channel from 2007 to 2008.
According to Film Divider, the new version of "Flash Gordon" will "[go] right back to the original Raymond comic strips and sidesteps any association with the movie, and even the serials" and "reclaim Flash Gordon from his current reputation in the way that Tim Burton redirected the public conception of Batman."
