Remake whatever you want. Go for it, we know there’s nothing we can do to stop you, but if you are going to remake the campy ’80s sci-fi, err…classic…, “Flash Gordon” – which appears to be the plan by Sony who apparently won the bidding war (there was a bidding war for Flash Gordon??), at least have the human decency to include the original music by theatrically pomous British rockers Queen, ok?
You sort of owe it to the memory of Freddy Mercury. At least that’s our take on it. The “Flash Gordon” theme is so over-the-top and so grandiloquent, we feel like it needs to be introduced to a whole new audience.
No one’s been cast, but Breck Eisner (“Sahara”) is attached to direct (blech). Evidently in the wake of “Iron Man’s” success, studios are scramblingto find a hero-like brand that could be made into a franchise (ca-ching! See news of a Buck Rogers and Highlander remake for evidence of franchise desperation). What’s next a remake of “Zardoz“??
Watch: Queen – “Flash’s Theme”