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Taika Waititi Not Giving Up On 'Akira' & Has A Story For His New 'Star Wars' Movie

Taika Waititi Not Giving Up On ‘Akira’ & Finally Has A Story For His New ‘Star Wars’ Movie

August 12, 2021 3:03 pm

Taika Waititi has been heavily in demand lately. One of his upcoming projects he's attached to make is an original "Star Wars" feature film for Lucasfilm that he was originally announced to co-write with Oscar...

Taika Waititi’s ‘Flash Gordon’ Movie Shifts From Animation To Live-Action

Christopher Marc

July 31, 2021 9:28 am

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20th Century Studios has been trying to get a new "Flash Gordon" movie in development years before the merger with Disney with directors such as Matthew Vaughn ("X-Men: First Class") and Julius Avery ("Overlor...

Disney’s Recent Fox Announcement May Have Killed Projects Like Ben Affleck’s McDonald’s Scandal Film, Animated ‘Flash Gordon’ & That ‘Die Hard’ Prequel

Charles Barfield

August 8, 2019 2:31 pm

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During a recent earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger lamented about the recent performance of the studio’s newest purchase, Fox. After the terrible box office performance of “Dark Phoenix,” as well as other recen...

Taika Waititi Brought On To “Crack” An Animated ‘Flash Gordon’ Film For Fox/Disney

Charles Barfield

June 24, 2019 1:56 pm

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The dreams of an animated film from the mind of Taika Waititi seemed crushed as it was recently announced that the filmmaker walked away from his stop-motion film “Bubbles.” But Waititi fans will be happy to kn...

‘Overlord’ Filmmaker Julius Avery To Write & Direct ‘Flash Gordon’ Reboot

Charles Barfield

October 30, 2018 4:09 pm

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Filmmaker Julius Avery is about to get the keys to what could be a major franchise. However, he has to overcome one of the campiest (yet enjoyable) films in history to succeed. That’s right, Avery has just been...

Matthew Vaughn To Direct ‘Flash Gordon’ Plus Watch The Full Pilot For 2007 Series

Kevin Jagernauth

April 15, 2015 12:53 pm

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Matthew Vaughn To Direct 'Flash Gordon' Plus Watch The Full Pilot For 2007 Series

Fox Bringing ‘Flash Gordon’ Back To The Big Screen

Cain Rodriguez

April 23, 2014 9:18 am

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Fox Bringing 'Flash Gordon' Back To The Big Screen

Sam Worthington Heads Into Space Again For ‘Dan Dare’

Oliver Lyttelton

March 12, 2010 2:31 pm

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Another day, another role for Sam Worthington. As the lead of the biggest-grossing movie of all time, it was always inevitable that the Australian actor would be a hot ticket, and he already has three movies in...

‘Captain America’ to Shoot in June; Sam Worthington OBVIOUSLY Rumored to Star as Both ‘Captain A’ and ‘Flash Gordon;’ ‘Thundercats’ Put Down

Katie Walsh

December 29, 2009 9:10 pm

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The Captain America movie is set to start shooting in June, with director Joe Johnston already ensconced in the art department of "The First Avenger: Captain America," as revealed in this Fangoria interview abo...

ScarJo To Don Black Widow’s Latex In ‘Iron Man 2’, Harry Potter To Arrive Early In ‘Half-Blood Prince’, ‘X-Men: First Class’ Aims For Franchise

Simon Dang

April 15, 2009 3:54 am

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Expect Scarlett Johansson to all go out wardrobe-wise for her Black Widow character in"Iron Man 2." Regarding her fitness regiment, ScarJo commented: "There is no magic wand to wave over oneself to look good in...

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