Sony got itself some writers for 'Flash Gordon'

Venkman here and it looks like Sony Pictures is moving forward with it 'Flash Gordon' film project. Sony went ahead and are paying a couple guys to write the screenplay. The names of these writers are Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. THR Reaports:

"Flash Gordon" centers on the titular young polo player who is kidnapped and taken to the distant planet Mongo, where he and companions Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov embark on a series of adventures fighting a ruler named Ming the Merciless.

The movie is set to be filmed as a live action flick. Throughout the years 'Flash Gordon' has done movies, and TV. The most recent being what the Sci-Fi channel did with it. I think its time to be done in a great way though. With the right script, the right budget, a creative director, we could possibly see a really cool 'Flash Gordon flick. Breck Eisner is set to direct the movie he directed 'Sahara' so lets hope he can get a little more creative with this. He is currently directing 'Creature from the Black Lagoon', so lets see how that turns out before we start bashing him as a director.

It would be great to see a cool retro 'Flash Gordon' movie, especially with the technology we have today it could look amazing. But, story is still key.