The Sci-Fi Channel has greenlit production on a Flash Gordon television series, based on the classic comic-strip first published in 1935. The 22 episodes will adapt the tale of the eponymous hero, who is transported to the alien planet Mongo with his friends Dr Zarkov and Dale Arden, where they battle the planet's tyrannical ruler Ming The Merciless.
Flash Gordon was most famously adapted into a camp 1980 movie by Mike Hodges, starring Sam J. Jones, Timothy Dalton, Max Von Sydow and Brian Blessed. The film's iconic musical score was provided by rock band Queen.
The new television series is set to begin filming in Canada, for a July premiere in the USA.
