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Mods, I apologize for another vanity. But I have to post it since Flash Gordon is one of my guilty pleasures!

The year was 1934 and the "Buck Rogers" adventure strip was a huge success. Hoping to break into the lucrative goldmine that were science-fiction comics, Alex Raymond conceived of a new futuristic superhero who could protect the Earth and liberate alien worlds from merciless villains. And so "Flash Gordon" was born. Following the outer space adventures of Flash and his companions Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, the strip became immensely popular and proceeded to run as a daily comic strip for more than 60 years. During that time, "Flash Gordon" was transformed into three serial films and eventually received...

Tue: 9/8 Eureka --> SciFi Channel Fri: 8/7 Dr Who --> SciFi Channel 9/8 Flash Gordon --> SciFi Channel Sat: 9/8 Torchwood --> BBC America

This week in Sci-Fi: Sun: 9/8 The 4400 --> USA Network Tue: 9/8 Eureka --> SciFi Channel Fri: 8/7 Dr Who --> SciFi Channel 9/8 Flash Gordon --> SciFi Channel Sat: 10/9 Masters of SciFi --> ABC

SCI FI Channel's upcoming original series Flash Gordon will update the story for a new age, while still honoring the past incarnations with a retro look and feel, Mark Stern, executive vice president of original programming for SCI FI Channel, told reporters. "I think there is definitely a conscious effort on the part of [executive producer] Peter Hume and his writers in L.A. to be true to the original material," Stern said in a press conference on the set of the show in Vancouver, Canada, on June 27. Stern said that the show, starring Eric Johnson, will incorporate elements from...

This summer, the Sci Fi Channel gears up for the Aug. 10 premiere of Flash Gordon, a live-action series based on the original 1934 comic strip. The name may be familiar from the radio serials, novels, films, and other TV series the comic has inspired — but Sci Fi's series will go back to the very beginning of the hero's story. Smallville's Eric Johnson, who stars as Flash, knows a thing or two about that. The native Canadian called in on Victoria Day (and his day off) to give EW the scoop.

SCI FI Channel has green-lighted production on Flash Gordon, a series based on the popular comic-strip franchise, the channel announced Jan. 12 at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif. Production on the 22 one-hour episodes begins in Canada early this year. The series, produced by Reunion Pictures, is slated to debut on SCI FI in July, with a broadcast syndication window to follow. The series will be produced under an agreement between King Features Syndicate, which owns the rights to Flash Gordon, and Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr. (The Legend of Earthsea). The characters...

“Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” is full of visions of the dark, soaring New York cityscape, dogfights in the sky and the majestic Himalayan mountains. But what was the movie set like for the actors? A whole lotta blue. That’s because “Sky Captain,” despite its grandiose appearance, was filmed entirely against a blue screen with digital effects filled in. Though real actors star in it, almost everything else is fake. Think “Roger Rabbit” in reverse. While computer generated imagery has for years been a large presence in movies, “Sky Captain” is the first major motion picture made entirely...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) --  President Saddam Hussein launched a new attack on American policy makers Wednesday, accusing them of conjuring up stories in a bid to justify potential military strikes on Iraq.</p> <p>Saddam's latest barbs came in a speech to government officials broadcast by the official Iraqi News Agency, radio stations and television late Wednesday.</p>