The Director of Kingsman: The Secret Service Is Rebooting Flash Gordon

20th Century Foxs recent attempt to reboot Flash Gordon as an action movie has been puzzling me, namely because Flash's large presence in the uber popular film Ted makes me wonder if audiences unaware of the original movie from the 80's will think it's some kind of Ted spin-off or not take the movie seriously due to Sam Gordons antics in that Seth Macfarlane movie.

Those concerns, which the marketing department will primarily have to deal with, aren't gone now that a director is in talks for the project, but at least I have some confidence the movie could be fun. Matthew Vaughn, who brought the world the best X-Men movie (X-Men: First Class!) and the recently released Kingsman: The Secret Service, which was tons of fun. If they can get a good story and a solid lead here, maybe Vaughn can help make Flash Gordon a character known for more than inspiring a Journey song and being at the crux of several jokes in Ted.