Hollyscoop is reporting on an upcoming ‘Flash Gordon’ remake and word is that ‘Avatar’ star, Sam Worthington, is being considered for the starring role. Sources say that, at the moment, he’s head to head with Ryan Reynolds.

“If he gets the role it would be quite a big deal as Flash is an all-American hero,” a Hollywood insider reportedly said. “Right now it’s between Sam, Ryan Reynolds and one or two others for the lead role should the project actually get off the ground.”

Worthington is, of course, not American but Australian, while Reynolds is Canadian.

Hollyscoop says, in the role, Flash is a handsome Yale graduate and polo player, who travels to the planet Mongo, where it is discovered that meteors are weapons devised by the planet’s evil ruler, Ming the Merciless. Though, in other reports, Flash is a football player.

According to imdb Breck Eisner will helm. Eisner is the director of 2005’s ‘Sahara,’ as well as the upcoming remake of ‘The Crazies,’ a 1973 George Romero action/drama about the effects of the accidental release of a military biological weapon upon a small American town. It was also recently reported that he is planning to remake David Cronenberg’s 1979 horror flick, ‘The Brood.’

Worthington will next be seen on screen as Perseus in the ‘Clash of the Titans’ remake.

The first ‘Flash Gordon’ movie was released in 1980 and was notable for its soundtrack by Queen. 

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