The 1980 Flash Gordon movie was said to be a direct influence on Thor: Ragnarok, which aped that film’s colorful and campy tone.
Taika Waititi boards Fox’s Flash Gordon animated movie!
This will not be the first time the character has lived in the animation realm, with the Saturday morning cartoon series The New Adventures of Flash Gordon airing for two seasons beginning in 1979.
The comic was a tremendous influence on George Lucas, whose thwarted attempt to make his own Flash Gordon adaptation resulted in him creating Star Wars instead.