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SCI FI REINVENTS ADVENTURE CLASSIC 'FLASH GORDON'

RHI Entertainment Series Debuts In August 2007

PASADENA, Calif. January 12, 2007 SCI FI Channel has greenlit
production on FLASH GORDON, based on the popular comic strip
franchise, it was announced today at the Television Critic's
Association tour. Production on the 22 one-hour episodes begins in
Canada in early 2007. The series, produced by Reunion Pictures, is
slated to debut on SCI FI in July of '07, with a broadcast syndication
window to follow.

Under an agreement with property owner King Features Syndicate, the
new series is being produced by RHI's Robert Halmi, Sr. and Robert
Halmi, Jr. (Tin Man, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven,
The Ten Commandments), who previously produced SCI FI's popular
miniseries event Legend of Earthsea.

Ming, Dale Arden, and Dr. Hans Zarkov are among the many beloved
characters returning to television in this contemporary retelling of
the intergalactic exploits of FLASH GORDON. Stellar adventures and
heroic battles mark this inventive new take on the perennial science
fiction classic. The FLASH GORDON comic strip was created in 1934 by
legendary comic-strip artist Alex Raymond and is still distributed
internationally today by King Features Syndicate.

RHI Entertainment, LLC is a global leader in the production and
distribution of groundbreaking miniseries and movies for television.
Since the company's inception, under the guidance of Robert Halmi, Sr.
and Robert Halmi, Jr., RHI has produced and distributed over 4,000
hours of quality television programming, received 104 Emmy Awards and
outperformed the competition annually in viewer ratings. Currently,
RHI provides 40-60 new television movies and miniseries a year to
networks worldwide.

King Features Syndicate is a member of Hearst Entertainment and
Syndication Group, which combines The Hearst Corporation's cable
network partnerships, television programming activities, and newspaper
syndication and merchandise licensing operations. King Features is the
world's premier distributor of comics, columns, editorial cartoons,
puzzles and games, distributing some 150 features to nearly 5,000
newspapers around the globe. It is one of the largest and most
experienced organizations in merchandising licensing. Among its most
beloved and successful classic characters are "Popeye," "Betty Boop,"
"Blondie" and "Dennis the Menace." In recent years, the company has
diversified and now represents properties such as the trendy apparel
and accessory brands, David & Goliath, the publicly displayed,
life-size art sculptures GuitarMania and The Trail of Painted Ponies;
the conscientious-living brand, "Mutts," and SeeMore's Playhouse, the
new children's series for public television.

SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on.
SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and
events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy
programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com ) and
magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 86 million homes, SCI FI
Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading
media and entertainment companies.

FLASH GORDON 2007 King Features Syndicate. TM Hearst Holdings, Inc.

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I'll definitely give it a shot though I am disappointed SciFi is letting BSG go after next season.

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I almost quit watching the latest episode in the middle. I'll keep watching because I love Flash Gordon, but I can't say I agree with the choices the producers have made.

The near breaking point was when Flash fought a doppelganger and Dale had to choose which one to kill. It was so cliché it hurt.

They spend too much time on Earth. In the three or four episodes so far, the only classic characters from Mongo are Ming and Aura. It looks like next week's episode will feature hawkmen, but they seem to be men with capes who only glide.

Part of the fun of Flash Gordon has always been the camp. The Halmi's are taking this way too seriously. I'll probably watch it through to the end, but I think it is likely that the doppelganger fight was when the show jumped the shark.

I agree. I watched the hour and a half long pilot and the two episodes that followed and that was it for me. I agree with your assessment, too much time on Earth, not enough camp … why change the staples that make Flash Gordon, Flash Gordon. Ming has hair? Hawkmen without wings? This show is just not for me. I’ll stick with the 1980 movie.

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