Taika Waititi's Flash Gordon film shifts to live-action
Taika Waititi's 'Flash Gordon' movie will now be a live-action film. The 45-year-old actor was tapped two years ago to helm an animated movie - a remake of the 1980 cult classic, which stars Sam J. Jones as the lead character – but producer John Davis has revealed the change of approach. John told the website Collider: "Taika is writing it. It was a movie that was a huge influence on him growing up. It is one of his favourite movies. "He initially said to me, 'Let's do it animated.' I said, 'Okay.' Then we go into it and started developing it and he said, 'No, let's do it live-action.' I said,...