Be warned, as the rumor I’m about to share is about as reliable as putting the names of 100 actors on a giant bingo card and waiting to see which one your cat takes a dump on, but Hollyscoop “hears buzz” that Sam Worthington “may” be starring in Flash Gordon.

The role calls for Flash as a handsome polo player and Yale graduate, who travels to the planet Mongo, where it’s discovered that the meteors are weapons devised by Ming the Merciless, evil ruler of Mongo.

If true (note: it’s not true), this is all part of Hollywood’s plan for Sam Worthington to become to action movies what Taco Bell was to restaurants in Demolition Man.  (If you enjoyed that, please buy my book, SAT Analogies for Huge Nerds).  Cinematical says:
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Sony has hired writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (no credits to their name, currently) to write the script for Flash Gordon, which is apparently not the same the as The Flash. 

Sony’s "Flash," a live-action film, follows in a 75-year tradition across many media for what began life as Alex Raymond’s comic strip; the property was a movie serial in the 1930s, a Sam Jones-toplined feature in 1980 and a recent Sci Fi Channel series.

"Flash Gordon" centers on the titular young polo player who is kidnapped and taken to the distant planet Mongo, where he and companions Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov embark on a series of adventures fighting a ruler named Ming the Merciless. [THR]

This sounds like it will be thrill-packed, high-octane adventure ride. What’s with the wanking motion currently I’m making, you ask?  Um, nothing, really.  Forget I’m even doing it.  Seriously, I’m sure this’ll be great.