There have recently been talks of Matthew Vaughn being tapped to direct a reboot in the classic 'Flash Gordon' franchise. For those that may not know, Vaughn has enjoyed a lot of success directing movies such as 'X-Men: First Class,' and more recently, 'Kingsman: The Secret Service.'

"Gordon is the adventurer first created in 1934 by iconic artist Alex Raymond. The hero, along with the lovely Dale Arden and mad scientist Hans Zasrkov, ends up on the planet Mongo fighting its tyrannical ruler, Ming the Merciless," writes THR.

"The strip was a major influence on pop culture, spawning three Buster Crabbe serials and, of course, the cheesy 1980 movie best known for its soundtrack by Queen. One of the character's lasting effects was in shaping the mind of a young George Lucas, who paid homage to the Gordon serials with Star Wars."

The project was picked up almost a year ago with John Davis and King Features producing.

Vaughn, with the success of his last few movies, has become quite the hot commodity for comic book based movies.