iwNEWS: Flash Gordon Returns

Sci Fi Channel green-lit production on a new series featuring popular comic book superhero Flash Gordon, the network announced Friday at the Television Critics Association Tour.

Producers Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi Jr. (Tin Man, Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Ten Commandments) will produce 22 one-hour episodes of the series, which is slated to debut on Sci Fi in July, the network said.