The good news for Errol Flynn fans is that his 1935 swashbuckler classic
Captain Blood will be remade by Warner Brothers. The bad news? It's going to be set in outer space. Yes,
that outer space...as in
Alien, 2001 and
Lost in...well, you know where. Directors Michael and Peter Spierig admit the premise seems wacky, but they promise to keep the new version fairly close to the plot of the original which found Flynn as a wrongly convicted doctor who escapes authorities and becomes a feared pirate. We can't wait for Buck Rogers to be remade as musical. For more
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