Monthly Archives: July 2008

Noyce helming 'Captain Blood' remake

  Rex Features By Simon Reynolds, Entertainment Reporter Phillip Noyce will direct a remake of 1935 pirate movie Captain Blood, says The Hollywood Reporter. The Dead Calm director has agreed to steer Warner Bros's long in-development swashbuckler, which made a star of Errol Flynn. The move throws into question the fate of Tom Cruise's spy film Edwin A. Salt, which… (more…)

Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys… the Play!

Note: the ability to insert photos is back! Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys by Rob George was first performed by The Stage Company, Adelaide, South Australia in 1978. From the website: Performances will be at Princess May Theatre in Fremantle from 11 to 26 July 2008. Described as “A musical comic book look at the comic book life… (more…)

We Welcome new Author Stephen D. Youngkin!

Photo retouched by Michael Pieper The Errol Flynn Blog is happy to announce our newest author Stephen D. Youngkin has joined the Errol Flynn Blog! Asked what brought him to his interest in the famous Swashbuckler, Stephen replied: Growing up in a small mid-western town, I had no access to old movies.  Local stations must have subscribed to the smallest… (more…)