 He wrote the popular but critically assailed "King Kong"-remake (1976); "Hurricane" (1979), a major box office flop starring Mia Farrow, on which Semple is also credited as Executive Producer; and "Flash Gordon" (1980), again a comic strip derivative, done in a deliberately over-the-top style reminiscent of the "Batman" sensibility.As with his "Batman", serious comic-strip devotees assailed Semple for the allegedly disrespectful approach he took to the printed originals.After "Never Say Never Again" (1983), a non-Eon Productions film in the "James Bond" series which brought Sean Connery back to the role for the last time, Semple wrote a final comic book adaptation, "Sheena" (1984), based on the comic book "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle".