Is Zac Efron The New Flash Gordon?S  High School Musical
dreamboat Zac Efron is rumored to play spacefaring hero/Freddie
Mercury muse Flash Gordon. Could this all be just a
disinformation campaign by Ming the Merciless?  According to
Digital Spy, the fresh-faced Efron is in the running for Alex
Raymond's comic strip hero. However, we're not sure how legit
these rumors are given that Efron is supposedly lined up for
Jonny Quest with Dwayne "Race Bannon" Johnson. Would Efron want
to pigeonhole himself as the "vintage comic guy," particularly
if either one of these flicks pulls a Speed Racer?  Try as I
may, but I can't hate on the idea of Efron as Flash (he's got
the serial star good looks for it), but I can understand the
apprehension folks have about the movie turning into "The Mongo
Mouse Club." Maybe he'd be better off reviving Flesh Gordon. The
Flash faithful would grouse less and he'd win over the art house
and the Tiger Beat sets in one fell swoop.  [via Digital Spy]