Sam Dare

Is Avatar ’s Sam Worthington going to be the new Dan Dare?

Sam ( Avatar / Clash Of The Titans ) Worthington has told MTV News that he’s in line to play Dan Dare in a movie that would be based on the recent reboot of the character’s adventures written by Garth Ennis for Virgin Comics. However, Worthington stresses that the project is in its very early stages.

The Garth Ennis Dan Dare was a seven-issue mini-series with art by Gary Erskine published in 2008. Virgin also acquired the film, television and video game rights. The series is set after the original strip. Space Fleet and the UN have collapsed in the aftermath of a nuclear war between China and America but Britain has survived thanks to defensive shields invented by Professor Peabody, and is a world power again with the Royal Navy taking Space Fleet's role. And yeah, the Mekon’s still in it.

Dave is a TV and film journalist who specializes in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He's written books about film posters and post-apocalypses, alongside writing for SFX Magazine for many years.