Development Hell: A reboot film has been in the works at Fox since 2010, with Breck Eisner, Matthew Vaughn, and Julius Avery all having been tapped to direct at some point, only for them to leave for other pastures. In June 2019, Disney, who got the film rights as part of absorbing Fox, restarted production and made it an animated film, tapping Taika Waititi to write and direct.
Follow the Leader: The comic strip was only created to cash in on the popularity of Buck Rogers. Thankfully, it never resorted to outright stealing any of Buck's storylines, and managed to carve out its own niche.
