The Green Hornet

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June 23, 2008


Columbia Pictures has launched their official site for The Green Hornet, complete with a snazzy title treatment that touts star Seth Rogen's involvement and the planned June 25, 2010 release date.

The Knocked Up funnyman will star and write the script for the action-packed adaptation based on The Green Hornet radio program, TV show and comic adventures that have remained popular since the character's creation in the 1930s.

The story centers on newspaper publisher Britt Reid who fights crime as the masked adventurer alongside his ass-whoopin' sidekick Kato (famously played on the '60s TV series by Bruce Lee).

Rogen recently said that the movie is expected to have a PG-13 rating. "That's an action movie, you can do anything violence-wise," he said.

And Rogen also says that he'd love to have Kung Fu Hustle actor Stephen Chow as Kato.


Official site :- http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegreenhornet/

[massacre man]

Seth Rogen. Whooooooooo!

[GorePhobia]

This is definitely sweet news.

[phantomstranger]

I remember several years ago when George Clooney was signed on to be "The Green Hornet" and Jason Scott Lee was to be his Kato. It sounded like a good idea but Clooney left the project to make a movie called "The Peacemaker"and never returned to it. Of course he did make a super hero movie when he did the God-awful "Batman And Robin"but the less said about that the better.

Historical footnote: Did you know that The Green Hornet is the great grandson of The Lone Ranger?

[neverending]

I thought it was his nephew!

[phantomstranger]

I thought it was his nephew!


You know,it might actually be grand nephew. Let's just keep it at their related.

[The_Return]

From Van Williams' (the original TV Green Hornet) IMDB Biography:

You could shoehorn actor Van Williams right in there between the other tall, dark and drop-jaw gorgeous heartthrobs...of the late 1950s/early 1960s who conveyed a similar bland, heroic image.

Yep, sounds a heck of a lot like Seth Rogen. I'm glad that I've never been too attached to Green Hornet, because this has Steve Martin-Pink Panther levels of disaster and disrespect written all over it.

[neverending]

You know,it might actually be grand nephew. Let's just keep it at their related.


From Wiki:

The Lone Ranger's nephew was Dan Reid. In the Green Hornet radio shows, the Hornet's father was likewise named Dan Reid, making the hero the Ranger's grand-nephew

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From Van Williams' (the original TV Green Hornet) IMDB Biography:



Yep, sounds a heck of a lot like Seth Rogen. I'm glad that I've never been too attached to Green Hornet, because this has Steve Martin-Pink Panther levels of disaster and disrespect written all over it.

I don't think so at all.

With Rogen and Goldberg writing it I think it could be a blast.

With the Pink Panther movies they were awful because they weren't even funny. If they make this campy and funny with action I think it could be good.

[The_Return]

From Wiki:

Funny...they also share a name with a local radio host in my neck of the woods that was arrested for kiddy porn.

[massacre man]

I don't think so at all.

With Rogen and Goldberg writing it I think it could be a blast.

With the Pink Panther movies they were awful because they weren't even funny. If they make this campy and funny with action I think it could be good.

Did you hear that Seth and Evan were writing an episode of The Simpsons?

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September 19, 2008


"Kung Fu Hustle" director-star Stephen Chow has signed on to helm and co-star in Columbia Pictures' "The Green Hornet."

Seth Rogen has already boarded the project as the masked crime fighter.

Chow, one of the biggest draws in Asian cinema who has enjoyed crossover success with such films as "CJ7" and "Shaolin Soccer," will portray the Green Hornet's similarly masked manservant Kato.

In tapping Chow for the project, studio continues a long association with the star and director. Under its local language initiative, Sony co-produced and released "Kung Fu Hustle," which grossed more than $100 million worldwide. Sony also released "CJ7."

"Green Hornet" will bow June 25, 2010.

Originally created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker as a 1930s radio show, the Green Hornet has appeared in film serials in the 1940s, a network TV program in the '60s and multiple comicbook incarnations.

Chow said he has been a huge fan of the TV show since he was a kid. "The idea of stepping into Bruce Lee's shoes as Kato is both humbling and thrilling, and to get the chance to direct the project as my American movie debut is simply a dream come true," the Hong Kong native said. "I'm grateful to my friends at Sony, who have shown so much faith in me for so many years."

Rogen and Evan Goldberg penned the screenplay. Neal H. Moritz is the producing through his Sony-based Original Film shingle.

[Festered]

One of my favorite 60's TV shows, but, somehow, I don't think I can picture Rogan as Britt Reid, anymore than I could picture him as Cary Grant-

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unless they pumped him full of Slim-Fast, since I last saw him.

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Actress Cameron Diaz, who made her big screen debut in The Mask, is reportedly mulling a return to the realm of comic book movies.

According to Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider blog, Diaz is in "early talks" to play the female lead in The Green Hornet.
No other details about the role -- whether it's a girlfriend or a femme fatale -- are known at this time.

Seth Rogen stars as the titular crimefighter. He also co-wrote the script with Evan Goldberg. Michel Gondry will direct.

Filming begins soon for a July 9, 2010 release.

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It wasn't that tough to see this one coming. After word hit that Kung Fu Hustle helmer Stephen Chow would not be directing The Green Hornet after all, assurances that he would still costar as the titular hero's sidekick Kato seemed dubious.

Turns out they were.

Spoiler TV has tracked down a casting call for the Kato role which would seem to be legit, and which would seem to indicate that Chow is out!

Here it is:

"[KATO] ALL ASIAN ETHNICITIES, Male, 20's - early 40's. Brit Reid's manservant/chauffeur by day and Green Hornet's martial arts-skilled sidekick by night sptv050769. Actor doesn't have to have Martial Arts experience"

Michel Gondry is still set to direct, and Seth Rogen will star -- assuming this film ever actually gets made.

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Columbia Pictures is in early talks with Nicolas Cage to play the gangster villain in "The Green Hornet."

Cameron Diaz is negotiating to play a reporter and love interest in the Michel Gondry-directed pic that stars Seth Rogen as the masked crime fighter.

The picture is moving full steam ahead for a fall start date, even as the studio looks to replace Stephen Chow, who was going to play sidekick Kato.
Rogen and Evan Goldberg wrote the script and Neal Moritz is producing through his Original Films banner.

The picture is set for release next summer.

Cage just completed "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and remake "The Bad Lieutenant."
Diaz is booked to star with Tom Cruise in the untitled James Mangold-directed action comedy that had formerly been titled "Wichita," for 20th Century Fox.

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Taiwanese singer-actor Jay Chou has joined the cast of Columbia's "The Green Hornet" opposite Seth Rogen in the role of sidekick Kato.

Chou replaces Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow in the role, originally made famous by Bruce Lee in the 1966-67 TV series.

Col made the announcement Friday. "Hornet," directed by Michel Gondry, is slotted for a summer 2010 release and the project's moving ahead for a fall start date.

"Jay is incredibly unique and charming and fights like a wild dog!" Gondry said.

Chou broke into film in "Initial D" in 2005 in China, starred opposite Chow Yun-Fat and Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's "The Curse of the Golden Flower" and "Kung Fu Dunk" and made his directorial debut and starred in "Secret." He's also in the upcoming Chinese film "Ci Ling" and in Yuen Woo-Ping's "True Legend."

The studio's in early talks with Nicolas Cage to play the gangster villain in "The Green Hornet" and Cameron Diaz is negotiating to play a reporter and love interest.

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According to a press release sent out by Columbia Pictures, two more actors have been added to the cast of the now-filming The Green Hornet in the shape of Tom Wilkinson and David Harbour.

Wilkinson previously worked with director Michel Gondry on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, while Harbour is best known for his roles in Revolutionary Road and Quantum of Solace.

And while there was no indication as to who they would play, the release also confirmed that Battlestar Gallactica star Edward James Olmos will appear in the film, while Nicolas Cage is also in negotiations to star.

They join Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz and Jay Chou in the superhero flick, which is set to hit screens on December 17, 2010.

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Nicolas Cage has dropped out of The Green Hornet.

The star was set to play the villain, but according to The Hollywood Reporter he was not able to agree terms with studio Columbia.

Shooting has already begun on the action movie - which stars Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz and Jay Chou - so producers will have to be quick in replacing Cage.

Michel Gondry is directing the flick, which revolves around a masked crime fighter and his high-kicking sidekick Kato.

[massacre man]

With the publicity for Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry’s Green Hornet picking up steam in the past monh or so, more news has come out on the casting of the main villain in he film, Mr. X. The role was originally set to go to Nicolas Cage, but for whatever reason (possibly the fact that he’s got another superhero film in the works with Kick-Ass), Cage has stepped down from his role.

We now recieve word that the role will instead be taken on by Christoph Waltz, fresh from playing the Nazi baddie in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.

“I’m told that ICM’s actor Christoph Waltz who won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for playing a Nazi in Inglourious Basterds (and is a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination) has now been cast as villain Chudnofsky in Sony’s The Green Hornet opposite Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz.

Since Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds came out — and crossed the $100M mark this weekend – Waltz has been offered a lot of big movies by a lot of big directors. And he’s getting big bucks now. How great he’s found success at age 52.”

This is the second news of an actor getting replaced from the film after Stephen Chow stepped down from both directing and the role of Kato. See Waltz, Rogen, and Cameron Diaz in theaters for Green Hornet on December 17, 2010.

[The_Return]

My interest in this just raised exponentially.

[massacre man]

My interest in this just raised exponentially.

I posted it with your possible reaction in mind... Yes, I'm strange.

[The_Return]

I posted it with your possible reaction in mind... Yes, I'm strange.

I do the same kind of thing all the time, heh.

I still cannot possibly see Rogen being right for the part...but honestly, if Waltz is playing the villain I really could care less about anything else happening here.

[massacre man]

http://www.jfxonline.com/2009/09/18/seth-goes-undercover/

Seth in costume, other than the mask.

[The_Return]

...other than the mask.

So...Seth in a suit?

[massacre man]

So...Seth in a suit?

A green suit, with a little hornet on the tie, and a fedora!

[massacre man]

http://splashpage.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/green_hornet_500.jpg

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Forthcoming superhero movie The Green Hornet just got a whole lot weirder and a whole lot cooler when a brand new casting announcement was made last week.

According to The LA Times, heavy metal band Anvil will make an explosive appearance in the film, playing - you've guessed it - in a rock club.

For those not in the know, Anvil hit big in the early 1980s before their career nose-dived at the tail-end of the decade. Rock documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil has seen them undergo something of a renaissance this year however, culminating in the aforementioned blockbuster cameo.

The Green Hornet is currently shooting under the watchful eye of Anvil fan Michel Gondry, with Seth Rogen taking the title role, and Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, Tom Wilkinson and Jay Chou lending support.