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Maybe the Green Hornet Will Be Made of Legos?

Meet Me in Montauk / Daniel Carlson

Trade News | February 25, 2009 | Comments (25)

The big-screen version of The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen and written by Rogen and writing partner Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express) has been in the works for a while now, but it was stuck on the edge between development hell and termination after director Stephen Chow stepped down from the role over what were euphemistically referred to as creative differences. Chow’s an acquired taste, to be sure, whose credits include Kung Fu Hustle, but the real surprise is where Columbia went for a replacement: The equally stylized but completely different Michel Gondry, best known for blowing your mind a little with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and, to a lesser degree, Be Kind Rewind, as well as music videos for The White Stripes and Foo Fighters.

Yes, though Chow is still set to co-star as Kato to Rogen’s Hornet, Gondry will be the one directing the film, currently scheduled for a 2010 release. Gondry is the most art-house choice for directing a superhero flick since Ang Lee’s brutally unwatchable Hulk was inflicted on viewers in 2003, but his skill could make for a more visually compelling film than Chow’s would have been; more surreal action than bad martial arts parody. Plus, let’s not forget the whole idea of Rogen as an unironic superhero is pretty surreal to begin with. If we’re lucky, we could get a summer tentpole that looks like this, or this, or this:









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Comments

I'm not "down" with this little project on any level.
Rogen should stick with stoner flicks.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 25, 2009 11:33 AM

Bad martial arts parody? Sir. Sir.

I have two swords in one scabbard; they are both sharp and clear.
Take you the best, and I the worst: we'll end the matter here.

Posted by: Lucas at February 25, 2009 11:47 AM

Gondry= brilliant
Rogen= funny as shit


Gondry+Rogen= Green Hornet?

I......ain't seeing it?
http://youlookfunny.blogspot.com/

Posted by: dammitjanet at February 25, 2009 11:49 AM

..bad martial arts parody.

You're lucky I don't have a soccer ball handy Carlson. If I did, I would super Kung-fu kick it straight up your ass.

Posted by: admin at February 25, 2009 11:57 AM

i love Gondry's music videos for Daft Punk

Posted by: chalupa at February 25, 2009 12:11 PM

I just wanted to point out that I am proud to be the only person in the world who liked Ang Lee's take on the Hulk.

Posted by: stipe42 at February 25, 2009 12:18 PM

A movie where Stephen Chow kicks you so hard you lose your memory? The sheer idea that this may become a movie makes my life just that much more joyful.

Posted by: fatboyinawagon at February 25, 2009 12:21 PM

Gondry also did a great job directing the most recent Flight of the Conchords episode, so I'm going to keep my little hopeful light burning a little longer.

Posted by: branded at February 25, 2009 12:30 PM

I just wanted to point out that I am proud to be the only person in the world who liked Ang Lee's take on the Hulk.

You are not alone. The ALHAR (Ang Lee Hulk Appreciating Renegades) shall have their day, I tell you!

Posted by: Vermillion at February 25, 2009 12:31 PM

and then I'll buy myself a thesaurus to find other words for little. Oops.

Posted by: branded at February 25, 2009 12:32 PM

stipe42, I know Roger Ebert isn't necessarily well-respected around these parts, but he gave Ang Lee's Hulk a very good and moving review. The more recent version, not so much.

Posted by: elsie at February 25, 2009 12:48 PM

stipe42 I just wanted to point out that I am proud to be the only person in the world who liked Ang Lee's take on the Hulk.

I liked it as well. I thought it went completely off the tracks at the end, but up till then I thought it was quite good.

Posted by: Drake at February 25, 2009 1:00 PM

Add me to the list of people that liked Ang Lee's Hulk, and don't understand the hate

Posted by: cockroach at February 25, 2009 1:05 PM

I, too, am a card-carrying member of ALHAR.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at February 25, 2009 1:06 PM

I think between the better parts of two Hulk movies out there, there's a good movie out there. It just needs to be made into one, coheirant film.

Posted by: Mike R. at February 25, 2009 1:47 PM

No joke, not making this up, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" was going to be my "What I'm Listening To" track for next week's Music News. Consider it official.

Plus, as one of the biggest Gondry nerds around, all I can say is: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: ChristianH at February 25, 2009 2:20 PM

As long as there's an assortment of dancing robots, mummies, swimmers, and spacemen, I'm all for it.

Posted by: Porkchop at February 25, 2009 4:56 PM

It's about time there's been some love for the white stripes here. One of their songs is also used in The Science of Sleep, fyi.

Posted by: schrome at February 25, 2009 6:27 PM

Just to make it CLEAR:

Liking Ang Lee's Hulk perversion = Hating the U. S. of A...and membership in Al-Quaeda.


...and membership in the Communist party.


/get me Homeland-Sec on the horn, Vivian.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 25, 2009 6:30 PM

The plural of Lego is Lego. Pieces of Lego, perhaps. Lego pieces, even. Not effing Legos. One individual piece isn't called a 'Lego', so why would the plural be Legos?

Think about other small and plentiful things. Do you eat a bowl of rices? Comb your hairs? Is the beach covered in sands? No. Lego, that's it. Take your fucking plural 's' and fuck off with it. And then die.

Sorry, I have conniptions every time I see that.

Posted by: James at February 25, 2009 6:50 PM

I comb my hairs. One at a time.

Posted by: bucdaddy at February 26, 2009 12:27 AM

But.. they're commonly referred to as Legos. That's what I've always called them. Legos. "I'm getting out the Legos, younger brother!" "How many Legos do you have?" "I have one hundred million Legos." etc. etc. I mean, what 8-year-old says, "I have one hundred million Lego brand bricks"?

Maybe you should talk to your doctor to see if Xanax is right for you.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at February 26, 2009 10:35 AM

Someone takes their Legos a little too seriously.

Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: TK at February 26, 2009 12:24 PM

Legos my Eggos.

Posted by: DavidMcTaintwaffle at February 26, 2009 4:25 PM

Gondry also made the pretentious Science of sleep, remember?

Posted by: Mario at February 27, 2009 10:36 AM