Michel Gondry is in negotiations to direct The Green Hornet, Columbia's big-screen treatment of the classic crime-fighting hero being portrayed by Seth Rogen.Stephen Chow had been tapped to direct but dropped out over creative differences. He is still expected to co-star as Kato, the Hornet's trusty sidekick and chauffeur.
Since Chow's departure, the project has been the subject of speculation that it was sliding into development hell, but the studio is intent on making the feature one of its 2010 tentpoles.
The choice of Gondry, the helmer behind off-the-beaten-path films such as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "The Science of Sleep" and "Be Kind Rewind," signals that the creative direction the studio and the film's producer, Neal Moritz, are trying to take the project is one not usually associated with the usual crime-fighter movie.
"Hornet" follows the adventures of Britt Reid, a bored playboy who inherits his father's crusading newspaper, the Daily Sentinel. By night he is a masked hero, fighting crime with his sidekick Kato, who has incredible martial arts skills.
Now I love Gondry's style but not sure if it is the right thing for the Hornet. Think he would be perfect for a weird, bizarre comic book hero such as The Creeper or Ambush Bug (probably lots more but my mind has gone blank), but the Green Hornet is more real world based. Whatever happens it will be a visual feast if Gondry stays on board.
What do you make of the news?
Source: THR
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2 comments:
Gondry said a few years ago that he wrote a Hornet script and had been signed to it at some point, so his arrival isn't so surprising; that it would come to work with someone else's script however, is.
Hadn't heard that about Gondry's hornet script. Would love to know what he wrote.
Cheers clive
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