Is Seth Rogen's Green Hornet the Next Batman and Robin?
Remember when you heard about Seth Rogen's plan to co-write and star in The Green Hornet and thought, "Man, that's a terrible idea!" Then when the project added Cameron Diaz and Christoph Waltz, you wondered aloud, "What kind of fever dream is this thing going to be?" And, of course, you got the answer when Michel Gondry took over the reigns from chopsocky director Stephen Chow: The Green Hornet was one gloriously hot mess. And now that the film is in the can, it looks like even its backers at Sony might agree.
According to sources, Sony executives are quite upset with the now-finished film, calling it a "disaster." Says IESB: "The tone is too campy, they're not happy with the work from director Michel Gondry and Seth Rogen does not look the part." Well, fine then. Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
Not to fear though: Sony is supposedly planning on adding some post-production 3D to The Green Hornet, since nothing pleases comic book fanboys more than haphazardly tossed together visuals.
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Am suffering serious Rogen burnout already ... and that staccato laugh of his isn't helping.
Whoa. Today actually is the anniversary of Lincoln's assassination.
Right? Now I have an angle to add it to On This Day.
Just dump it to video and walk away. And stop making comic book movies for awhile (fat chance!).
But Lincoln didn't die until the 15th. Which is also the anniversary of the Titanic sinking, General Electric being born, and the beginning of the Tiananmen Square protests. All that plus Tax Day = just stay in bed.
This could be a terrible blow to the super-hero dreams of portly Jewish Canadians who cannot play hockey! And after Seth had them believing they could date a woman like Katherine Heigle. . .
Seriously people the movie hasn't been released yet five a rest wait till to actually see the movie before you judge. Rogen great and no he doesn't look the part but we will see and by the way visit this link it will tell you what studio thinks about the film you haters. http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEIXGRIN6YezMR
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