Michel Gondry to Direct Green Hornet
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
February 24, 2009
Michel Gondry is in negotiations to direct The Green Hornet, Columbia Pictures big screen adaptation of the classic crime-fighting hero being played by Seth Rogen.
Stephen Chow had been tapped to direct but dropped out over creativedifferences. He is still expected to co-star as Kato, the Hornet'strusty sidekick and chauffeur.
The Hollywood Reporter says the studio is intent on making the feature one of its 2010 tentpoles.
Gondry's credits include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind.
"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.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
February 24, 2009
Michel Gondry is in negotiations to direct The Green Hornet, Columbia Pictures big screen adaptation of the classic crime-fighting hero being played by Seth Rogen.
Stephen Chow had been tapped to direct but dropped out over creativedifferences. He is still expected to co-star as Kato, the Hornet'strusty sidekick and chauffeur.
The Hollywood Reporter says the studio is intent on making the feature one of its 2010 tentpoles.
Gondry's credits include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind.
"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.