Columbia Picture’s Green Hornet
On December 20th, 2008
Columbia Pictures’ film The Green Hornet has made another change. Stephen Chow will not direct but will still play Kato.
A new director needs to be found for the crime fighter movie, which will keep on track to start production spring.
According to Variety, the character began on radio in the 1930s and is best known from the ’60s TV version. But a bigscreen translation is having a long gestation, going through many incarnations, including as a proposed George Clooney vehicle.
Chow stepped out as director over creative differences.
The film was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and Rogen is also starring as the masked crime fighter. The script will likely be refined with a director in tow.
Sounded like a dog when Rogen announced his involvement and intent to make a comedy. At least Chow knows to get out while he can. Perhaps Chow would not disrespect the memory of Bruce Lee with the obvious comedic treatment that was planned. Now all Moritz has to do is get some serious writers in on this and do it the right way like the last two Bond and Batman films. The Hornet is not a comedy its a gritty crime story, the sooner they get that through their heads the better off they will be!
Good points. We shall see. If it’s a comedy then it’s not a remake, really.