Anyone getting slightly worried about Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry’s “The Green Hornet” project? The film is in Rogen’s words, three months away from shooting, and the lead star and co-writer (Rogen’s partner Evan Goldberg also wrote with him again) doesn’t seem sure of a lot yet. He’s also not sure if Stephen Chow — who was once set to direct the film — will play Kato or not.
“Right now, I cannot make that 100-percent guarantee [Chow will appear in the film], as it has not been made to me,” Rogen reiterated again today to Splashpage. “It could happen [or] it could not happen. Honestly, I just don’t want to say either way because I don’t know.”
However, it seems like Rogen did hit it off with his “Observe & Report” co-star, Michael Peña. According to Splashpage, a rumor that Peña might star in the film is essentially true when Rogen admits, Pena is “not 100-percent set in stone at this point [either].”
Could Pena play Kato if Chow drops out? Could be, huh? Meanwhile, it appears once Gondry signed on to direct, ‘Green Hornet,’ Goldberg and Rogen had to do some rewrites on the film which is “in preproduction” at the moment.
Apparently the top priority before casting is, “rewriting a lot with Michel, so some things are kind of up in the air right now.”
It’s not unusual for a project to go into rewrites, three months before shooting, hell, “Iron Man 2” is rewriting right up until the first day of shooting practically, but still, it’s enough to raise an eyebrow and have a mild level of concern.