Counterbalancing the strangeness of Seth Rogen playing a superhero in a Michel Gondry film, regular superhero film composer Danny Elfman has been hired to score The Green Hornet . Though the news was not formally announced, the dependable monthly film score analysts at Film Score Monthly mention it in a write-up about the composer, so it’s a pretty safe bet. Elfman famously created the iconic themes for Spider-Man and Tim Burton’s Batman , so if his Green Hornet theme can even come close to those in quality, it sounds like I might just have a new song to quietly hum as I run around my apartment pretending to be Spider-Man, Batman, or Green Hornet. ( via )

Seth Rogen as the dapper, heroic Green Hornet still too normal casting for you? Then how about we add aging Canadian rock band Anvil (of Story of Anvil fame) and Edward Furlong (of being leader of the anti-Terminator resistance in the future fame) for some reason? Movieweb spoke to writer/producer/actor Rogen about his Green Hornet adaptation, and the actor confirmed those are, in fact, people he has allowed in the film: MW: I’ve heard rumors that Edward Furlong might be in the movie? Seth Rogen: Edward Furlong is in the movie, yes. MW: And what role is he playing? Seth Rogen: That I can’t reveal. MW: What is the reasoning behind Anvil appearing in the film, and how did that happen? Seth Rogen: Well, as a Canadian hard rock fan I actually have known about Anvil for many, many years. And we needed a band for a scene in the movie and Gondry was like, “How about Anvil?” We asked them and they said yes. Man, I wish he’d gone into why Furlong was in the film instead of why Anvil is involved. I can figure out why you put Anvil in a film: they’re a band, and you need a band. I get that. But Furlong… that’s a mystery. That’s what I want to hear. I don’t know why you put Edward Furlong in a film. What’s his type? More overweight Macaulay Culkin?

OK, forget that earlier post with the blurry photo of the jacket-less stunt guy dressed as Green Hornet. Here’s the real deal : Seth Rogen in full dapper superhero regalia. No more complaining about Rogen’s hypothetical appearance; now the grumbling will hold actual weight! Personally, I couldn’t care less if it’s Rogen or anyone else wearing the green mask. I’m still pissed that the Green Hornet is being represented visually at all. Boo! Booooo! Keep Green Hornet in the audio of a 1930s radio drama! Boooooo!

From Splash News , here’s the first look at Seth Rogen’s costume in his upcoming Green Hornet film. Looks good, assuming his jacket is just off for this scene. And assuming that jacket would normally be a Charlotte Hornets (Starter brand) jacket like I had in sixth grade. In that case, everything is perfect.

While the loss of a Nicolas Cage would sent projects like Ghost Rider’s Second or National Treasure 3: Another Book with Further Secrets into great turmoil, Michel Gondry and Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet project has picked up the pieces of its now Cage-less life and moved on gracefully. The film, currently in production, lost Nic as its villain last week , but already its replaced him with Christoph Waltz, the 52-year-old actor whose performance in Inglourious Basterds has everyone saying, “That guy is really good at pretending to be a Nazi.” I wish I didn’t know Nicolas Cage almost had the role. No matter how good Waltz’s performance is, in the back of my mind I’ll always be pondering how much more intense-faced it could have been. Christoph Waltz Is Villain In ‘Green Hornet’ [Deadline Hollywood]

The Green Hornet now has a Nicolas Cage Score of -1! Or maybe just an NCS of 0, depending on how you want to look at it. According to Heat Vision Blog , negotiations for Nicolas Cage to play the villain in Michel Gondry and Seth Rogen’s adaptation have fallen apart, and Columbia is looking for a new actor to fill the role. Can I suggest Timothy Dalton for the part? I swear, it feels like forever since I’ve hated a dignified gentleman-villain with a pencil mustache.

Will the next shirt this man puts on be whatever shirts valets wear (probably some kind of dress shirt)? So say “various Asian news outlets,” all claiming South Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo has been cast as Kato in Michel Gondry and Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet . Kwon is the third actor rumored to be taking the part of the sidekick: previously, Stephen Chow was set to co-star but left over creative differences, and, more recently, I saw some jackass on the street shout “Yo, Kato!” at a random Asian guy in a black suit, but I’m not sure how official that was. I’ll call some sources. South Korean Rumored to Play Kato [Latino Review]

Will the next shirt this man puts on be whatever shirts valets wear (probably some kind of dress shirt)? So say “various Asian news outlets,” all claiming South Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo has been cast as Kato in Michel Gondry and Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet . Kwon is the third actor rumored to be taking the part of the sidekick: previously, Stephen Chow was set to co-star but left over creative differences, and, more recently, I saw some jackass on the street shout “Yo, Kato!” at a random Asian guy in a black suit, but I’m not sure how official that was. I’ll call some sources. South Korean Rumored to Play Kato [Latino Review]

As if the idea of a Michel Gondry-directed action film starring Seth Rogen as a famous masked hero wasn’t dubious (though admittedly intriguing) enough already, Variety is reporting some Green Hornet casting updates that should make the image of a question mark pop into existence above your head. Nicolas Cage and Cameron Diaz, both of whom seem nearly incapable of making a decent film without the involvement of Spike Jonze, are in talks to join: Columbia Pictures is in early talks with Nicolas Cage to play the gangster villain in “The Green Hornet.” Cameron Diaz is negotiating to play a reporter and love interest in the Michel Gondry-directed pic that stars Seth Rogen as the masked crime fighter. The picture is moving full steam ahead for a fall start date, even as the studio looks to replace Stephen Chow, who was going to play sidekick Kato. Well, I hope they’re able to get Eddie Murphy’s voice for Kato the Talking Cat. If they’re set on making this the most improbable-to-succeed movie ever, that’s going to be key.

Could Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet action sequences be met with the same level of imitation/parody as The Matrix ? The whimsical director spoke with MTV about what he plans for the film’s fight scenes, and it sounds nuts: Gondry explains: “I change the speed of the camera at different spots in the image at different times. So, it seems like they’re in the same world but at different times, and then they’re back together.” Although it’s a little tricky to comprehend with the written word, Gondry basically plans to reinvent the fight scene by having Green Hornet moving slowly, Kato moving super-fast, the villains at normal speed — and then mixing it all up repeatedly. “So, one will go fast and the other will go slow, and then they’ll meet,” he explained. “It’s [as if] they’re in different dimensions, but when they touch each other they come into the same dimension.” I can’t wait until Japanese television gets some guys to play ping pong like this.