Tag: Michel Gondry
Green Hornet Director Gondry’s Next Big Film Includes Audrey Tautou
Michel Gondry, the French-born director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Green Hornet, revealed in his latest interview with the NYT that Audrey Tautou will appear in his next big movie, a French-language film.
Michel Gondry To Head Cannes Short Film Jury
Michel Gondry, a French film, commercial, music video director and a screenwriter, is to head up the short film and Cinéfondation jury of the 64th Festival de Cannes that will be held from 11 to 22 May 2011.
The Green Hornet director will be following in the footsteps of Atom Egoyan, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Martin Scorsese and John Boorman.
With his seven feature films, several shorts and seventy-odd music videos, Michel Gondry, who is also a musician, has created an incredibly original body of work coloured with dreamscape qualities and Utopian ideals. A master craftsman, a modern day Méliès, he is a cinemagician who constantly reinvents the technical effects and enchantments of the medium of film.
In 2001, his first feature, Human Nature was selected for the Festival de Cannes.
Michel Gondry to Adapt Philip K. Dick’s Ubik
If everything turns out all right, The Green Hornet will be some small title for his director Michel Gondry. And you know why?
Because Gondry’s next movie will be an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1969 science fiction novel Ubik.
Yeah, I know, it’s awesome news, especially now, when we learned that the screenplay will remain loyal to Dick’s original story.
So, what’s so interesting about this novel? Well, according to the Time magazine it’s one of the 100 greatest English-language novels published since 1923! And, according to the critic Lev Grossman it as “a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you’ll never be sure you’ve woken up from.”
We have no problem with that nightmare thing…
The Green Hornet Review
The Green Hornet is a disjointed jumble of gag laughs, goofy stunts, and bizzare casting. Director Michel Gondry, known for more artsy faire (Be Kind Rewind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), has tremendous skill as a director; but is unfortunately out of place here. His style choices for this film, especially the action scenes, are not fluid and adds to an overall clunky feeling. I can’t help but think a more mainstream director would have been better suited to make this kind of movie. The Green Hornet is actually a remake of a forties serial which was adapted again into a classic sixties TV series. The TV show was short lived, but introduced the world to one of the baddest ass mofo’s in cinema history – Bruce Lee. I seriously doubt this version of The Green Hornet will turn Jay Chou into a star, but stranger things have happened…read more [MovieWeb]
International The Green Hornet Character Posters
New Korean character posters for Michel Gondry‘s(The Science of Sleep) The Green Hornet have gone online today. Seth Rogen stars as Britt Reid, who becomes the titular masked vigilante after the mysterious death of his father (Tom Wilkinson). Jay Chou stars as Kato, Cameron Diaz plays Rogen’s secretary and Christoph Waltz plays underworld crime boss Benjamin Chudnofsky.
The Green Hornet: 8 New Images, Featurette, TV Spot and Two Clips
Sony Pictures has released eight new images, TV spot, 2 clips and featurette (A Different Kind of Superhero), where Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz discuss how their movie defies expectations, for the upcoming highly anticipated big-screen adventureThe Green Hornet.
The Green Hornet stars Rogen as playboy-turned-masked superhero Britt Reid, who teams up with his recently-deceased father’s assistant, Kato (Jay Chou), in order to fight the city’s criminals with the help of their technology-enhanced car, dubbed the “Black Beauty.” The duo decide to pose as criminals in order to get closer to and ultimately take down the leader of L.A.’s criminal underworld, Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).
5 New Hi-Res Green Hornet Images
Sony has released five new hi-res images from director Michel Gondry‘s The Green Hornet adaptation.
Movie Synopsis: Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt decides that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains. With the help of Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn that the chief criminal in the city is named Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). He has united all the gangs under his power, and he quickly sees that the Green Hornet is a direct threat to the prosperous criminal underworld he controls.
Final The Green Hornet Poster
Check out the final poster for the upcoming 3D superhero comedy The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, and Christoph Waltz.
The story follows Britt Reid (Rogen). He is the son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune. He is also a rich and spoiled playboy who has been happily maintaining a wild existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt determines that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains.
Three New The Green Hornet TV Spots
Here are three new TV spots for director Michel Gondry‘s The Green Hornet adaptation, which opens on January 14th and stars Seth Rogen, Tom Wilkinson, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos and David Harbour.
Funnyman Seth Rogen stars as Britt Reid, a directionless rich boy who realizes he has wasted his potential after his newspaper mogul father (Tom Wilkinson) is mysteriously killed. Reid decides to step out of his father’s long shadow and do something good with his life by becoming a crime-fighter. With the help of Kato (Jay Chou), a talented and resourceful company employee, Reid becomes the Green Hornet, posing as a criminal to get close to the city’s #1 bad guy, Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).
