Tag: The Green Hornet
Box Office: No Strings Attached Estimated Weekend $20M
Ivan Reitman-directed romantic comedy No Strings Attached, opened solidly to $7.3 million Friday, according to studio estimates, putting the R-rated Ashton Kutcher/Natalie Portman film on pace to match pre-release tracking forecasts of around $20 million. Budgeted at $25 million, “No Strings” debuted in 3,018 theaters with semisoft reviews (49 percent on Rotten Tomatoes), but great tracking among women under 25, with 57 percent of that demographic convey explicit interest in seeing the movie, according to one tracking firm.
The first thing you should know about “No Strings Attached” is that it’s not a true romantic comedy but a sex comedy with romantic ambitions; the second is that it’s brighter and cuter than many of its recent fellows. On opening night, the movie played to theaters across the country packed full of young women (and a lot of guys who want to make out).
Sony’s The Green Hornet finished in second place Friday with $7.3 million. The $130 million Seth Rogen 3D action movie should cross the $60 million mark domestically by the end of the weekend, while experiencing a week-to-week drop of under 50 percent, if projections delay.
Universal buddy comedy The Dilemma is in third place with an estimated $3 million on Friday. The Ron Howard-directed movie, which stars Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, is expected to bring in over $9 million this weekend and also drop less than 50 percent from its premiere week.
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).
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International The Green Hornet Trailer #2
Take a look at this new international trailer for the upcoming The Green Hornet film, starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou and Christoph Waltz.
The film is directed by Michel Gondry from the screenplay by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, based upon The Green Hornet radio series created by George W. Trendle.
In the film, 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) mysteriously 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.
New Green Hornet Poster
Below we have the second poster for the upcoming The Green Hornet film, starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou, and Christoph Waltz.
Synopsis: When co-founder of a San Francisco newspaper The Daily Sentinel, John Paul, is shot in his home, Frank Scanlon, district attorney, considers John’s position as a crime and politics reporter and rules out robbery as a motive. Britt Reid, publisher for the Sentinel, promises his father, Dan, who’d co-founded The Sentinel with John, that he won’t rest until he finds out who did this.
At the paper, John’s former position as executive TV producer is taken over by Rex, a shameless opportunist, who exhibits not one trace of remorse for the company’s recent loss. In fact, the first meeting he holds in his new office is with a goon named Tommy, who inquires about what Rex plans to do with his newfound corporate capital. When Rex suggests that he’s thinking of bowing out with his cut after an illicit job they’ve just completed, Tommy won’t allow it and tells Rex that the crew needs something of him–the ability to communicate anywhere, in real-time, without being detected via discreet usage of his TV station for two weeks–if anyone can manipulate info, it’s newsmen, he says. With the right people in key positions within The Sentinel, he concludes, anything is possible. He promptly gives Rex a short list of people to fire.
