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Published on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 1:32am |
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AHA! Moriarty admits that the HORNET still buzzes!!!
Hey folks, Harry here... It seems that my calling Moria... um... Drew out on my last GREEN HORNET posting has made him fess up. It takes a big man to admit his old boss was right. Truth be told, the two of us have always had a tenuous relationship. Once, while rehearsing for the Comedy Central AINT IT COOL Pilot - we realized that Drew couldn't appear on camera with me, because... and this is the absolute God-honest truth... When he looked at me, he had endearing affection for me. That's right. He wanted me. This never threatened me, but I think there was something about his love for me, that created this... this... how do I put it. This. Well, frankly I don't wish to embarrass him, but he knows I'm a fan of THE GREEN HORNET, and frankly - it's astonishing to me that he makes the claim that nobody of his Generation or Younger cares about THE GREEN HORNET or could honestly be a huge fan.
Well, Drew was born sometime in the late 50's I believe - so I can't really speak about his generation, but I was born in 1971. Like many kids of the seventies... BRUCE LEE was a big deal. Prior to motion control camera rigs and lazer swords... KUNG FU was the geek thing. Sure, there was STAR TREK... LOGAN'S RUN... That sort of stuff, but really - the cross-platform film thing that was causing mass geeking across cultural barriers was BRUCE LEE. By the time I was 3, the GREEN HORNET movie opened in theaters comprised of footage from various episodes. It's not a great movie, but man... at age 3, I knew ENTER THE DRAGON, FIST OF FURY, CHINESE CONNECTION... My parents were huge honking Bruce Lee geeks.
There were toys. There were posters. There were gum cards. There were Kato masks. And the show was shown on TV from time to time in syndication. I really really like THE GREEN HORNET, much more than I liked the Adam West BATMAN. Now that Drew has spoken with Seth Rogen regarding THE GREEN HORNET. Seth basically confirmed what we said, that it was still happening, and they were currently looking for the director for the project. Personally, I'd love to see James McTeigue take on this project.
I have to admit, in many ways - this script is the script I'm most curious to take a look at in Hollywood right now. Mainly because I don't really have a handle on what they are doing with the film. I'd love McTeigue to make a Green Hornet film that would just shock us. I know that most of you are thinking of Seth Rogen as that pot head porn obsessed goofy guy from KNOCKED UP and PINEAPPLE EXPRESS and ZACK & MIRI... but I'm getting a notion that Seth is on a path to transform his image and personality in Hollywood.
I hear that OBSERVE AND REPORT isn't simply a laugh riot. I hear it's actually quite a dark film. And a very good one at that. It won't at all be the drivel of PAUL BLART - and I hear his turn in FUNNY PEOPLE is surprising as well. I've also heard and if you've seen Seth in interviews recently, he's been working the flab off pretty viciously to get prepared for this role. Let's see what this film is. Right now, it might be something very different from what hearing Seth's name means. That definition could be changing.
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Reader Talkback
and the hornet was still blow by vaudeville villain | Jan 28th, 2009 12:36:34 AM | Don't insult Paul Blart... by Alonzo Mosely | Jan 28th, 2009 12:36:39 AM | *will* still blow... by vaudeville villain | Jan 28th, 2009 12:37:04 AM | Alonzo, Paul Blart will fuck by comedian_x | Jan 28th, 2009 12:49:18 AM | If the Green Hornet is still
made as a comedy I will by crankyoldguy | Jan 28th, 2009 12:55:42 AM | Why would the studios want by palpatinefuckedmydog | Jan 28th, 2009 12:55:44 AM | and a film better use that
Billy May/Al Hirt theme by crankyoldguy | Jan 28th, 2009 12:56:28 AM | I still don't buy it. by Charlie_Allnut | Jan 28th, 2009 01:29:40 AM | 1971: A Great year to be born. by deanbarry | Jan 28th, 2009 01:38:08 AM | Can we get a couple more TBs
about this, please? by thebearovingian | Jan 28th, 2009 02:04:39 AM | Seth Rogan by the telemarketer | Jan 28th, 2009 02:38:57 AM | Big red bush by beerbaby | Jan 28th, 2009 03:09:55 AM | my only consolation... by CENOBITE | Jan 28th, 2009 04:03:36 AM | "green hornet is still going.
here's 700 words about me" by ironic_name | Jan 28th, 2009 05:28:50 AM | love the general hospital
adverts by thecrimsoncurse | Jan 28th, 2009 05:30:13 AM | So, you diss Paul Blart .... by m_prevette | Jan 28th, 2009 07:26:46 AM | what are u on about knowles?? by mynemaborat | Jan 28th, 2009 07:42:24 AM | What Is This, A Threat, Or A
Promise...Or Both??? by Media Messiah | Jan 28th, 2009 07:54:36 AM | Any one of us could do his
comedy.. by CharyouTree | Jan 28th, 2009 07:54:47 AM | harry's growing insanity... by mynemaborat | Jan 28th, 2009 07:55:01 AM | Pointing to Scoreboard by A-COD | Jan 28th, 2009 08:01:26 AM | CharyouTree: You Know You Are
Right by Media Messiah | Jan 28th, 2009 08:20:08 AM | Wow. So Harry still doesn't
know what words mean by Laserhead | Jan 28th, 2009 08:33:19 AM | Bring on The Brown Hornet! by Stunt Vocalist 709 | Jan 28th, 2009 08:38:43 AM | Drew is 100% right by gringostar | Jan 28th, 2009 09:47:41 AM | The "trench-coated mystery
men"-type heroes are cool by Crimson Dynamo | Jan 28th, 2009 09:48:10 AM | Gringostar: Bruce Lee Was Kato by Media Messiah | Jan 28th, 2009 09:50:19 AM | Um..I was born in '72... by beatleMatt | Jan 28th, 2009 10:00:52 AM | brown hornet! with dylan lewis
on vocals! by ironic_name | Jan 28th, 2009 10:32:52 AM | born in 77 by ZO | Jan 28th, 2009 10:35:51 AM | It's The Feel-Good Comedy
Hit... by ericinwisconsin | Jan 28th, 2009 10:55:21 AM | Three Stooges Slap-Fest! by Unscripted | Jan 28th, 2009 11:24:28 AM | MM: Improv comedy by CharyouTree | Jan 28th, 2009 11:36:40 AM | Is it that planned? by Unscripted | Jan 28th, 2009 12:11:12 PM | Adam West in animated Batman by Unscripted | Jan 28th, 2009 12:16:20 PM | "Seth basically confirmed what
we said" by supertoyslast | Jan 28th, 2009 12:19:51 PM | CharyouTree: Yep by Media Messiah | Jan 28th, 2009 01:13:53 PM | WE SAID ROGAN SUCKS. DID HE
CONFIRM THAT TOO? by BringingSexyBack | Jan 28th, 2009 01:24:49 PM | WHAT ABOUT PAUL BLART HAS
AMERICA SO ENRAPTURED? by BringingSexyBack | Jan 28th, 2009 01:34:29 PM | by LeviDTinker | Jan 28th, 2009 01:57:09 PM | Chef! by CharyouTree | Jan 28th, 2009 02:06:27 PM | Honestly, Wan Williams by Bob Cryptonight | Jan 28th, 2009 03:02:45 PM | Ooops...damn that extra
finger! VAN Williams wasn't so
great-- by Bob Cryptonight | Jan 28th, 2009 03:04:58 PM | POLBLART MOLKOP IS NOW A MEME by dr sauch | Jan 28th, 2009 03:47:50 PM | Family Guy sucks TAINT!!!! by maxxsterling | Jan 28th, 2009 03:50:26 PM | Born in 1973. by Lou C. | Jan 28th, 2009 03:52:04 PM | Kudos on James McTeigue!! by Twiggystar | Jan 28th, 2009 04:35:12 PM | IN BLART WE TRUST by turketron | Jan 28th, 2009 04:40:05 PM | BSB by Pompoulus | Jan 28th, 2009 05:33:10 PM | I'm sorry but I don't see
Rogen as an Action Star by #1 Zero | Jan 28th, 2009 07:45:40 PM | Needs more Blart by JoeSixPack | Jan 29th, 2009 10:09:49 AM | Bruce Lee was awesome. And
Brandon had great potential. by JDanielP | Jan 29th, 2009 11:12:21 AM | DUH. by Pompoulus | Jan 30th, 2009 02:30:59 AM |
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