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Cage Will Not Play Kato!!

Published at:  Jul 21, 2009 1:39:58 AM CDT

I am – Hercules!!







That fellow who tricked Beaks into thinking “The Green Hornet” a dead movie has a lot of explaining to do, what with all the casting going on around the project.

Columbia is talking to Nicolas Cage to play a gangster and, one presumes, the lead villain opposite the title character to be portrayed by a skinny Seth Rogen.

Cage, of course, is a funnybook nut, but the radio-spawned Hornet is not really a funnybook character -- despite his penchant for hanging around Batman during the hippie era.

If you contend Cage would make a poor gangster, I remind you that he is secretly a Coppola.

Still no word on who replaces Stephen Chow as Kato, but Cameron Diaz’ name is still floating around for the hot blonde.

Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.




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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:22:37 AM CDT

    First

    by lostbat

  • Jul 21, 2009 12:22:41 AM CDT

    Wow

    by pogue__mahone

    Cage as Kato?!? No thanks!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 12:25:13 AM CDT

    Uh....

    by cz

    Uh... good?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 12:30:13 AM CDT

    Weatherman is on TV right now

    by digitalbeachwar

    wierd. Hope he'll have great hair.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:31:11 AM CDT

    Who wants to see the green hornet?

    by lostbat

    Its like the other green project: "The green Lantern". These are geek movies. Worldwide box office success? No way. Nic Cage keeps on trying so hard to destroy his career. With Kick Ass and The Green Hornet he puts another nail in his artistic coffin.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:34:09 AM CDT

    the should make this with an all female cast,

    by one_guy_from_andromeda_

    even the male characters should be played by females, and the old people and children too, all should be played by 18 year old sexy girls with tight clothes

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:35:30 AM CDT

    Gonna suck a dick

    by willie_watkins

    this movie will

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 12:35:41 AM CDT

    Cage versus Kano: FIGHT!

    by flim springfield

  • Jul 21, 2009 12:36:35 AM CDT

    This project continue to reach new lows!

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    Just crap after crap!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:36:46 AM CDT

    Being green....

    by lostbat

    And.. saw yesterday TGL First Flight. I love comics but don't see how to make a live action of that. Some things just have to stay animated or on paper and some things out of the past, should rest in the past......

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:38:21 AM CDT

    Go Nic - My dream role for him would be Skeletor.

    by hallmitchell

    I hope he lifts the roof off on this one. Seth hurry up with the Kato casting.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:40:24 AM CDT

    Scared me with that Nick Cage/Kato header...

    by theghostwholurks

    And why not show a clip of The Hornet and Kato kicking gangsters' butts from the '60s show? That show — which WASN'T played for laughs, like Batman — had some of the BEST action on television, courtesy of Bruce Lee! And I lost count of how many people got killed on that show... GREAT stuff! :)

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:45:14 AM CDT

    Diaz is starting to Milf

    by thepilgrim

    Not that she's not still hot, but age has most cetainly found her and it ready to fuck.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 12:46:16 AM CDT

    DOOMED! DOOMED I SAY!!

    by lockesbrokenleg

    DOOOMMEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:48:09 AM CDT

    If you contend Cage would make a poor gangster, I remind you tha

    by samplelord

    And your point is what?
    This guy is an over rated b- movie actor.
    It's either puppy dog eye mode with this guy or a couple can's short of a six pack routine.
    Face Of is the best example of his anoying schtick...
    He can't even play a super hero without camping it up (Ghost rider any one?)
    Werewolf women os the SS is the kind of crap this guy needs to be in...

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:50:52 AM CDT

    I watch a hell of a lot of movies and TV

    by landosystem

    I'm nearly 40 a self professed nerd and I've never seen or cared to watch the Green Hornet. Who are they hoping will watch this?

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:53:00 AM CDT

    And I'd LOVE to see a realistic Green Hornet film!!! :D

    by theghostwholurks

    Played straight — like the 1960s TV show or the more recent French short film "Le Frelon Vert" (GOOGLE AND WATCH IT!) — the Green Hornet would be a fantastic movie. Saying there's "no way" it would be a worldwide success simply because mainly geeks know about the character is ridiculous.You might as well say "Iron Man" could never succeed because only geeks knew about HIM... until the movie came out, that is. Then, the QUALITY of the film spoke for itself. The same with Star Wars, Indiana Jones or any other unknown property.If the film is GOOD, people will line up in droves to watch it, regardless of whether they're already familiar with the characters. A GOOD film will TELL the audience who the characters are and make the viewers love them and root for them.Audiences love a good, exciting superhero film played more or less straight. On the other hand, they've mostly HATED live-action superhero films played for laughs or camp. So why not GIVE the audiences MORE of what they want, instead of this "comedic," half-assed drivel that even the STAR of the film doesn't know which direction it's going in???

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:57:13 AM CDT

    Cage's one great performance was Adaptation

    by kief_ledger

    which I chalk up more to fantastic writing more than his performance. It's like Travolta in Pulp Fiction. Gave an excellent performance in that film, but usually can't act his way out of a paper bag.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:58:19 AM CDT

    Wait...

    by series7

    They are still making this movie? Didn't they stop when Seth Rogan got on board.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:01:36 AM CDT

    even iiiii don't like this news

    by 35minutesago

    and i'm seth fucking rogen.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:03:08 AM CDT

    Kief_Ledger

    by hercules

    Raising Arizona.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:04:28 AM CDT

    kief_ledger

    by 35minutesago

    you really didn't appreciate cage in leaving las vegas? i'd say THAT'S his only good outing. like you said, adaptation was all kaufman.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:09:42 AM CDT

    Nicholas Cage in

    by 35minutesago

    HOW THE FUCK DO I GET OUT OF THIS PAPER BAG?!
    A Michael Bay FilmJuly 2010

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:13:19 AM CDT

    So I guess Nic

    by series7

    Finally got all his taxes paid off then?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:16:07 AM CDT

    Cameron Diaz?

    by carmillavondoom

    Maybe 10 years ago? but she would be all wrong opposite Seth Rogan now. How about somebody like Amanda Seyfried instead. There fixed.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:18:41 AM CDT

    hallmitchell

    by carmillavondoom

    Cage playing Skeletor is one of the best casting ideas I've ever heard on this site. Bravo

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:20:40 AM CDT

    Why isn't Liam Neeson

    by series7

    Playing the Green Hornet? Obviously being old hasn't stopped him from kicking ass. He would be perfect. Plus they probably won't have as many insurance worries about health issues like they will with Seth Rogan.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:21:13 AM CDT

    Cage is born to play one role...

    by sephiroid

    ... and that is a live adaptation of Goofy! As for the Skeletor thing... Frank Langella still acts... therefore he simply OWNS the part!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:25:33 AM CDT

    Cage playing Skeletor

    by series7

    While maybe with some make up yeah he looks the part. But remember his menacing villainous turn in Face/Off. No thank you.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:42:17 AM CDT

    lostbat

    by bloo

    alot of people said the same thing about IRON MAN too, you make a good movie and people will see it

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:44:54 AM CDT

    TheGhostWhoLurks

    by bloo

    damn dude you made the exact same post I did, ww, great minds and all of that

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:47:16 AM CDT

    "Nooooo! Not the hornets! Aaaaaa!"

    by jackpumpkinhead

    "My leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegs!"

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:53:11 AM CDT

    You know what

    by series7

    I hope this gets made, and then dumped into direct to VHS land.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:53:34 AM CDT

    That that is my new background

    by series7

  • Jul 21, 2009 1:55:54 AM CDT

    THIS FILM UPS THE ANTE EVERY DAY

    by mullah omar

    ...in terms of finding ways to destroy any possible interest I could possibly have in seeing it.


    Adding Nic Cage to the film is a master stroke in this regard.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 2:02:05 AM CDT

    Please no

    by doombot

    Just say no to Cage

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 2:06:54 AM CDT

    Thank god.......

    by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby

    last thing we need for this project is helmet head.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 2:08:32 AM CDT

    The 60's Green Hornet and Batman

    by dingbatty

    shows ripped off the look and ambiance of Danger: Diabolik (though Batman decided to go sillier, even though the Lyle Waggoner screen test made it seem like it would be more serious).

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 2:15:12 AM CDT

    Re: Seth Rogen

    by forsakyn

    What exactly is the attraction for this guy?

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:34:35 AM CDT

    Bloo

    by lostbat

    Iron Man is a comic with very realistic characters and a great cast. How the fuck all this green stuff is going to look on screen. Even with the best CGI it's going to look like shit... Not to speak of all this Star Wars cantina staff that's hopping around... Lets keep this one a comic/animation, which is in my opinion already "NOT- impressive" enough...... This is going to suck and costs a lot of money which could be used for other/better characters.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:36:49 AM CDT

    The only green one for the screen:

    by lostbat

    The green Arrow.. Bring it on....

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 2:45:24 AM CDT

    Cage has really lost his mind if he does this.

    by juansanchez

  • Jul 21, 2009 3:00:22 AM CDT

    Jason Scott Lee for KATO.

    by mike_d

    He did a good job playing Bruce Lee in DRAGON.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 3:01:47 AM CDT

    Nic Cage

    by drpain

    Still doesn't make up for Chow leaving this project. Good chance they'll cast Ken Jeong as Kato. I'm sick of that guy.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 3:06:41 AM CDT

    Mr Beaks is fucking useless

    by masteryoda007

    The only reason the original series was any good was due to Bruce Lee being in it. Who do we have now? I have lost all interest now that Chow has dropped out.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 3:13:42 AM CDT

    the holocaust is funnier than rogen

    by takingscorpioscalls

  • Jul 21, 2009 3:20:52 AM CDT

    did willy watkins say he was gonna go suck a dick?

    by ironic_name

  • Jul 21, 2009 3:23:33 AM CDT

    Yeah, that Beaks interview was weak

    by drpain

    I wish there was a writer on this site with balls to ask the tougher questions. Questions that represent the general readers of this site. Instead, we get interviews like that.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 3:36:55 AM CDT

    Jason Scott Lee as Bruce Lee playing Kato

    by drpain

    That would actually be kinda cool and get my interest back into this film.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 4:06:32 AM CDT

    Avatar Creature!!!

    by mrlebowski

    http://www.wetanz.com/assets/Uploads/Stugg.jpg

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  • Jul 21, 2009 4:20:05 AM CDT

    Entourage spent many minutes insulting

    by v'shael

    Rogan last episode. What is it about internet geeks not liking Rogan's humour? They don't like seeing fat ugly guys get off with babes?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 21, 2009 4:26:11 AM CDT

    Nicholas cage playing an Asian Kato WOULD BE AWESOME

    by choclatewoman

    Cage hams it up with a goofy asian accent, badly choreographed martial arts moves that try to had his zero martial arts prowess, and finally the crown topping pinnacle of it all, Cage in ASIAN facial makeup, with awesome slanty eyes. FUCKING WICKED. "MLEE WANT FLIED RICE!! MLEE WANT FLIED RICE!!" Comedy gold right there, Seth you fat fucking piece of shit. Use cage and earn fisting rights. It's the only way.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 4:26:39 AM CDT

    Seth Rogen talks like a Muppet!

    by orionsangels

    I know what the makers of this Green Hornet bullshit are thinking, that keeps them going. Well remember the backlash Heath Ledger had before people saw the Dark Knight. Look what happened there. He turned all the naysayers around. They loved his performance! That's what we aim to do here. You watch naysayers. Yeah well the difference was, people like Bstman and The Joker. No one gives a fuck about Green Hornet. You know why Green Hornet even gets a little attention? Because they had fucking Bruce Lee as Kato! People are as excited about this film as Alec Baldwin in the Shadow. What's even worse is how AICN keeps kissing Seth Rogen's ass!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 4:29:01 AM CDT

    Breaking news! No one cares about this film!

    by orionsangels

  • Jul 21, 2009 4:30:44 AM CDT

    Hurry & get to that Variety link! get your exciting Green Hornet

    by orionsangels

  • Jul 21, 2009 4:33:28 AM CDT

    Danny Chan for Kato, with Donnie Yen choreographing

    by monkey_king

    Danny played the Bruce Lee look-a-like goalie in SHAOLIN SOCCER and Bruce Lee in THE LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE TV series(that was horribly produced by his daughter Shannon)

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  • Jul 21, 2009 4:45:57 AM CDT

    Devoting lots of Articles to this

    by optimuscrime

    Is nothing else interesting happening? Maybe I'm just noticing because I'm not pumped for this movie. Whatever.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 5:09:02 AM CDT

    Bomb

    by laserhead

    That's all.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 5:11:03 AM CDT

    What the fuck is stuck in Rogen's bottom lip?

    by laserhead

    You know how he always looks like it's stuffed with smokeless tobacco? What the fuck is that?

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  • Jul 21, 2009 5:21:26 AM CDT

    This will be great.....

    by the zapper

    if you're a hardcore green hornet fan.... and you think Seth Rogen will be awesome as an action hero....and you reckon that Michael Gondry's past films have prepared him just perfectly for this assignment... and you feel that Nic Cage is a spellbinding acting still CLEARLY at the top of his game....

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  • Jul 21, 2009 5:40:46 AM CDT

    THIS MOVIE WILL DESTROY THE UNIVERSE!!!

    by derlanghaarige

    Matter and Anti-Matter can not exist in the same place, but the non-talent Seth Rogen will star in a movie by Michel Gondry, one of the most creative motion picture artists of our days and maybe ever!
    AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES THE IMPENDING DANGER!?! Don't fear 2012, fear 2010!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 5:59:18 AM CDT

    Not that it mattered beforehand...

    by karl childers

    Now it's guaranteed to flop.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:14:40 AM CDT

    Thank God!

    by cifra

    I mean, Thank God!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:17:01 AM CDT

    Maybe this will be an "origin" movie and

    by welsh12uk

    explain why they call him the Green Hornet. Possibly he is super hung thus he has a huge "stinger" and why does he drive a Dogde 300 with green headlights and has to have a guy half his size protect him. Seth I do want this movie to work but it has to be a bang up script because the TV show fell short. If this movie works it will make the corn in my stool pop.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:23:35 AM CDT

    Just a reminder: No One Fucking Cares

    by scottindc

    Once again, I am forced to aknowledge that AICN continues to report on this movie as if it's worthwhile news....here's the real newsflash: It's DOA...this project is fucked; it's cursed...it has nowhere to go but the abyss. At best, this should be a direct-to DVD title.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:31:15 AM CDT

    What's with all the hate?

    by toilet_terror

    I don't get it.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:32:06 AM CDT

    Also: fuck this shit

    by toilet_terror

  • Jul 21, 2009 6:36:50 AM CDT

    I care. --Optimistic, I am. --Could be fun!

    by jdanielp

    Find your Kato!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:38:20 AM CDT

    Dear Hollywood: Do something original please.

    by photoman

    Seriously...I'm boycotting everything from now on that's "based on" anything. Be it a book or comic or TV show or whatever. Get off your asses and do something original.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:57:46 AM CDT

    One approach that could be interesting...

    by jdanielp

    ...is if this was imagined as a Pixar live-action flick, with highly choreographed (worthy of Bruce Lee). If that was the case, and they would succeed within a PG rating, my young son and I would have a blast with this picture!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:59:28 AM CDT

    "...with highly choreographed action (worthy of Bruce Lee)."

    by jdanielp

    Bring it.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:59:40 AM CDT

    35MinutesAgo

    by thedude2010

    let me fix that for you
    35MinutesAgo-I'm fucking seth rogen

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  • Jul 21, 2009 7:12:21 AM CDT

    still going to shit its balls all over the floor. and you know i

    by mysterious_volvo

  • Jul 21, 2009 7:35:05 AM CDT

    Rogen does not exist in this dojo

    by cobra--kai

    Rogen, if you're reading this dude...
    Then find a role for Ralph Macchio.
    The Karate Kid gotta eat.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 7:37:52 AM CDT

    Jesus Fucking Christ

    by aquatarkusman

    Give this non-movie a rest.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 7:43:19 AM CDT

    Somewhat misleading headline.

    by darkman

    I mean, why would he be?

    And Cameron Diaz will never be as hot as she was in THE MASK. Fact.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:00:03 AM CDT

    HAHAHA - He does sound like a muppet!

    by adiehardfanwithalethalweapon

    Here's a good idea . . . How about they go with an all muppet cast as played by living actors. They already have fozzy playing the Green Hornet and Diaz would make an amazing Miss Piggy. After that it's just a question of where to put kermet as played by Michael Cera. Now, you know you'd see that fucking movie!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:10:31 AM CDT

    Get Robin Shou from Mortal Kombat and Beverly Hills Ninja

    by juansanchez

    This movie will fail, but at least it could put some food in Shou's fridge while it's at it.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:17:47 AM CDT

    11 months away and Rogen is still a fatty

    by kafka07

    I laugh at this 2010 date. Ok, so they're "building sets". But they're still writing and still casting. Rogen better hurry and swallow a tapeworm or something.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:19:45 AM CDT

    f&*$ing animatronic monkey...

    by greyspecter

    Ladies and jellyfish, Nicholas Cage!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:19:59 AM CDT

    Script Girl will play the bad guy's henchmen

    by snookeroo

    "No, no, not THAT button, you boob!"

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:21:30 AM CDT

    They Finally Turned Even 35MinutesAgo

    by gooseud

    against them, and he is Seth Rogen himself!! See 35, I TRIED to warn you they would just betray your faith in the end! I actually love this news, you couldnt make this stuff up. IF you are going to go down in flames, might as well REALLY go down in flames! Nic Cage vs Seth Rogen, how craptastically awesome.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:22:33 AM CDT

    Really...who cares?

    by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead

    The only people on the planet who seem to give a shit about this movie are Seth Rogen and the writers of this website. Really. No one else is reporting on this movie at even a fraction of the level that AICN is. The vast majority of people talking back on this site are uninterested and really tired of hearing about it. Why all the coverage, why do we need a damn near daily update of a movie that none of us are going to go see? The AICN writers seem to have no idea what we want to read about and continue to waste bandwith on this shit. WHY?

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:22:51 AM CDT

    Cage as Kato?...

    by eustisclay

    ...thank god you were joking. Seems funny since Bruce Lee died on July 20, I kinda was hoping for a mention.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:26:23 AM CDT

    THIS JUST IN!!!!!!!!!!!

    by burnednotice_dude

    AICN will continue its in depth coverage of a movie that will suck.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:31:22 AM CDT

    Ah, Cameron "Ass Pimples" Diaz!

    by yackbacker

    She really is vile. She's PERFECT for this movie!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:50:49 AM CDT

    Kato has to be Jet Li.

    by the dark shite

    Only he can replace Bruce Li. But I doubt he'd wanna be in something so shit.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:55:51 AM CDT

    Old timey superhero movies always flop

    by beezbo

    The Shadow. The Phantom. The Spirit. There are two ways to go with these films, each of which leads to disaster: 1) stick to the source material, which the kids don't know or care about, or 2) update the material to modern times, losing everything that was good about the originals in the first place. As a lover of Eisner's Spirit who is still stinging from that mess, I can't see how the Green Hornet will work.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 9:05:01 AM CDT

    no subject

    by cobra--kai

    Beezbo, don't forget the abomination that was DICK TRACEY. Cram a fridge full of talent and then nuke it good and proper.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 9:11:57 AM CDT

    Cage is due for a comback

    by ltgalloway

    And I think playing a bug nuts villain is the way to go. I would love to see him just go ape shit bat crazy.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 9:18:19 AM CDT

    Didn't we get bat sit crazy Cage in Face-Off?

    by adiehardfanwithalethalweapon

  • Jul 21, 2009 9:42:03 AM CDT

    Good story/script + Good direction/acting = Good movie

    by jdanielp

    ...especially if there is good choreography, good stunt-work, a good eye for the camera, and good special/visual effects (if any). And a good music score always helps.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 9:51:50 AM CDT

    I would enjoy the challenge of making a movie like this.

    by jdanielp

    Seeing all this bitching in the talkbacks...is one reason that such a project would give me great satisfaction. Hire me at the lowest dollar, send me the scripts (I'll sign the waiver),let me know what audience/rating you are shooting for (it makes a huge difference in the approach taken)...and allow me my input, and have a look at my directional notes, specifically as to camera work/movement and choreography. (Bonus: I know a little about martial arts.)

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  • Jul 21, 2009 10:07:47 AM CDT

    Thank Christ.

    by bonecrushersmith

  • Jul 21, 2009 10:09:15 AM CDT

    WHO THE FUCK CARES??????????????????????????/////

    by crackerfarmboy

    Seriously who fucking cares about this dumb project? Why is this headline news everyday?

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  • Jul 21, 2009 10:09:37 AM CDT

    Thank Christ.

    by bonecrushersmith

    Cage is in one of my favorite movies of all time (Raising Arizona), and is pretty good in a few others, but as of late he's been pretty predictable. The same worried guy who knows just a little bit more than everyone around him. He always seems like he was just wedged into a scene, rather than just being part of the scene.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 10:52:18 AM CDT

    YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF, SETH...

    by zombieheathledger

    For most people, our first glimpse of you was in 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN. You were ok in that. The movie was a fun romp and it was a good introduction to you. But you went to the well too many times, mon ami. You should've based your career on something like your buddy Paul Rudd who (other than that awful Halloween movie) has carefully chosen the projects he's been involved with, mixing it up, comedy and drama, he kept things on a steady, slow burn and that heat rises. Instead, you went the Pauley Shore route, how many movies were you in these last couple of years? You've been ubiquitous! And how many of these roles were pretty much the same guy? You have a limited range to begin with and now you have been so overexposed, the inevitable Seth Rogan backlash is in full effect which is a shame because you're not a completely unlikeable presence onscreen, but we're just sick of you, or rather the character you play for the umpteenth time.
    And now you seem to have a hotline directly to AICN where we are being fed every little GREEN HORNET tidbit as if it were news that George Lucas has apologized for the Star Wars Prequels and is financing having them all rebooted with James Cameron at the helm. WTF? It's GREEN HORNET, Seth! Some above poster pointed out that these old heroes, The Phantom, The Shadow, The Spirit, they're box office poison. The ONLY exception maybe being DICK TRACY. But that had Beatty, Pacino, Madonna AND it was fresh AND a brilliant design AND it was what, twenty years ago now? There is a GREEN HORNET movie to be made here, and you can be funny in it, but NOT if you take it earnestly. Take my advice, make it a LIVING IN OBLIVION/BOWFINGER/POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE type movie. Face it, to make a GREEN HORNET movie is utterly ridiculous, DOA, Epic Fail. Get ahead of the curve on that. Make the movie ABOUT making the ridiculous movie GREEN HORNET. Send up Hollywood and The Superhero genre. Make the movie about how ridiculous your fat ass looks in the costume and how you're worried about it and all the funny lines and situations that come with that. I've already seen you do some funny bits on your weight loss on various talk shows. THAT'S your movie dialogue for a scene in your movie right there. AND IT'S FUNNY AND YOU ARE FUNNY AND ENDEARING SAYING IT! Make it ABOUT that and ABOUT Stephen Chow dropping out and you have to audition Korean popsuperstar RAIN to take his place and we see him hilariouisly dance his way thru the fight choreography. This way you can have your cake and eat it, too. (And we all know how much you love cake you fat bastard!) You can still have the movie switch back and forth between your trials and tribulations making the GREEN HORNET MOVIE and just like LIVING IN OBLIVION/BOWFINGER you can switch back to showing us the GREEN HORNET movie itself and we will LOVE it because we know what you had to go thru to get that GREEN HORNET scene to come off as well as it does and the face that we are "in on it" will make us root for you and relish in it's unbercheese rather than tell you to fuck off for trying to make us swallow it earnestly.
    Think about it.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 10:55:27 AM CDT

    oops, should've read....

    by zombieheathledger

    "fact" that we are in on it. Not "face" that we are in on it.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 10:57:51 AM CDT

    Cage could be great in this.

    by jdanielp

    It is so funny. The negativity...is funny. PEOPLE...are funny. Instead of considering the possibilities, they recall their least favorite moments from the cast, the GREEN HORNET show, superhero movie disappointments...and on and on and on. Just keep in mind that with the right vision and script, George Clooney could have been a GREAT Batman. And in different hands, without the knowledge gained from previous disappointments, THE DARK KNIGHT could have been THIS generation's BATMAN AND ROBIN (perhaps "THE DARK KNIGHT AND THE BOY WONDER"). What I'm saying...is that people need to consider the best from the people involved...and hope for it. I recall a scene in TRUE ROMANCE where Gary Oldman and Christian Slater are swinging a hanging lamp at one another while they converse. I remember that...slow build-up of intensity. And when I consider the possibilities of Nick Cage in THE GREEN HORNET movie, I image that kind of naturalism. I imagine a script that allows the actors to act and not something that screams over-the-top disappointment (as my fellow talkbackers seem to expect). And a fun Pixar influenced movie could be loads of fun, too. So, how about we all consider what this movie COULD BE, rather than a repeat of past box office disasters? How about THAT?

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:04:08 AM CDT

    Cage only good for Fu Man Chu in Werewolf Women of the SS

    by turketron_2

    Everything else, no, No, NO FUCKING NO.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:13:37 AM CDT

    Dear AICN,

    by psynapse

    Please take your mouth off of Seth Rogen's cock and quit bothering us with yet more pointless yammering about this pedantic, piece of shit, fat kid ego project, please. Seriously, we only come here to bash it because it really does suck that much. Y'know, kind of the same way you keep sucking Rogen's balls.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:23:01 AM CDT

    Oh, I get it.

    by toilet_terror

    There's a bunch of retards who have a retarded 'Seth Rogen Sucks' club, so they're spewing retarded things onto any and all talkbacks related to said actor whom they have an intense retard-fixation on. Well I'll be fucking unimpressed.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:23:59 AM CDT

    Diaz as the HOT blonde?

    by gavdiggity

    I'm sorry, I must've misread that. She looks like she belongs on the Terrance and Phillip Show.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:25:13 AM CDT

    it's okay, i'll be back onboard

    by 35minutesago

    when they announce that weird al and LFO are teaming up for the score.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:25:55 AM CDT

    The FANTASY of what I would do...

    by jdanielp

    Cast George Clooney as the Green Hornet, hinting at how bad ass his Batman COULD have been. Seth would play completely against type, worthy of being Ledger's sidekick in THE DARK KNIGHT. Nick Cage could play a sometimes intense individual within organized crime. I'd find my Kato and choreograph fighting that is worthy of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, involving the camera like I've always dreamed. And in contrast of fighting styles, I would have the GREEN HORNET utilizing boxing and judo methods, sometimes involving more brutish tactics that are bar fight worthy (think Indiana Jones).

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:28:35 AM CDT

    I concure: WHO CARES?!

    by sgtsharki

    If no one cared about The Shadow or The Phantom, why would they care about The Green Hornet? This was a stupid idea to begin with and it's only getting stupider. Let this one die!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:30:06 AM CDT

    thedude2010

    by 35minutesago

    uhhhhhhhhhhhhhFAIL

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:34:56 AM CDT

    "Hot" blond does not equal Cameron Diaz.

    by darklighter

    That chick is the biggest butterface in the Wood!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:54:53 AM CDT

    GAY

    by rufferto

    That is all.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:11:13 PM CDT

    Because he came from the right sperm

    by spiceybiscuit

    That is the only reason he is an actor and a super bad one at that. 8mm anyone? So glad they are interested in a "good" superhero movie...did Batman teach them nothing? Another movie that will tank because they cast stupid actors in stupid plot lines

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:35:36 PM CDT

    Diaz? Hot? Now?

    by cellar door

    Last time she was truly how was 'Head Above Water' and she hasn't been close ever since. Someone get the girl a freakin sandwich so the wind doesn't knock her over. And that face full of teeth 'look how cute i am' grin with those skinny limbs flailing around does not make for a hottie. Not too mention she's a clean ten years older than Rogen...who's casting this thing? George Lucas? The idiot casting agency that did Superman Returns?

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  • Jul 21, 2009 12:43:18 PM CDT

    JDaniel WTF??

    by zombieheathledger

    You MUST be living in a 'fantasy' land if you think George Clooney is going to have ANYTHING to do with a fucking Green Hornet movie. And Rogan "worthy of being Ledger's sidekick in TDK"? Are you out of your mind? What has Rogan done at all that has shown he is one tenth the actor that Heath Ledger was. SUPERBAD? PINEAPPLE EXPRESS? Dude, your reach SERIOUSLY exceeds your grasp. And quit beggin for a job, moron. "Hire me at the lowest dollar"? How about if I give you a dollar to go away and STFU?

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:04:15 PM CDT

    Cage is good when the role requireds bugshit insanity

    by tall_boy66

    A lot of times he's bugshit insane when the role doesn't need it. As the villian? Go fucking apeshit. Its hillarious.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:07:17 PM CDT

    I'M CASTOR TROY!!!! WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!

    by tall_boy66

    People don't like Cage? I mean, really? It's total gold!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:23:35 PM CDT

    Cage is a great gangster.

    by cookylamoo

    check out "Kiss of Death", the movie he stole from Davis Caruso.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:24:08 PM CDT

    no subject

    by cobra--kai

    ZombieHeathLedger, I like your concept. I actually think it has a far better shot at critical/commercial success than a straight-up adaptation. Would also seem right up Gondry's street.
    Also TROPIC THUNDER is another good recent example of a film that sent up Hollywood, and featured clips of the 'finished movie' to complement the main storyline.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:24:55 PM CDT

    That's David Caruso.

    by cookylamoo

    The guys whose movie career pretty much began and ended with "Kiss of Death".

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:28:16 PM CDT

    Cobra--Kai has good taste in this dojo

    by zombieheathledger

    thx, man. It's really the only way this will work, imho.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 1:42:30 PM CDT

    Diaz=bad box office

    by spiceybiscuit

    was there a movie that she did that was ever good? And I am not talking about "Mary" or "Charlie's Angels" Ben Stiller drove that movie and Charlie's Angels..well not sure why that movie was a hit because it was B-A-D Cage & Diaz if the rumors are true=bomb

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:06:14 PM CDT

    Is this for real???

    by thedoctor28

    Seth as the GH? Is it a comedy? I just cant see that fat ass playing a serious super hero! Even if he lost weight he still aint the "kick ass" looking type. Seth, really? GTF outta here!!!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:07:31 PM CDT

    this is stupid

    by simondark76

    green hornet isnt even relevant,and besides rogan sucks the fat knob.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:09:24 PM CDT

    this is stupid

    by simondark76

    green hornet isnt even relevant,and besides rogan sucks the fat knob.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:09:25 PM CDT

    this is stupid

    by simondark76

    green hornet isnt even relevant,and besides rogan sucks the fat knob.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:10:59 PM CDT

    Cage only good for Fu Man Chu in Werewolf Women of the SS by tur

    by thedoctor28

    YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:16:06 PM CDT

    Seth,

    by thedoctor28

    Listen to ZombieHeathLedger.

    He is a genius!!!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:44:19 PM CDT

    Yet again still no Funny People

    by series7

    Reviews, let alone 500 of them on this site. I haven't seen a single Funny People review telling me that Judd Apatow has created the funniest movie since Schindlers List. So I'm thinking that Universal realized that the movie sucked, and if they do the usual 1,000,000 advance screenings of the film bad word of mouth will hurt its opening day. So now they are just hoping to bank on Apatow and Sandler and Rogan and Grimace to bring in a big opening weekend.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:46:03 PM CDT

    ZombieHeathLedger

    by jdanielp

    It would be just to prove that it CAN be done. Nothing is impossible, within the movies. And Seth seems completely comfortable in front of the camera, which leads me to believe that he could... "be" ...a character much unlike his true self, if the part was written well enough. Most people see limits. But when it comes to moving pictures, I don't.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:46:19 PM CDT

    Nic Cage is a good actor

    by cherryvalance

    He can even be great when he wants to. He just hasn't wanted to for a long time for some reason. I think it's what I call Oscar disease. Some actors after they win an Oscar stink for a long time, or keep playing characters that are like the one they won with. But this has gone on for too long. I'm looking forward to some actory acting from Cage one day. But this certainly wouldn't be it. The Fu Man Chu movie, however, could be just what we're looking for. If Machete and Thanksgiving are gonna happen I hope that one will too.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 2:47:12 PM CDT

    Wait there is a bad review

    by series7

    On IMDB. I'm surprised that hasn't been buried yet.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 3:03:43 PM CDT

    Nicholas Cage...

    by mr.lordbronco

    OhhhKKKKK-looks like we're veering towards Burn hollywood burn territory...Uh this is starting to sound like it's could make people possibly yearn for the glory that was Rush Hour 3--speechless...

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  • Jul 21, 2009 3:09:23 PM CDT

    WHY GOD! WHY!

    by redkamel

    Why make another action story into a comedy? Why Seth Rogen? He's a slightly pudgy comedian, not an action star. His only character I have ever seen is the "self concious everyman/boy/nerd with a heart of gold".
    Why would you even consider Nicolas Cage for anything except the role of a child molester? Hes a real fucking weird dude.

    this movie could have been awesome.

    also, "The Shadow" and "The Phantom" were good in a campy, overacting, predictable sort of way. Great on a rainy day. They just went with the lore. If they'd tried to make it more "real" it could have ended up REALLY bad. Might as well go whole hog! Skull ring? Sure! Skull base? Ok! Rides a white horse in purple tights? you got it! Opium lord becomes invisible badass? Yep!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 3:11:21 PM CDT

    care does not exist in this dojo.

    by jackknifed_juggernaut

  • Jul 21, 2009 4:48:26 PM CDT

    Rather have Will Ferrel rolling on the floor...

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    and acting like a two yr old than see Rogen, Cage, and Diaz ugly ass!

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  • Jul 21, 2009 4:55:41 PM CDT

    CAMERON D... D is for DOG.

    by theblight

    Not to be a chump and be disrespectful... but, I will be any way’s... Cameron has not looked right since her modeling days of the early 90's and then around the Mask days. Weird face, odd wrinkles, thin hair, poor make up, and way too goofy and quirky (why did she have to be a twit in Charlie's Angels). Some other blonde please...! Or brunette, they are due for a comeback :)
    PS: Cage, really? Use another comedian, have them go all Method and break it out real serious like to balance Seth...

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:09:09 PM CDT

    Now to cinch the deal they should cast

    by volstaff

    Michael Ironside in some part just so we know this'll tank, and tank big.
    Or get rid of Rogen and cast Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan as the Hornet and Kato.And have Ratner direct.
    "The Green Hornet in...Epic Fail!"

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  • Jul 21, 2009 6:54:15 PM CDT

    Jason Scott Lee

    by thebutcher

    He might be right for the Kato role.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 7:20:04 PM CDT

    Ooooh!

    by tedkordlives

    If Cage brings his "I don't give a fuck" attitude, whilst actually giving a fuck, this has a shot at being sublimely ridiculous. Slowly....winning...me..over. yes I will see green hornet it will be much better than 2012 or salt i predict many oscars for green hornet especially now that there are ten best pic noms there will be a spot for the amazing green hornet movie...

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  • Jul 21, 2009 7:35:04 PM CDT

    WHY?

    by spectrebeeyatch

    I really liked Green Hornet back in the day. I already hate this movie and I'm pretty sure they don't have a script.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 7:45:48 PM CDT

    Cage is one of us

    by takingscorpioscalls

    his fake ass wig with the obvious hairline, his bugged out eyes, he's fucking AWESOME! kind of like a good version of michael ironside.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 7:56:15 PM CDT

    Cage was Ghost Riders only saving grace

    by outlawsdelejos

    Fuck everyone else, I like the man.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 8:26:58 PM CDT

    Wow. 2 whole years from now?

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Way to hype up.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 10:58:54 PM CDT

    I hope they..

    by kaos11director

    make the movie really campy and fun. Nic Cage should ham it up. He's the best god damned actor on this planet. He should be in the Avengers movie playing all the Avengers. He should also play Superman. Kato should be Tony Jaa but really funny.

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:07:24 PM CDT

    HOW THE FUCK DO I GET OUT OF THIS PAPER BAG??

    by bottombrick

    exquisite. can't wait for Port of Call Louisiana

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  • Jul 21, 2009 11:08:32 PM CDT

    And the stuff stuck in Rogen's lower lip

    by bottombrick

    Is mealy mouthed faggotry.

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  • Jul 22, 2009 1:46:37 AM CDT

    two years, Locke?

    by 35minutesago

    i hope you're not talking about the release date on the teaser logo.

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