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Christoph Waltz Replaces Nicolas Cage As The Villain In THE GREEN HORNET!

Beaks here...

Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke is reporting that the magnificent Christoph Waltz has agreed to step in for Nicolas Cage as the villain "Chudnofsky" in Michel Gondry's THE GREEN HORNET. That, my friends, is what we call a bingo.

Though many were disappointed when Cage dropped out of the film (reportedly over $$$), I love the idea of Waltz goofing around with what will presumably be a more cartoony bad guy than INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS' charismatic, but deeply evil Col. Hans Landa. This could be a nice, post-Oscar victory lap for the fifty-two-year-old Austrian actor, who, prior to his appearance in Tarantino's film, was all but unknown here in the states. This is incredibly well-deserved, and will hopefully vault Waltz into bigger and better (and, perhaps, less villainous roles) in the near future.

Waltz will join Seth Rogen, Jay Chou and Cameron Diaz in the Gondry-directed film, which is currently shooting and set to hit theaters December 17, 2010.

(And kudos to Herc for suggesting Waltz might be in the running last week.)

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STUNT CASTING
by Gwai Lo
Sep 14th, 2009
12:58:33 PM
first to point out
by Beezbo
Sep 14th, 2009
12:58:35 PM
I like it
by The Pusher
Sep 14th, 2009
12:58:37 PM
I like it
by The Pusher
Sep 14th, 2009
12:58:40 PM
sorry
by The Pusher
Sep 14th, 2009
12:59:03 PM
OHHH thank god!
by Series7
Sep 14th, 2009
01:04:02 PM
GONDRY + WALTZ = MUST SEE CRAZYNESS
by sherlock_junior
Sep 14th, 2009
01:04:45 PM
The Hollywood cookie cutter machine is in high gear
by skimn
Sep 14th, 2009
01:05:02 PM
Best news ever!
by phool2056
Sep 14th, 2009
01:05:41 PM
Cage didn't agree with the choice of wigs.
by brock landers baby
Sep 14th, 2009
01:06:03 PM
Flop!
by Karl Childers
Sep 14th, 2009
01:08:37 PM
hellz yaw
by chiahead
Sep 14th, 2009
01:09:18 PM
awesome
by TheDark0Knight
Sep 14th, 2009
01:11:31 PM
Casting departments are lazy
by Gwai Lo
Sep 14th, 2009
01:11:53 PM
Wow
by Sardonic
Sep 14th, 2009
01:12:04 PM
aaaaaand...
by jimmy rabbitte
Sep 14th, 2009
01:15:10 PM
Waltz "All but unknown" in the States
by VicenzoV
Sep 14th, 2009
01:17:00 PM
Does Cage really care about money?
by Spandau Belly
Sep 14th, 2009
01:22:49 PM
cool news!
by RedHorseVector
Sep 14th, 2009
01:23:11 PM
Good point, Vincenzo V...
by jimmy rabbitte
Sep 14th, 2009
01:23:14 PM
And this is stunt casting at its stuntiest
by Spandau Belly
Sep 14th, 2009
01:23:57 PM
Now just get rid of Diaz and maybe you've got something
by GordoSan#1
Sep 14th, 2009
01:24:00 PM
expendables trailer
by thefofo
Sep 14th, 2009
01:26:27 PM
And this just in!
by Series7
Sep 14th, 2009
01:26:28 PM
jimmy rabbitte
by mrbeaks
Sep 14th, 2009
01:31:58 PM
No one with any taste, gives a fuck about Green Hornet.
by scriptgirl_nipples
Sep 14th, 2009
01:32:08 PM
Ok so.according to people's logic here...
by LastOfTheV8Interceptors
Sep 14th, 2009
01:33:00 PM
thefofo!!!! FUCKKKKK!!!
by Series7
Sep 14th, 2009
01:33:53 PM
LastOfTheV8Interceptors
by Series7
Sep 14th, 2009
01:35:01 PM
Though everyone knows
by Series7
Sep 14th, 2009
01:36:48 PM
Expendables trailer! link inside!!
by thefofo
Sep 14th, 2009
01:38:01 PM
I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 14th, 2009
01:38:32 PM
VicenzoV, if that phrase doesn't make sense
by MattmanReturns
Sep 14th, 2009
01:42:32 PM
LOL @ guys who want better looking men in their films.
by RedHorseVector
Sep 14th, 2009
01:45:39 PM
Expendables; not as good as Extreme Prejudice in 2010
by savagedave
Sep 14th, 2009
01:49:04 PM
So much for my hopes for Waltz as The Red Skull
by SpyGuy
Sep 14th, 2009
01:52:31 PM
THE MOVIE SO BAD EVEN NICK CAGE LEFT
by HaterofCrap
Sep 14th, 2009
01:54:27 PM
That is one hellova step up in casting
by Tall_Boy66
Sep 14th, 2009
01:54:45 PM
should play the captain in a NASA space shuttle thriller
by Toilet_Terror
Sep 14th, 2009
01:56:19 PM
mrbeaks
by jimmy rabbitte
Sep 14th, 2009
01:58:45 PM
Brilliance...
by ED2D2
Sep 14th, 2009
02:00:12 PM
Seth Rogen: two bombs and counting...
by Heckles
Sep 14th, 2009
02:02:29 PM
Can you imagine how Nicholas Cage broke the news?
by ricarleite2
Sep 14th, 2009
02:03:11 PM
Gondry is a genius!
by tehDude
Sep 14th, 2009
02:05:34 PM
Vincenzo V.....
by RighteousBrother
Sep 14th, 2009
02:10:06 PM
YES,YES,YES,YES Waltz is a genius...
by samuraiyao
Sep 14th, 2009
02:13:28 PM
Cage doesn't need the money
by Darth Busey
Sep 14th, 2009
02:15:33 PM
Thanks for clearing that up, RighteousBrother.
by VicenzoV
Sep 14th, 2009
02:17:01 PM
The Conscience of Nicolas Cage
by savagedave
Sep 14th, 2009
02:18:37 PM
No one would give a shit if...
by Gungan Slayer
Sep 14th, 2009
02:22:48 PM
NOW I'M INTERESTED IN THIS MOVIE
by damiz707
Sep 14th, 2009
02:37:08 PM
Guess Nic Cage has standards after all!
by HollywoodHellraiser
Sep 14th, 2009
02:37:29 PM
I must say...
by HarryCalder
Sep 14th, 2009
02:37:35 PM
Seth Rogen takes casting direction from AICN talkbackers!!!
by YackBacker
Sep 14th, 2009
02:39:16 PM
The casting is too bland
by Cinemanimetal
Sep 14th, 2009
02:43:50 PM
Heckles, what's your definition of a bomb?
by Talkbacker with no name
Sep 14th, 2009
02:44:01 PM
Rumor has it the Green Hornet takes on the Cat in the Hat
by Snookeroo
Sep 14th, 2009
02:45:23 PM
Gungan Slayer, say what you see
by Talkbacker with no name
Sep 14th, 2009
02:46:15 PM
And thus the typecasting began
by AsimovLives
Sep 14th, 2009
02:46:38 PM
Rogan has become the Steven Segal of comedy
by jaysin420
Sep 14th, 2009
02:46:44 PM
Great actor but film sounds massively shit
by Drsambeckett1984
Sep 14th, 2009
02:48:11 PM
...and the owl goes, "Whooo"?
by StatelyWayneManor
Sep 14th, 2009
02:48:56 PM
Uhm Harry, The Expendables (Venice) Trailer leaked..
by aphextwin
Sep 14th, 2009
03:15:31 PM
I can't diss the guy for taking the part
by Killah_Mate
Sep 14th, 2009
03:17:30 PM
At this rate, Waltz will get the parts
by skimn
Sep 14th, 2009
03:28:25 PM
Damn. They really do read up on our Talkbacks.
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 14th, 2009
03:28:58 PM
What about Jason Statham or Brendan Frasier?
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 14th, 2009
03:37:07 PM
I said outloud "Ooooh NO WAY!"
by r_kelly
Sep 14th, 2009
03:39:45 PM
Cool
by CherryValance
Sep 14th, 2009
03:44:37 PM
Seth Rogen is hollywood poison right now.
by Rolling_Stone
Sep 14th, 2009
03:45:44 PM
Ooooo, this casting is a BIN-GO!
by Nasty In The Pasty
Sep 14th, 2009
03:46:21 PM
Expendables trailer
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Sep 14th, 2009
03:49:20 PM
MARTIN FREEMAN is BILBO!!
by Sierra_Rift
Sep 14th, 2009
03:50:08 PM
Cage and the Pay or Play contract
by Damned if I can login
Sep 14th, 2009
04:04:07 PM
Waltz was Awesome on Inlgorious Basterds
by My_IQ_is_135
Sep 14th, 2009
04:11:12 PM
The awesomeness of AVATAR made it possible that
by sherlock_junior
Sep 14th, 2009
04:15:12 PM
Oh sh--
by Kontarsky
Sep 14th, 2009
04:44:21 PM
"all but [...]" usually just means "virtually"
by BadMrWonka
Sep 14th, 2009
04:45:13 PM
Waltz was the only good thing about Basterds
by scrivener
Sep 14th, 2009
04:51:03 PM
For this shit you passed on TATORT?
by VictorvonGarzo
Sep 14th, 2009
05:32:43 PM
That. is. A BINGO!!
by DrunkyMcLush
Sep 14th, 2009
05:40:22 PM
Jay chou will kick all their asses!!!!!!
by dmstar
Sep 14th, 2009
05:41:30 PM
I would love Waltz to win the Oscar.....but....
by KingOfMilwaukee
Sep 14th, 2009
06:29:43 PM
Steady yourself people, Waltz won't get an Oscar
by JuanSanchez
Sep 14th, 2009
06:34:01 PM
Nic Cage to be replaced by Christopher Mintz-Plasse??
by thelordofhell
Sep 14th, 2009
06:35:31 PM
Nooooooooooooooooo!
by TheWaqman
Sep 14th, 2009
06:44:31 PM
scrivener....agreed!
by TheWaqman
Sep 14th, 2009
06:46:10 PM
Go Seth - great casting. Fantastic news!
by hallmitchell
Sep 14th, 2009
07:15:33 PM
"Would you welcome this Hornet with glass of delicious millk?"
by Onin Solstice
Sep 14th, 2009
08:33:09 PM
Ugh- grasping at straws
by Rubiks Doob
Sep 14th, 2009
11:21:12 PM
Gondry+Waltz>Rogen+Diaz
by MacReady452
Sep 14th, 2009
11:24:32 PM
When
by Batwing5
Sep 15th, 2009
12:05:08 AM
Car crash on Green Hornet! It's already doomed!
by Tall_Boy66
Sep 15th, 2009
12:18:02 AM
Fat Internet Nerds Hating Seth Rogen
by cymbalta4thedevil
Sep 15th, 2009
01:17:58 AM
Gondry's Pineapple Express
by zed261
Sep 15th, 2009
01:53:06 AM
In a prefect world...
by GordoSan#1
Sep 15th, 2009
02:12:55 AM
Heckles and zed261
by MandrakeRoot
Sep 15th, 2009
02:25:06 AM
Cage is shite
by nobbythehappyelf
Sep 15th, 2009
02:29:59 AM
major cast upgrade
by palewook
Sep 15th, 2009
05:42:00 AM
Bad career move for Mr Waltz
by ominus
Sep 15th, 2009
06:34:48 AM
Jay chou!!!!! The Singing/rapping bruce Lee!!!!
by dmstar
Sep 15th, 2009
08:39:41 AM
It will take US audiences years to weary of
by kabong
Sep 15th, 2009
10:37:17 AM
nobby, what does "gurning" mean?
by kabong
Sep 15th, 2009
10:39:23 AM
Yeah, what scrivener said.
by kabong
Sep 15th, 2009
10:43:38 AM
Talkbackers are retarded
by IForgotAbout19
Sep 15th, 2009
02:09:30 PM
Now I really want to see this movie!
by Evangelion217
Sep 15th, 2009
04:19:10 PM
Thank God no CAGE!!!
by Annie The Pod Racer
Sep 15th, 2009
06:01:41 PM

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