Over the weekend we snagged a story from Drew McWeeny over at HitFix regarding some negative talk at Sundance about Seth Rogen's upcoming adaptation of Green Hornet getting off the ground. Apparently Seth Rogen wasn't too happy with these reports, and he got in contact with Drew via e-mail to settle the score.

I'm betting Rogen was pissed and maybe even laid into Drew a bit since the only excerpt from this e-mail used is in regards to all the people who are hard at work on Green Hornet and I'm sure that this created a stir among the production team as to whether or not they were going to have jobs. In the e-mail Rogen comments:

"'The Green Hornet' has many people working for it, including production designers, costume designers and many conceptual artists, office staff, etc. [The studio heads] have every intention on making it, and assuming we're able to hire a new director in the upcoming weeks, which seems like a distinct possibility, it should still hit the release date."

Well I'm glad Seth was nice enough to keep everyone in the loop, and it's good to hear that we'll at least get a chance to see how this project turns out. Other good news includes a report over at Ain't It Cool (ironically enough the former stomping grounds of Drew McWeeny aka Moriarity) that while Stephen Chow is no longer directing he is definitely still in for portraying the Hornet's faithful sidekick Kato. Stay tuned for any further developments as they come along.

Labels: Green Hornet, Seth Rogen, Stephen Chow