Jul 20 2007Seth Rogen Takes Green Hornet
Columbia Pictures appears to have a lot of faith in Seth Rogen since the success of Knocked Up: according to Variety, they've just given him writing/acting duty on the long-discussed Green Hornet project. Once rumored as a vehicle for typically-handsome leads George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Jake Gyllenhaal, the dashing masked millionaire is now apparently more of an awkward, chubby guy with curly hair.
Don't get me wrong, I like Seth Rogen, but I'm not sure a classic character like Green Hornet should necessarily be more out of shape than I am. If we don't maintain Green Hornet's serious role as a monument to handsome white male superiority over lesser races we use as personal man servants, we'll only have Fantasy Island and a handful of other examples.
Reader Comments
1. Vince - July 20, 2007 11:38 AM
World's first Jewperhero.
2. Bobby - July 20, 2007 11:57 AM
While I'm all for the superhero action movie.... The Green Hornet!
Anyway, Seth will do fine. He'll be the slacker who will run around chasing crime after he finishes chasing some tail. He'll keep the scruffy beard and his glasses will match his mask.
He looks about as dangerous as Michael Keaton.
3. proteon - July 20, 2007 1:23 PM
This has that Lebewulf kid written all over it.
4. Willravel - July 20, 2007 6:16 PM
Jewperhero. That's why you have a blog, and we're all googling 'ass' and 'face'. You don't do that?
Let him write it. Let someone else, and unknown, be the Green Hornet, and more importantly Kato. And let Kato be a hot asian chick who has to do martial arets in a biki for some reason. Oh yeah, that's the stuff. The iwatchstuff.
5. Coco Arquette - July 20, 2007 6:56 PM
finally, a fat, lazy slob superhero we can all relate to.
6. tokyoguy100 - July 20, 2007 11:40 PM
If they wanted a fat white guy, they might as well have given it to Kevin Smith - fat , white & loves the comics...
7. garry - July 23, 2007 4:13 PM
Seth Rogen is a complete loser. i dont even like green hornet,, but seth rogen shouldnt be a star in ANY movie.
8. hammershark - August 25, 2007 8:38 PM
40 year old virgin, knocked up, this guy's got 2 moves: fat & awkward. not funny unless you are one of those people who enjoyed watching the fat & awkward kid in school, trying to claim the title Class Clown.
I wouldnt watch the flick anyway, when it comes to superheroes, i only watch the big 3: Superman, Batman and Spiderman. everyone else is just a bunch of spandex and shiny patent leather boots pulled from the "parts" chest, assigned some random and pointless super power, then thrown together with 7 other pointless "super"? heroes in an effort to consolodate thier collective powers to make them a little less pointless. Aqua Man and Apache Chief... im looking in your general direction...
9. Donnie Destro - September 20, 2007 4:16 PM
seth is cool. hollyhood aint got nuthin but personal trainers, in a couple weeks he might be seth schwartzenegar. But the Green Hornet was the Kato show, i dont even remember the green hornets secret ident, "bruce lame?". I hope they picked this new guy because they have to spend the rest of the budget on jet li. shi.....
DESTRO
10. m - August 14, 2008 4:55 AM
dudes, chill
seth is awesome
and he's already lost a ton of weight and looks great, just saw him on letterman. he is a great writer and good enough actor and he will do a good job.