By | Published September 15, 2009

Christoph Waltz

Currently enjoying favorable reviews for his turn as a Nazi colonel in Quentin Tarantino’s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, Austrian actor Christoph Waltz has signed up to play the lead villain in THE GREEN HORNET. Waltz is replacing Nicolas Cage who had previously been in talks to play a Los Angeles crime boss named Chudnofsky who attempts to unite local gangs.

Seth Rogen is set to play the title role with Asian pop superstar Jay Chou cast as his martial arts-trained sidekick Kato, a role originally played by Bruce Lee in the ’60s-era TV series. Cameron Diaz is also signed on to play Rogen’s love interest.

Michel Gondry is directing an action comedy script by Rogen and Evan Goldberg that’s based on THE GREEN HORNET radio series by George W. Trendle.

Source: Variety

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  • danielzelter

    Waltz might have developed a new popularity with American movie-goers, but this whole project reeks of the same mis-casting which killed the Uma Thurman “Avengers”. Rogen is not a draw, and Chou is not an action star. [Or should I phrase it the other way around?] If you have to retool a project that often, it might be a good idea to give up on it, especially since 'Hornet's been tossed around various studios for years.

  • chris

    Nice!Way better choice than sleepy Nicholas Cage…looking forward to this, tho it is a huge dissapointment Chow wont be in it…love Seth Rogan tho!

  • http://twitter.com/Get_Off_My_Lawn Kessa Sun

    Michel Gondry is at the helms along with Waltz that makes this project even more interesting… They should just get this project over and be done with…

  • albertv

    I'm actually excited. I would pick Christophe Waltz any day over Nic Cage. Waltz stole Inglorious Basterds from right under Brad Pitt's nose. I think he's going to make a good villain for this film.

  • Bruce

    Do we know if this movie's going to be set in the present day? I'd like to see it set in maybe the 1940s. How will they get away with a guy having an asian servant in modern times?

  • danielzelter

    “How will they get away with a guy having an asian servant in modern times?”

    They'll probably make him an illegal alien. =p

  • danielzelter

    “How will they get away with a guy having an asian servant in modern times?”

    They'll probably make him an illegal alien. =p