10:00AM Defamer Hollywood | From the Well, Damn, We Certainly Didn’t See This One Coming file, the
LAT is reporting that Judd Apatow Comedy Conglomerate senior associate Seth Rogen, who so memorably gave hope to bong-hitting slackers everywhere by impregnating an inebriated Katherine Heigl in
Knocked Up, has signed a deal to write – and, weirdly, possibly star in – a Green Hornet movie for Columbia. Some background on the character and a brief history of previous attempts
from the Times story:
The studio announced in March that it had optioned the rights to the superhero property that follows the adventures of Brit Reid. A wealthy publisher of The Daily Sentinel by day, Reid roams as a masked crime fighter by night, dedicated to protecting the lives and rights of the city’s citizens. Reid is accompanied by Kato, a chauffeur-bodyguard-personal assistant during business hours who transforms into a masked sidekick with a knack for martial arts when the sun goes down. The two cruise around town in a dark sedan known as the Black Beauty. [...]
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