Michel Gondry Defends The Green Hornet

Published on May 5, 2010 by Martyn Conterio · View Comments

Giving Michel Gondry a big movie to direct was an inspired choice. That he’s making an adaptation of a comic book and old t.v. show is even more impressive. The Green Hornet stars Seth Rogen, Christoph Waltz and Cameron Diaz. As with all major releases there’s been rumours and talk of studio strife and technology du jour, 3D. Latino Review got Gondry to air his thoughts on the forthcoming movie and went on the defensive:

“If the film is not good, the studio will stop paying any money… Believe me, if they did not think the movie would be great they would stop spending any money on it. It’s how big corporations work. They don’t spend money to save a project, they spend money when they think they’re going to get more money back.”

The worst thing that can happen, well there’s plenty of things, but the most salient would be if the film resembles a smothered version of what a Michel Gondry could/should be, meaning: insane, beautiful and highly inventive work.

Gondry also pointed out it was not studio pressure to film in 3D, but the grand plan all along. The idea of 3D and Michel Gondry meeting in a big Hollywood flick is very exciting (potentially). We’ll find out when The Green Hornet is released later this year.