superherohype.com - 9/16/2009
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On Monday, it was announced that Inglourious Basterds actor Christoph Waltz had been cast as the villain "Chudnofsky" in The Green Hornet . Nicolas Cage was in talks for the role earlier and talked to The Canadian Press about his reasons for not coming on board:
Cage says he "wasn't ...
deadline.com - 9/14/2009
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deadline.com —
EXCLUSIVE: I'm told that ICM's actor Christoph Waltz
who won Best Actor at the Cannes Fm Festival...
for playing a Nazi in Inglourious Basterds (and is a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination) has now been cast as villain Chudnofsky in Sony's The Green Hornet ...
Christoph Waltz To Be Villain In 'Green Hornet'
ca.news.yahoo.com - 9/16/2009
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By The Canadian Press TORONTO - Nicolas Cage
says he dropped out of "The Green Hornet" film...
because of creative differences with star and screenwriter Seth Rogen and director Michel Gondry. Cage discussed his decision while appearing at the Toronto ...
Cage says he couldn't agree on Rogen's take on 'Green ...
accidentalsexiness.com - 9/16/2009
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Here are the latest scenes from The Green
Hornet camp in Pasadena, California today. Seth Green and...
Jay Chou were on set along with French Director Michael Gondry. It was recently announced that negotiations with Nicolas Cage fizzled for the role of the villain in the film and ...
On the Scene: Seth Rogen & Jay Chou
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Casting: Zach Galifianakis in It’s Kind of a Funny Story; Nicolas Cage Explains (Disses?) The Green Hornet
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... of some (not me), Cage dipped out on Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet before shooting any scenes; he was set to play the top villain, Chudnofsky. And as our readers know, Rogen and Gondry then announced one of the greatest rebounds in recent memory by casting Christoph “Hans Landa” Waltz in the role. Cage explained (and dissed the character imo) via SuperHeroHype…
Cage says he ...
Nic Cage Apparently Too Good For 'Green Hornet'; LeBron James To Make Film Debut
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... by Christoph Waltz, suggesting that the character wasn't well developed enough, and that he "wasn't interested in just being just straight-up bad guy who was killing people willy-nilly". Apparently he missed the rich, three-dimensional characters from "Ghost Rider" and "The Wicker Man." [Superhero Hype] ...
NIC CAGE HAD HERZOG’S BACK VIS A VIS IGUANAS
FilmDrunk.com —
... In other Cage news, he says he turned down the part of the villain in The Green Hornet, partly because he wanted the character to have some humanity, and not be just a straight-up bad guy. “Why does he turn? WHY DOES HE TURN? WHYDOESHETURNWHYDOESHETURN?!?!?” I imagine Cage demanding. ...
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feedproxy.google.com 9/14/2009 — Nicolas Cage was to play the villain in the highly anticipated movie “ The Green Hornet ” being directed by Michel Gondry , but the actor and the studio were not able to come to terms on a deal.
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Nicolas Cage Will Not Star In Green Hornet
filmofilia.com 9/12/2009 — Nicolas Cage was to play the villain in the highly anticipated movie “ The Green Hornet ” being directed by Michel Gondry , but the actor and the studio were not able to come to terms on a deal.
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Cage out of Green Hornet
atomicpopcorn.net 9/10/2009 — Nicolas Cage became another casualty in the never ending string of problems for Sony Pictures feature The Green Hornet . After negotiations with the star’s contract came to a standstill, the actor dropped out of the cast. Cage was signed on originally to play the villain Mr. X in the ...
Green Hornet Villain Role Not Good Enough for The Cage
firstshowing.net 9/17/2009 —
Earlier this week we told you that Christoph Waltz was stepping into the villain role vacated by Nicolas Cage in Michel Gondry's Green Hornet . It seems like this production has had nothing but problems from losing Stephen Chow in every capacity ...
Nicolas Cage drops out of 'Green Hornet'
heatvisionblog.com 9/8/2009 — Nicolas Cage will not feel the sting of “The Green Hornet.” Cage was to play the villain in Columbia’s action movie, being directed by Michel Gondry, but the actor and the studio were not able to come to terms on...
Nicolas Cage in talks for role in 'Green Hornet'
news-briefs.ew.com 7/22/2009 — Nicolas Cage is in early negotiations to play the gangster villain opposite Seth Rogen's Green Hornet in the forthcoming superhero flick directed by Michel Gondry, Variety reports. Cameron Diaz is in talks to play Rogen's love interest. The movie ...
Nic Cage On Why He Passed on 'The Green Hornet'
getthebigpicture.net 9/17/2009 — I have seen this Nicolas Cage act, and I have seen him act in some really shitty movies. Most of them fall in that category, in fact. So it's surprising that he had qualms about the script for The Green Hornet ; either that, or the screenplay is worse than Windtalkers , which is ...
Nicolas Cage in Talks for The Green Hornet
superherohype.com 7/21/2009 — Columbia Pictures is in early talks with Nicolas Cage to play the gangster villain in The Green Hornet , reports Variety .
Cameron Diaz is negotiating to play a reporter and love interest in the Michel Gondry-directed film that stars Seth Rogen as ...
Christoph Waltz joins 'Green Hornet' —
Variety.com 9/14/2009
Film News: 'Basterds' thesp to play villian in Columbia film -- Christoph Waltz, who is generating raves for his role as a Nazi in "Inglorious Basterds," has signed on to play the villain in Columbia Pictures' action comedy "The Green Hornet."
'Basterds' passes $100 million overseas —
Variety.com 9/16/2009
Film News: Tarantino's WWII thriller still a hit with audiences -- A month after its launch, Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" is showing no signs of running out of steam -- particularly on the foreign front.
Target: Harvey —
NY Post: Page Six 9/18/2009
Harvey Weinstein's business is on firmer ground after the success of "Inglourious Basterds," but the same can't be said for his high-end social networking site, ASmallWorld. On Wednesday, French police, assisted by the FBI, arrested two French hacker...
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