According to several sources, the legendary composer Danny Elfman will be scoring Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz and Christoph Waltz. Although not officially confirmed, the very reliable Film Score Daily posted this on Elfman: “he returns to the superhero genre with The Green Hornet.” Elfman last scored Milk, Terminator Salvation, and Taking Woodstock, and also has Alice in Wonderland coming up.

The Green Hornet finished shooting in December and is in post-production. Sony has slated a December 22nd release for the film!

The filming of The Green Hornet resumed for Cameron yesterday, as she was photographed on the set of the movie. She was wearing the same blue dress as she’s wearing in older set-photos. Check out the new pictures by clicking on the preview above. More will be added when/if found. Enjoy!

Less than a week after losing their villain, a new superhero movie has quickly found a worthy replacement. According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, Inglourious Basterds star Christoph Waltz has been cast as the villain in The Green Hornet.

Waltz takes over for Nicolas Cage, who left the project last week when a financial deal couldn’t be met. Waltz will portray the baddie Chudnofsky.

The film recently started shooting in Los Angeles and stars Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz and Jay Chou.

Source: MovieWeb.com

According to Heat Vision, Nicolas Cage has bowed out of playing the villain in Columbia Pictures The Green Hornet. He was to play the villain in the action movie, being directed by Michel Gondry, but the actor and the studio were not able to come to terms on a deal.

Columbia had no comment but sources said the studio is on the hunt for a new bad guy. No scenes with Cage were on shot for the movie, which just began principal photography in Los Angeles last week.

Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz and Jay Chou topline the movie, which brings the classic crime-fighting hero to the big-screen.

Yesterday, Cameron Diaz and co-stars Seth Rogen and Jay Chou was seen filming their first scenes for the upcoming action movie The Green Hornet. The movie, in theaters December 17 next year, centers around Britt Reid/The Green Hornet, with Cameron playing his secretary Lenore Case. Check out photos from the set by clicking on the preview below. Enjoy!

Green Hornet’s release date may have been bumped back a few months, but the good news is that hasn’t slowed down the film’s production process. Sony announced today that filming has commenced on The Green Hornet, directed by Michel Gondry and starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou and Cameron Diaz. Also new to the cast are Tom Wilkinson and David Harbour. Read the press release below!

CULVER CITY, Calif., September 2, 2009 – A classic character of film, television, radio and comic books returns to the big screen in Columbia Pictures’ feature film The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen (Superbad, Knocked Up) as the vigilante crime-fighter. Production is underway on the Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) helmed film, which is produced by Neal H. Moritz (I Am Legend, The Fast and the Furious) and executive produced by Michael Grillo (The Accidental Tourist), Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express), Ori Marmur (Evan Almighty) and George W. Trendle, Jr. The screenplay is by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, based upon “The Green Hornet” radio series created by George W. Trendle and shoots entirely in Los Angeles. The film is set for release December 17, 2010.

In addition to Rogen, the film also stars Taiwanese actor-pop star Jay Chou as Kato, Cameron Diaz (Charlie’s Angels, What Happens in Vegas), Edward James Olmos (“Battlestar Galactica”), David Harbour (Revolutionary Road) and Tom Wilkinson (Valkyrie). Nicolas Cage is also in negotiations to appear in the film.

Academy Award®-nominee John Schwartzman (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian) is the director of photography. Production designer is Owen Paterson (The Matrix Revolutions), Kym Barrett (Speed Racer) serves as costume designer and Michael Tronick (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) is editing.

The upcoming Seth Rogen comic book movie, The Green Hornet has been pushed back a whopping 5 months, from its previous July 7th summer release date next year to December 17th. There’s been no official reason given for the move, but its star Rogen has responded himself to the news by saying:

“We’re both [me and Michel Gondry are] relieved and psyched about the change. It gives more time for post [-production], which would have been immensely rushed if we were to come out in the summer. It also affords us more time to promote the film, (now we can go to Comic-Con with more than a car!) and ultimately is a great vote of confidence from the studio.”

It has certainly been a rocky road for The Green Hornet, with one notable obstacle being Stephen Chow sadly dropping out, first as director, then as an actor in the role of the titular character’s sidekick, Kato. But with an extremely talented director coming on board in the form of Michel Gondry, and recently Nicolas Cage, Cameron Diaz and Jay Chou being cast, it looked like things were firmly on the road for the release next summer.

However, as HitFix notes, principle photography hasn’t even started yet, and I don’t think with a project like The Green Hornet that anyone involved wants it to be rushed. Also, the highly anticipated (arguably even more than this movie) Predators would have made for heavy competition as it’s also scheduled to open on July 7th next year. On top of that, a December release sets The Green Hornet apart from all the other summer movies that it will compete with.

What do you think about The Green Hornet being delayed for a whole five months? Do you think it makes sense or should they have just kept the original summer release date?

Source: ScreenRant.com

As previously mentioned, Cameron is set to star in The Green Hornet with Seth Rogen. However, the role might not be the female lead/love interest, as some ’sources’ have reported. Here’s what Cami herself said about the role:

“I’m playing one of the gals in it,” she revealed. “It’s just a small part.”

Though her role may be small, the actress said she is thrilled to join the potential superhero franchise.

“I’m very excited about it – very excited,” she added.

So Cameron won’t be the lead in this movie, perhaps she took a small(er) role to have time with the yet untitled James Mangold project, which is slated to start filming in early fall as well? Stay tuned for more on both of these projects.