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by Zach Oat September 22, 2008 12:49 PM

Stephen Chow to Drive -- and Direct -- Green Hornet

Seth Rogen just got a few inches closer to donning the Green Hornet costume. No, I'm not talking about his dramatic weight loss, I'm talking about the fact that they've lined up a director for his millionaire-superhero movie and a guy to play his chauffeur/sidekick, Kato! And, in a twist that perhaps nobody saw coming, they're the same dude. Stephen Chow, director/star of Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle is going to step into the role made famous by Bruce Lee and direct his first English-language film, both at the same time. Speaking of kung-fu hustles...

All of this info comes from a Sony press release on Superhero Hype, in which Rogen states that Chow was always the first choice for the role and for director. And on the surface, it seems like a good fit, although I have to wonder if the director's chair was thrown in to lock Chow down for the role. But at one point, Rogen seems to have told the Hype that Jet Li was a possibility, as well -- while that would have been interesting, Li already pretty much played the role in Black Mask. C'mon, they both wore masks, and they both dressed like chauffeurs! Do I need to draw you a Venn diagram?

While Rogen has said that the film would be straight-up action, and not a comedy, it seems like there's actually going to be a lot of comedy between the two characters -- hopefully, it's more in the vein of Lethal Weapon 2 and not Rush Hour. Still, Rogen's already cracking jokes about Chow: referring to himself and his writing partner Evan Goldberg, he said, "We just hope that he never finds out we're not the Wachowski Brothers." Oh, because all us white nerds with a fetish for costume play look alike? Nice, Rogen, real nice. You'll be hearing from my attorney, as soon as I release him from his fetters.

TAGS: CJ7, Green Hornet, Kung Fu Hustle, Pineapple Express, Seth Rogen, Shaolin Soccer, Stephen Chow

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