Almost three years ago now, Deadline announced that director Leigh Whannell was handed the reigns of the next Green Hornet movie, simply named (at least for now) The Green Hornet and Kato.
Despite claims that the project was going to be fast-tracked...here we are in 2025 with no great progress made. Still, it's good to see that the character continues to draw interest and attention, even after the disappointing results of the 2011 movie.
One of the more highly sought open directing jobs may have just been filled. Sources tell Deadline that Leigh Whannell is in negotiations to direct The Green Hornet and Kato for Universal.
The studio got a Green Hornet and Kato script from David Koepp early this year they are high on, and once a deal closes the film should be fast-tracked to the pre-production stages.Universal optioned rights to The Green Hornet from Amasia in the spring of 2020, after co-founders Michael Helfant and Bradley Gallo acquired control of the motion picture franchise from the family of the original creator George W. Trendle in a competitive bidding war that January.
Helfant, the former president of Marvel Studios, and Gallo will produce the film for Amasia.
Whannell cut his teeth as he helped build the Saw and Insidious franchises over the years learning from A-list director James Wan along the way. He would branch out on his own with the action thriller Upgrade for Blumhouse, which would ultimately lead to him landing the Invisible Man directing job that Blumhouse was producing. That pic was one of the few box office winners of 2020 right before the pandemic hit and put Whannell on the map as a director who can not only deliver the thrills on a film but keep it on a budget, something studio execs always love to see.
No comments:
Post a Comment