We shouldn’t pretend to be shocked. Michel Gondry‘s “The Green Hornet” is the film version of the old radio/TV/movie serial franchise, which stars Seth Rogen, Christoph Waltz, Tom Wilkinson and Cameron Diaz, and it will have many dazzling action sequences we imagine. With updates nearly every day about films converting to 3D, and the bank they make at the box office — even when they’re unworthy — it was inevitable that Sony would be interested in taking the easy way out using 3D conversion.
Producer Neal Moritz spoke to Collider and (Producer of cinephile adored films “Urban Legend” and “Evan Almighty”) said:
“We’re doing tests right now on ‘Battle: Los Angeles‘ and we’re doing right now on ‘Green Hornet’ about turning those movies into 3D movies. We’re going to look at the tests, see how they look and then make a decision.”
Gondry doesn’t seem to be anti-3D either. Remember, he’s already planning a 3D experimental art project with Björk. Lazy last minute 3D-ing doesn’t even seem to be hurting the most mediocre films — see “Alice in Wonderland” and “Clash of The Titans” — so does that mean the likely higher quality ‘Hornet’ will likely get the 3D treatment? It certainly wouldn’t surprise us, but you know that we’re rooting against it (and shit, will do everything we can to see the regular 2D version). Not that this news should really derail any anticipating fans, a few months ago Gondry told EW that they were able to get away with “crazy stuff,” which we’re tentatively taking at face value. “The Green Hornet” isn’t our most anticipated film of the year and the cast seems to be an oddball mash-up of disparate players, but we’re still trying to hold out hope that the studio system doesn’t quash Gondry’s out-there creativity, even if they force some garish 3D on it (let’s not forget you do ultimately have a choice when it comes to paying for what version you want to see). — Christopher Bell