Michel Gondry directing Seth Rogen's Green Hornet
The Green Hornet was floundering. Despite its blockbuster star, Seth Rogen, the film was stuck in development hell. A director was found, Kung Fu Hustle's Stephen Chow, but still nothing was moving forward. Finally, the film was assumed canceled, or at the very least, unlikely to be made until a decade later with a totally different cast and crew. Now, Variety has announced that the project is saved, with a release date set at June 25, 2010. What's more, the only surprise bigger than the film's resurrection is the news that Michel Gondry, the lo-fi auteur behind Eternal Sunshine of... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsTrailer Stash: Inglourious Basterds, Tokyo!, Terminator Salvation, more
And now, a look at some notable trailers lighting up the blogs and message boards: ... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VGaffigan, Gondry, Wiig to fly with Conchords
Looks like the United States' most popular show about New Zealand's fourth most popular folk-parody duo is cashing in on some of the comedic capital earned by its hilarious first-season run, pulling in some pretty funny guest stars to appear throughout the show's second season. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsRead pages from Michel Gondry's upcoming comic book
We kind of thought the next work from prolific music video and film auteur Michel Gondry would be his contribution to the upcoming triptych Tôkyô!, but it looks like he's going to surprise us once again. New York magazine's Vulture blog posted a lengthy excerpt of Gondry's upcoming comic book We Lost the War But Not the Battle that is just as trippy as might be imagined.The comic tells the story of four friends enlisted to defend France from "beautiful muscular and sexy communist girls." ... read more
Found in: Books, NewsMichel Gondry launching a website
When he's not making features, Michel Gondry keeps busy with little things. A music video here, a rubix cube puzzle there, at the very least he keeps people guessing about his next project. But it looks like right now that project is designing his new website and, from the look of it so far, he's making it just as idiosyncratic as his movies.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsTôkyô! teaser, featuring Michel Gondry, hits the web
The triptych film Tôkyô! may not be premiering anywhere outside of Cannes for a long time, but its publicity has already started up. Check out the teaser trailer below: Tôkyô! is a triptych film by Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho and Leos Carax. Each director contributed a 30-minute film that takes place in Tokyo, making it closer to New York Stories than Paris, je t’aime in format. Strangely enough, none of the writer/directors are Japanese, which should make for some interesting ways of seeing the city. The teaser doesn't show much of the movie, and in fact it's more... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBe Kind Rewind
Although filmmaker Michel Gondry is best known for lush, dreamlike... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsWhich musical artist should Michel Gondry work with next?
Michel Gondry's latest film, Be Kind Rewind, hits theaters this Friday. The director also has impressive music-video experience. Which artist would you like to see him work with next? [1035 votes total] Kanye West (53): 5% Wilco (211): 20% M.I.A. (89): 9% The Arcade Fire (229): 22% Gnarls Barkley (67): 6% Radiohead (185): 18% Erykah Badu (21): 2% R.E.M. (35): 3% TV on the Radio (96): 9% Other (49): 5% Full Results Comments ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGlossed in Translation: Be Kind Rewind
“It comes back to what ‘Sweding’ is: even if your resources are really limited, you don’t let your limitations limitate you,” says Michel Gondry in his endearing French-limitated English, expressing both his love of the handmade and the raison d’être for his new comedy... read more
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