Michel Gondry directing Green hornet

Rogen tells MTV that it was his idea to nab Gondry.

"With the permission of nobody, I sent him our script ... to get his input and ideally convince the studio to meet with him. They were skeptical of ... I wouldn't say his ability to make a giant budget studio movie, but his willingness to make a giant budget studio movie. But he loved the script, he totally got it, which a lot of potential directors just didn't."

"Just to show some of the stuff he could do, some of the weird filming techniques he has and some of the stuff he can pull off. I mean, this is something he did in two days and it was instantly unlike anything you've ever seen before. It was impossible not to hire him once he presented what he could do for it."

Hopefully, Chow may still make time to co-star as Kato in the film - we'd still love to see what he'll do with the role.

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