Seth Rogen’s Big Fat Ego Fires Stephen Chow from Green Hornet?

Has success gone to Seth Rogen’s head? Seth is certainly the flavor of the month — while director Stephen Chow is a real genius. A shame… “creative differences” my ass — it’s called Seth Rogen’s inflated ego. Aren’t his 15 minutes over yet?

There’s been another change in the “Hornet” nest: Stephen Chow has dropped out as director of “The Green Hornet” but will still play Kato in Columbia Pictures’ latest bid to get the crimefighter to the bigscreen. Chow, who directed and starred in “Kung Fu Hustle” and “Shaolin Soccer,” signed in September to direct the film and play the role originated in the TV series by Bruce Lee. He stepped out as director over creative differences. The film was scripted by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and Rogen is starring as the masked crime fighter. The script will likely be polished, and a director could be in place by year’s end. – from Variety

Seth Rogen, who scripted the film with his writing partner Evan Goldberg, is still set to star in the title role. But how awkward will it be shooting the Hornet/Kato scenes now, one wonders? – from IGN

But just a few days earlier!!!….

“We are already having that conversation this week,” said Rogen, who insisted the Green Hornet filming won’t start until May. Rogen is co-writing the script with Evan Goldberg, and Chow has not yet relocated from Hong Kong to begin shooting. “The process has been very collaborative and very good,” Rogen said about the director. “He’s given us a lot of ideas. His English is, … well, we keep saying when we all come out of this, we will be great communicators. He’s made great strides, I will say. It presents its own challenges at times. We get along really, really well. We are really just starting the process; very little has actually been done. … We’re actually in the very preliminary stages right now.” – from Scifi