Two bits of movie-development news for people not yet fed up with all things superhero:
First, it's been announced that Samuel L. Jackson's brief-but-memorable cameo as S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury in Iron Man was strong enough to win him the role of Fury for pretty much the rest of his natural life. He's already been signed for Iron Man 2, with an option to appear in nine more films. Don't expect to see a Marvel movie in the next 20 years without an appearance by that eyepatch-sportin' S.O.B.
Second, after flirting with helmers Kevin Smith, Stephen Chow and James Wan, the increasingly bizarre-sounding big-screen adaptation of The Green Hornet is reportedly a go, with mercurial French director Michel Gondry directing tubby schlub Seth Rogen (who also co-wrote the script with Evan Goldberg) as the green-clad crimefighter. According to Rogen, Gondry won the job in part by filming an action sequence on spec, to show the producers his vision for how the movie should look. Given what Gondry can accomplish on a low budget, it's exciting to imagine what a Gondrified blockbuster will look like. (And it helps that he had nothing to do with the screenplay; Gondry's a great director, but not so much as a writer.)