But this one is even more worrying than the post-production change for The Last Airbender.

This time, the film going 3D is the Seth Rogen/Michele Gondry adaptation of The Green Hornet.

Just announced by Sony, the adaptation of the 60’s TV series, radio serial, comic, etc. will be heading to theaters as a 3D film, as most tentpole releases are these days, but again - this is not a film that was shot for 3D - this is a retro fitting.  I can’t underline this enough.

What makes it even more worrysome?  To allow for the proper “enhancements”, Sony Pictures has pushed the film back 3 weeks, placing it directly in the dark month of Hollywood - January.

Now, I don’t want to start ruminating early, as I love both Rogen and Gondry, but nine times out of ten, January is the dumping grounds for films that the studios regret releasing - it’s truly the wasteland of film.  Mix the out-of-left field decision to go 3D, and the rumors that Sony thought the footage shot was “too campy”, and one begins to worry about the prospects for the film.

Sony has already started to fan the flames of fanboy worry, by stating with the 3D release of Tron Legacy in December 2010, the January release is necessary to allow for open theaters, but where there’s smoke, there’s fire - and this feels like a bad sign for the seemingly cursed Green Hornet production.

Between change of directors, stars, scripts and more, The Green Hornet has had far from an easy road from concept to screen, and hopefully this isn’t a tale that ends badly.

Either way, we’ll know for sure when The Green Hornet hits theaters on the new date of January 14, 2011.

Source: Deadline.com.