The Green Hornet was created by Fran Striker for an American old-time radio program in the 1930's. In the following decades the radio show spawned into other media, including film serials, comic books and, more famously into a TV show starring Bruce Lee as Kato, the Green Hornet's sidekick, in the 1960's. The TV show was not that great but still deserves some respect. I am glad that a feature film is under work with the script being written by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen (which is fine).
Writers:Evan Goldberg (screenplay)
Seth Rogen (screenplay)
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Release Date:25 June 2010 (USA) more
Genre:Action more
Plot:By night, debonair newspaper publisher Britt Reid fights crime as a masked superhero known as The Green Hornet. At his side is martial arts expert Kato.
"The Green Hornet" made his debut on January 31, 1936 on WXYZ Detroit, the creation of the station's George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, who also created the Lone Ranger. The series, which ran until 1952 on the Mutual and NBC Blue networks, followed the adventures of Britt Reid, a bored playboy whose life is changed when he inherits his father's crusading newspaper, The Daily Sentinel. He saves the life of Kato, a Japanese man with incredible technical and martial-arts skills, who becomes Britt's closest ally -- and transforms Britt's car into the supercharged Black Beauty, which gives them an edge as they search for evidence to expose the city's underworld in the newspaper. When Britt and Kato witness a brutal mob hit, Britt invents his secret identity -- taking his name from his powerful car's defective horn. A skilled fighter and expert marksman, the Green Hornet uses two special, non-lethal guns to subdue criminals: one fires a potent knock-out gas while the other produces the "Hornet's Sting" -- an electric shock.
Will action or comedy reign in this modern iteration of the Green Hornet's legendary crime-fighting adventures? With KNOCKED UP's Seth Rogen starring, the arrow points to comedy, but only time will tell.
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