The Green Hornet was created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker for an American radio program in the 1930s and has since been made into films a TV series made famous by Bruce Lee who played the part of Kato. This new version stars Tom Wilkinson, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Seth Rogen and Jay Chou taking on the role as Kato and is directed by Michel Gondry.
Synopsis: Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt decides that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains. With the help of Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn that the chief criminal in the city is named Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). He has united all the gangs under his power, and he quickly sees that the Green Hornet is a direct threat to the prosperous criminal underworld he controls.
The Green Hornet is released in the UK 14th January 2011 which isn’t really that far away.
