| [6] It was directed by Michel Gondry. [27][28] Revamped in 2010 as an ongoing series set in modern times, the new Green Hornet stars Britt Reid, Jr., the rebellious and spoiled son of Britt Reid, Sr., now a retired industrial and family man. Other miniseries included the three-issue The Green Hornet: Solitary Sentinel; the four-issue Sting of the Green Hornet, set during World War II and Clint McElroy's three-issue Dark Tomorrow (June–August 1993), featuring a criminal Green Hornet in 2080 being fought by the Kato of that era. Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion. On radio, Kato was initially played by Raymond Hayashi, then Roland Parker who had the role for most of the run, and in the later years Mickey Tolan and Paul Carnegie. 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Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer. The character debuted in The Green Hornet, an American radio program that premiered on January 31, 1936, on WXYZ, the same local Detroit station that originated its companion shows The Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon. The show launched Bruce Lee's career as a popular actor in the U.S.A. as well as in Hong Kong. Harvey additionally used the character in the public-service one-shot War Victory Comics in 1942,[15] and gave him one adventure in each of two issues of All-New Comics, #13 (where he was also featured on the cover)[16] and #14,[17] in 1946. Rated PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content, Yeah, I’m Thinking There’s a ‘John Wick’ Themed Rollercoaster Coming to Dubai, Shannon Lee Says Tarantino’s ‘Hollywood’ Created Lasting Negative Views of Bruce Lee, Netflix: Movies and TV Shows Leaving in October, Everything Coming to Netflix in April 2020, Films/TV-Series/Episodes Where Seth Rogen Worked on the Script in Any Capacity. Writer Jai Nitz is also writing Green Hornet: Parallel Lives, a miniseries prequel to the 2011 Green Hornet feature film. In 1967, Gold Key Comics produced a 3-issue series based on the TV show.[19]. Use the HTML below. The NOW comics established Hayashi Kato as Ikano Kato's son. Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves. Eventually, Sony Pictures, through its subsidiary Columbia Pictures, released an action-comedy Green Hornet feature on January 14, 2011, starring Seth Rogen, who co-wrote the script with Superbad co-writer Evan Goldberg. Written by A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job, her students, and her co-workers is forced to return to teaching to make enough money for breast implants after her wealthy fiancé dumps her. This series lasted until issue #47 in 1949; during that time it also changed its title twice: first to Green Hornet Fights Crime (issue #34) and later to Green Hornet, Racket Buster (issue #44). Volume Two began in 1991 and lasted 40 issues, ending in 1995 when the publisher went out of business. This was perhaps the first time Asian martial fighting was seen on American TV. The episode ended with Robin questioning whether the Green Hornet was really a good guy or a bad guy; even Batman himself was not sure. Jay Chou played Kato in the 2011 Green Hornet film. (uncredited), Breaking News Announcer Inside, the group not only have to face the apocalypse, but themselves. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg did a fantastic job crafting this script, which could have been truly horrible, into a fun ride.The true star of the movie is Jay Chou, aka Kato. In NOW's final two issues, vol. This took into account the character's ancestral connection to The Lone Ranger, though due to the legal separation of the two properties, his mask covered his entire face (as in the Republic serials) and he could not be called by name. On learning the truth behind his son's dual identity, Dan Reid recalls his days riding in Texas with his uncle, as the William Tell Overture plays briefly and softly in the background. He also wrote a third, first announced as a two-issue miniseries, then as a graphic novel, but it was never released due to the company's collapse. [20] In this interpretation, the Britt of the radio series had fought crime as the Hornet in the 1930s and 1940s before retiring. (uncredited), Printing Press Gang Dead Reporter, Chudnofsky's Gang (1941) stars Warren Hull. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Was this review helpful to you? Keye Luke, who played the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, plays Kato in both. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. [31][full citation needed], In 2018, the Green Hornet appeared in newspaper strips as a guest-star in Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis (script) and Joe Staton (art), continuing the trend of Tracy stories reviving characters from defunct strips. Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. 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But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case. The comics also introduced Diana Reid, the original Britt Reid's daughter, who had become district attorney after the TV series' Frank Scanlon had retired. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. [23][24], Discounting depictions of the cars utilized by the 1940s and 1960s Hornets, there were two versions of the Black Beauty used in the NOW comic series. With the help of Kato, Britt starts a new career of fighting crime as the masked superhero "The Green Hornet". [3] Beginning on April 12, 1938, the station supplied the series to the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network, and then to NBC Blue and its successors, the Blue Network and ABC, from November 16, 1939, through September 8, 1950. Company Credits With his daughter, Mulan Kato, who has taken over the costumed identity of her father, he brings Britt Jr. to China for training and safekeeping as he becomes the new Green Hornet. His accent was sometimes hard to interpret, but he was surprisingly funny, and Kato-vision (time slows when his heart starts pumping during fights) turned out pretty cool in 3-D.Thank goodness Nic Cage walked away from this, and Christoph Waltz came in as the bad guy, because Christoph inhabited the role better than Nic could have. Nic Cage would have been too over the top, where as Christoph went a subtle route.The movie isn't perfect, I didn't feel Cameron Diaz added anything to the movie expect being "the hot girl" to create a rift between guys, but if you're looking for a pure escapist fun ride, then look no further than "The Green Hornet.". It starred The Shadow, The Green Hornet and Kato, The Spider and a 1930s descendant of Zorro. The Green Hornet was adapted into two movie serials, 1940's The Green Hornet and, in 1941, The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Britt Reid's nephew, Paul Reid, a concert pianist, takes on the role of the Hornet after his older brother Alan, who had first taken on the mantle, is killed on his debut mission. [7] On January 29, 2020, Deadline reported that Amasia Entertainment has gained the rights of the Green Hornet. The series starred Van Williams as the Green Hornet and introduced martial artist Bruce Lee to American television audiences as his partner, Kato. Unlike the "campy" version of Batman, this version of The Green Hornet was played more seriously. An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Unlike the campy and humorous Batman series, The Green Hornet was played straight. Though various incarnations sometimes change details, in most versions the Green Hornet is the alter ego of Britt Reid (/riːd/), wealthy young publisher of the Daily Sentinel newspaper by day. (uncredited), Daily Sentinel Reporter A film version of the character had been contemplated since the 1990s, with Universal Pictures and Miramax each attempting to develop a film. Kato starred solo in a four-issue miniseries in 1991, and a two-issue follow-up in 1992, both written by Mike Baron. [citation needed], In March 2009, Dynamite Entertainment announced it had acquired the license to produce Green Hornet comic books. Also starring were Cameron Diaz as Lenore Case, Edward James Olmos as Mike Axford, David Harbour as Frank Scanlon, Christoph Waltz as the main villain Benjamin Chudnofsky, and Tom Wilkinson as James Reid. | [29], In 2013, an eight-issue miniseries called Masks brought together famous heroes from the pulp era. A 10-minute 2006 French short film titled Le frelon vert is based on the Green Hornet.[5]. A newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.