Stephen Chow to direct and star in Green Hornet
Hong Kong director and actor Stephen Chow will direct and star in the silver screen adaptation of “Green Hornet” .
Chow will co-star in the film as the Green Hornet’s faithful sidekick, Kato, opposite Canadian-born actor Seth Rogen who will play the hero. The movie is scheduled to hit theaters on June 25, 2010.
Stephen Chow garnered worldwide fame with his humorous kung fu movies “Shaolin Soccer” (2001) and “Kung Fu Hustle” (2004). “Green Hornet” will be his American movie debut.
The late Hong Kong action star Bruce Lee used to play Kato in the classic television series “The Green Hornet” in 1966.
The Green Hornet Database ( via link )
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Stephen Chow
Screenwriter: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Starring: Seth Rogen, Stephen Chow
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: SonyPictures.com
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Movie Poster: Not Available
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Plot Summary: “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.
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