Hong Kong actor and filmmaker Stephen Chow has resigned as director of the action movie adaptation of the classic U.S. television series “Green Hornet” because of creative differences, according to Variety magazine.

Producer Neil Moritz now must find a new director for the project so filming can start in the spring, the report said.

Chow told Hong Kong media on Friday that he is arranging other works and is not sure whether he will still play the role of Kato, the Green Hornet’s faithful sidekick, who was originally played by Bruce Lee in the 1966 television series.

“The production company, Sony Pictures, really wants me to join the cast,” Chow told the Hong Kong-based Sing Tao Daily. “I’m also very fond of the character, but it will depend on my work schedule next year.”

It has been reported that Chow is gestating another Hollywood superhero blockbuster that he will write and direct as well as play a role in. Hollywood actors Jack Black and Anne Hathaway may be cast as the movie’s leads, reports said, although Chow has not confirmed the news.

Chow is known internationally for his humorous kung fu movies “Shaolin Soccer” in 2001 and “Kung Fu Hustle” in 2004. Last September, he signed on to direct and costar in “Green Hornet,” which was expected to be his Hollywood debut.

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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
Production Stills: Not Available
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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