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The Green Hornet
Directed by	Michel Gondry
Produced by	Neal H. Moritz
Written by	Screenplay: Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg Characters: George W. Trendle
Starring	Seth Rogen Jay Chou Christoph Waltz Cameron Diaz Edward James Olmos David Harbour Tom Wilkinson Edward Furlong Analeigh Tipton
Cinematography	John Schwartzman
Editing by	Michael Tronick
Studio	Sony Pictures Original Film Feature Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	December 22, 2010
Country	United States
Language	English

The Green Hornet is an upcoming superhero action film directed by Michel Gondry. Gondry replaced Stephen Chow, who had previously planned to direct the film. The film is scheduled to be released on December 22, 2010. It is an adaptation of the radio and television character of the same name.

Cast

• Seth Rogen as Britt Reid / The Green Hornet: The publisher of the Daily Sentinel newspaper who secretly fights crime via sting operations, disguised in this role by his green trenchcoat, fedora and mask.

• Jay Chou as Kato: Britt Reid's Asian valet who doubles as the Green Hornet's sidekick, utilizing his expertise in martial arts. To protect his employer's identity, he disguises himself with a black chauffeur's uniform and mask. Jason Scott Lee, Tony Jaa, Jet Li and Stephen Chow were all mentioned for the role prior to Chou's casting, with Chow getting the closest.

• Christoph Waltz as Chudnofsky: An original villain created for the film, he is a Los Angeles crime lord who plans to unite every gang in the city for added power. Nicolas Cage was considered for the role but ultimately dropped out when a deal could not be reached with the studio.

• Cameron Diaz as a reporter and Britt Reid's love interest, name not yet announced.

• Edward Furlong as Tupper

Edward James Olmos, Tom Wilkinson and David Harbour have unspecified roles. Gondry has previously stated that Van Williams, who played the character in the television series, would make a cameo^[1].

Production

On June 4, 2008 Sony Pictures announced that, through their subsidiary Columbia Pictures, they are going ahead with plans for a feature film of the superhero. Set, they said, to be released on December 22, 2010^[2], the film is to star Seth Rogen, who along with Evan Goldberg, will also take on writing duties.^[3] Later, Sony Pictures announced that the Hong Kong action/comedy star Stephen Chow would direct the film as well as play the role of Kato.^[4] However, due to creative differences, Chow was no longer going to direct.^[5] Chow instead chose to direct a superhero spoof with Jack Black in the lead role^[6]. Chow later left the role of Kato,^[7] and was replaced by Taiwanese singer and actor Jay Chou.^[8] It has been announced that Columbia Pictures had chosen Michel Gondry to direct the film.^{[9] [10]} Nicolas Cage and Cameron Diaz were in talks to appear in the film as a villain and a reporter/love-interest, respectively.^[11] While Cameron Diaz signed on, Nicolas Cage officially dropped out as the main villain, then Mr. X of the original radio series, as of September 8, 2009.^[12] On September 14, it was announced that Austrian actor Christoph Waltz would play a villain named Chudnofsky.^[13] On October 8, Anvil filmed a cameo performance in a rock club.^[14] On November 11 and 12 (2009), several blocks of Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles were used for night-time location shooting of a car chase scene.

References

External links

• Official website
• The Green Hornet at the Internet Movie Database