"The Green Hornet", a classic character of film, television, radio and comic books returns to the big screen in Columbia Pictures' upcoming feature, starring Vancouver actor Seth Rogen as the vigilante crime-fighter.
Production has now started lensing in Los Angeles on the Michel Gondry-directed film, produced by Neal "I Am Legend" H. Moritz and executive produced by Michael "The Accidental Tourist" Grillo, Rogen, Evan "Pineapple Express" Goldberg, Ori "Evan Almighty" Marmur and George W. Trendle, Jr.
In addition to Rogen, the film also stars Taiwanese actor-pop star Jay Chou as 'Kato', Cameron "The Mask" Diaz, Edward "Miami Vice" James Olmos, David "Revolutionary Road" Harbour and Tom "Valkyrie" Wilkinson.
Academy Award-nominee John "Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian" Schwartzman is director of photography, production designer is Owen "The Matrix Revolution" Paterson and Kym "Speed Racer" Barrett is costume designer.
"The Green Hornet" debuted January 31, 1936 on radio station WXYZ Detroit, the creation of George W. Trendle and Fran Striker of "The Lone Ranger" fame. The radio series, broadcasting until 1952 on the Mutual and NBC Blue networks, followed the adventures of 'Britt Reid', a bored playboy whose life changes when he inherits his father's newspaper 'The Daily Sentinel' and saves the life of 'Kato', a Japanese man with technical and martial-arts skills.
After Reid and Kato witness a brutal crime, Reid becomes a disguised crime-fighter, using two special, non-lethal guns, with one firing 'knock-out gas' and the other producing a 'Hornet's Sting' electric shock.
Following its successful run on radio, "The Green Hornet" ran in several comic books and a 1940 movie serail from Universal.
In 1966, the character made the jump to the ABC Television network, starring actor Van Williams as the Hornet and catapulting martial artist Bruce Lee as Kato to stardom. 
"The Green Hornet" is set for release December 17, 2010...
Sneak Peek the opening credits to "The Green Hornet" TV series, featuring "The Flight Of The Bumblebee" by trumpeter Al Hirt...
