Universal Rebooting GREEN HORNET & KATO

No. Kevin Smith was signed on to write a direct a green hornet film prior to that. He wrote the script but decided directing it would be out of his wheelhouse so he managed to get out of that contract. They ended up having another script done and that project eventually evolved into the green hornet project starring seth rogan and directed by Michel gondry.

Kevin Smith's script did eventually see the light of day in the form of green hornet as a comic. Published by dynamite as "kevin Smith's the green hornet". It follows a britt raid who is taking over the mantle of green hornet from his father(who had long since retired ad the hornet) after his death and aside from a few kevin Smith'isms the book is actually pretty good and I'd recommend at least thr first arc. It's all free on comixology unlimited as well.

How was it an indictment of sensational journalism? I didnt get that theme from it at all.

I think it ultimately suffered from the same problem the Alec Baldwin Shadow did. It was coming out on the heels of a very successful Batman movie so if they tried to play it straight and serious it would have just been labeled a copycat attempt. Making it an indictment of media sensationalism was an interesting and funny twist though, especially with Chudnofsky being so frustrated that just being a cold blooded gangster was scary enough anymore.

The fact that Britt was using his Dad's paper to hype his own antics with tabloid style journalism, much to the annoyance of the old school reporters that worked there. Also Chudnofsky having to "rebrand" himself as Bloodnofsky because everyone was telling him he needed a flashy gimmick.

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>What did you think of the Seth Rogen one?
An abortion and a crime against man.

I guess I didnt read Reid's actions as an indictment because he new he was full of shit but was using it as a tool to a specific end(aside from just clicks or exploiting gossip).

Maybe indictment is a strong word, more like commentary on how much the media relies on sensationalism these days.

Why as a movie, though? Why not a show? It's not like you need a huge budget for it.

They need to set it in the 1930s, maybe adapt Matt Wagner's The Green Hornet: Year One comic.

Is that the one with the girl Kato?

Taylor Kitsch?

Yeah. The original Kato is mentoring britt and his daughter is teaming up with him. along with the original Kate's nephew who is their tech guy.

I recall one issue with the two of them at a comic convention and referencing how China considers Kato as the hero and GH as the goofy sidekick.

>What did you think of the Seth Rogen one?

It was really good for taking down the idea of a rich vigilante since he was completely inept, this point and coasted entirely on Kato's work. I liked Chudnofsky's transformation too since he was already a brutal crimelord and he lost his entire control because he became obsessed with creating a character rather than what he should've done ("You need a character"/"Shut up"). The film famously suffered two big issues:

>Stephen Chow was signed on to be Kato because he never knew The Green Hornet as anything but "The Kato Show" (how it was edited for Chinese audiences) AND thought he'd write/direct it. He showed up with his own script (which involved Kato creating a mind control device to pilot The Green Hornet like he was a robot) and was blown away when he learned he was a co-star to Rogen and the premise was completely different. Rogen didn't know Chow's history and thought he was cut-rate Jackie Chan which did not go over well with Chow.

>Michel Gondry needed to deliver a home run to Sony and wanted a bigger budget, Sony gave him this and then Sony was shocked when Gondry wanted to be experimental. Rogen sided with Sony and demanded a more general action comedy. Sony then delayed the film a third time deciding the film (in a dark tonal irony) needed "a character" and forced Gondry to make it be a 3D film.

I kind of feel that they should make the new Green Hornet and Kato legacy characters. And have Jet Li play the Original Kato, passing the torch to his successor. Mainly because of his starring role in Black Mask.

>Green Hornet Kato turned into Pink Panther Cato halfway through
I found that funny.

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What if Kato was black?

I mean it's not like it's hard to veer from Batman and play it halfway between straight and a parody of the source material.

The Green Hornet will be black, Kato will be a woman

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>It was coming out on the heels of a very successful Batman movie so if they tried to play it straight and serious it would have just been labeled a copycat attempt.
Everytime I think about The Shadow movie I remember that the project had been a thing since the early 1980s, back when Walter Gibson was still alive, Sam Raimi was trying really hard to make it happen, and apparently Jeremy Irons was being considered for the role, and then I get sad.

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