The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet (2011)

Timing: 1:59 (119 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2011-01-12

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures, Original Film, Reliance Big Entertainment

Genre

Action, Crime, Comedy

Budget

$120 000 000

Revenue

$227 817 248

Website

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegreenhornet/

Director

Michel Gondry

Actors

Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, Chad L. Coleman, Jamie Harris, Edward Furlong
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Neal H. Moritz, Seth Rogen, Michael Grillo, Evan Goldberg, Ori Marmur, George W. Trendle, Jr.

Operator

John Schwartzman

Composer

James Newton Howard

Artist

Audition

Francine Maisler

Editing

Michael Tronick
All team (110)

• For the role in the film, Seth Rogen lost 13.5 kg.
• In 2008, it was planned that Stephen Chow would direct the film. He also considered playing the role of the main character's assistant – Kato.
• Nicolas Cage auditioned for the role of the main villain.
• Among Kato's drawings, you can notice a portrait of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee played the role of Kato in the series "The Green Hornet" (1966-1967).
• The film features an interlude "Flight of the Bumblebee" from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" in a modern arrangement.
• The business cards handed out by the characters featured the "Green Hornet" logo and the address of the film's active website.
• The film features a rare, previously unreleased song, "Red Death at 6:14," alongside the hit "Blue Orchid" by the American rock band The White Stripes.
• The strike Kato delivers to one of Chudnofsky's thugs is a poke, Bruce Lee's signature move.
• When the Green Hornet and Kato escape the police and burst into Lenore Case's house, a headline on the television news screen can be seen in Russian: "The Green Hornet Escapes."
• The rights to *The Green Hornet* passed to Miramax in 2001, and in 2004, Kevin Smith was brought on board to write the screenplay and direct the film. Jake Gyllenhaal was initially considered for the lead role. However, Smith soon stepped down as director – mainly due to a lack of confidence and his ability to work effectively with such a large budget. He remained on the project as a screenwriter and wrote two drafts of the script, but when the project stalled, the rights were eventually bought by Columbia Pictures. Seth Rogen then took on the lead role – having previously worked with Kevin Smith in the 2008 comedy *Zack and Miri Make a Porno* – and was also entrusted with writing the screenplay. Smith’s script was then adapted into a mini-series based on the comics.
• In 2008, it was planned that Stephen Chow would direct the film. He also considered playing the role of the main character's assistant – Kato.
• Among Kato’s drawings, you can notice a portrait of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee played the role of Kato in the "Green Hornet" series (1966-1967).
• The business cards that the heroes handed out featured the "Green Hornet" logo and the address of the film’s official website.
• When the Green Hornet and Kato escape from the police and burst into Lenore Case's house, a headline in Russian can be seen on the television news: "The Green Hornet Escapes."