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• When the rights to the Green Hornet property were purchased by Mirimax, Kevin Smith was attached to write and direct this film. However, Smith pulled out of directing due to an insecurity of directing something with such a larger budget than he was used to. He stayed on as writer and wrote two drafts, but with no further progress with the script, the rights were let go and purchased by Columbia Pictures. Then, coincidentally, his Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) star, Seth Rogen, became attached to star and write the screenplay.
  
  
• Seth Rogen shed 30 pounds to play the titular role.
  
  
• In late 2008, Stephen Chow was set to direct and co-star as Kato. However, creative differences prevented him from doing so although, for a while, it seemed he was still set to play Kato when Michel Gondry became attached.
  
  
• The film's release date was originally the day that an adaptation of another emerald hero was to be released, Green Lantern (2011).
  
  
• Nicolas Cage was in negotiations to play the villain of the film, but dropped out.
  
  
• 'The Green Hornet' was originally a radio show, first broadcast in 1936 and running to 1952. Although there were two serials in the 1940s (13 and 15 chapters, respectively), the last six chapters of the first one re-edited into a 100-minute feature and several episodes of the 1966 TV series were edited together into a pair of 90-minute films, this is the first original feature-length Hollywood treatment of the costumed hero.
  
  
• James Wan was considered to direct before Michel Gondry came aboard.
  
  
• Brit Reid (The Green Hornet) in the radio program was the grandnephew of The Lone Ranger. His father rode with The Lone Ranger on some of his adventures and they shared the family name of Reid.
  
  

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