Last I heard he was writing it, but not planning on directing it. That was back in February. Without a director on the project yet, it may not even happen.
GH is definitely not in the public domain as a character here in the states.
That does NOT necessarily mean that the character has not achieved some level of it outside of the states. Someone more fluent in international copyright and/or French copyright could probably give more info.
This is fascinating. It's a very short "test episode", never aired, which was produced to convince ABC's executives to make the Green Hornet series. A different actor plays the Hornet, and the costumes are more like the original '40s versions.
Columbia Pictures has optioned the rights to the Green Hornet for a feature film to be produced by Neal H. Moritz and Original Film, it was announced on Tuesday by Matt Tolmach and Doug Belgrad, presidents of production for Columbia Pictures.
Columbia optioned the rights to The Green Hornet from Moritz, who acquired the rights from Green Hornet Inc.
"I couldn't be more thrilled to be developing this world renowned property with the people who brought Spider-Man to the screen," Moritz said. "I can't imagine a studio better equipped or more prepared to handle this kind of material than Sony. With the radio show, television program, comic books, and novels, there is ample source material to bring this classic crime-fighter to life."
"We have an enormous amount of passion and commitment to this character and are looking forward to developing The Green Hornet into what we hope will be an amazing new franchise for the studio," Tolmach said.
The Green Hornet made his debut on Jan. 31, 1936 on WXYZ Detroit, the creation of the station's George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, who also created the Lone Ranger. The series, which ran until 1952 on the Mutual and NBC Blue networks, followed the adventures of Britt Reid, a bored playboy whose life is changed when he inherits his father's crusading newspaper, The Daily Sentinel. He saves the life of Kato, a Japanese man with incredible technical and martial-arts skills, who becomes Britt's closest ally -- and transforms Britt's car into the supercharged Black Beauty, which gives them an edge as they search for evidence to expose the city's underworld in the newspaper. When Britt and Kato witness a brutal mob hit, Britt invents his secret identity -- taking his name from his powerful car's defective horn.
Following its run on radio, the Green Hornet ran in several comic books. In 1966, the character made the jump to the small screen for one season on the ABC television network, starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet and catapulting Bruce Lee, who played Kato, to stardom.
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