It may only be January but we already have a superhero movie on the horizon as Michel Gondry returns to the director's chair with The Green Hornet.
The Green Hornet is the first feature movie for the filmmaker since Be Kind Rewind back in 2008.
And in true Gondry style he has assembled an all star cast of Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson and Oscar winner Christoph Waltz.
Gondry and co have the chance to set the standard in the superhero genre with this early release after what was a disappointing 2010 in this genre.
Britt Reid is the son of LA's most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene -- until his father mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire.
Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father's more industrious and inventive employees, Kato, they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime.
But in order to do this, they decide to become criminals themselves -- protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets.
Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower.
Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato's clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt's new secretary, Lenore Case, they begin hunting down the man who controls LA's gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky.
But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.
The Green Hornet is released 14th January. Take a look at the gallery for the movie:
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