Jay Chou Cast as The Green Hornet's Kato

Jay Chou Cast as The Green Hornet's Kato
Jay Chou Cast as The Green Hornet's Kato
Columbia Pictures has announced today that Taiwanese actor Jay Chou has been cast as Kato in The Green Hornet.

Chou steps in for Stephen Chow, who was originally cast as Kato and was also in the running to direct the film as well. Chou joins the cast that already includes Seth Rogen as the title character along with Nicolas Cage and Cameron Diaz.

The Green Hornet was written by Rogen and Evan Goldberg and will be directed by Michel Gondry. The film is already slated for a July 9, 2010 release date.

The Green Hornet was released January 14th, 2011 and stars Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz, David Harbour, Edward James Olmos, Jamie Harris. The film is directed by Michel Gondry.


Sources: Columbia Pictures

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  1. StoneColdJedi

    http://hollywoodsnitch.com/?q=node/1485

    3 years agoby @stonecoldjediFlag

  2. J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director

    The iron man 2 trailer was not f*cking there, and OMFG,

    the last fews seconds, talk about ejaculation.....WAR MACHINE BABY SH*TS HOW MANY GUNS DID HE HAVE GOING OFF

    3 years agoby @chronicFlag

  3. T.Clark

    I've never read the comic, but Kick-Ass looks pretty fun.

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  4. T.Clark

    Oh my f*cking God, Lock...you just made my day.

    They could have just shown the end clip with War Machine and I'd be satisfied, but nooo...they had to add in Black Widow and Whiplash just to make me c*m my pants. Thanks a lot, Jon.

    Too bad it wasn't better quality...I couldn't understand a word out of Rourke's mouth lmao

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  5. Lock and Stock

    That's not all J.A.

    Iron Man 2 trailer leaked.
    http://worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14610&count=0

    Kick-ass leaked trailer is released, kick-assss.
    http://worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14600&count=0

    Enjoy, these are the sh*t.

    3 years agoby @m-man360Flag

  6. pablouk

    Only Bruce Lee is Kato.
    The rest are just sad imitations

    3 years agoby @pabloukFlag

  7. J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director

    He looks the part...But meh, i would have preferred Tony Jaa, I'm with Vis on this.

    Here is some new movie news btw

    Rodrigues Reveals the plot & cast to Machete and even his own cast role
    http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14589&count=0

    Underworld 4 to storm cinemas Jan 2011 in 3.D
    http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14604&count=0

    Steven Speilberg in talks to direct HALO with Stuart Beattie (POTC, G.I.JOE, Collateral) writing the SCRIPT
    http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14605&count=0

    Terminator Salvation Sequel moves forwards McG Talks...
    http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14592&count=0

    Sam Worthington is Captain Nemo?
    http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14598&count=0

    The Abomination returns for 3 Marvel films...Norton returns as the Hulk in Avengers
    Will Hulk be a good guy and face off with Abomination in Avengers

    Tim Roth talks riddles
    http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14597&count=0

    Enjoy the news guys, since MW is slow on the ball

    3 years agoby @chronicFlag

  8. Radimus-83

    He deff looks the part. (An i don't mean that as a stereotype)

    3 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  9. Oli

    I've only seen him in Secret, which is a great Taiwanese film. Not sure how he'd do in this though...

    3 years agoby @reviloleeFlag

  10. ed_wood

    Cool news. I'm actually looking forward to it, I think Rogen will pull it off.

    3 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  11. claro2075

    i only hope he could play kato and be liked the legendary bruce lee as much as possible to pay homage.good luck.

    3 years agoby @claro2075Flag

  12. claro2075

    cool! i think his the guy in INITIAL D.

    3 years agoby @claro2075Flag

  13. T.Clark

    He doesn't look gay, he looks Asian, which is suitable for the role.

    I'm still not too excited for this movie, though. I'm still getting over the fact it won't be a serious origin tale a'la Batman Begins. But, I suppose you can't expect serious takes on every resurrected character, especially when they fight crime with an Asian sidekick whose more popular than them. Besides, it's not like Rogen's brand of comedy is spoofish and mindless, so it'll be interesting to see what him and his team cook up.

    In short, this is the kind of movie that I am "on the fence about."

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  14. DarthDarko

    this is Kagemusha all over again.

    3 years agoby @darthdarkoFlag

  15. Lock and Stock

    Alright, he's okay. He looks a little gay though, Chow would be better for the role.

    3 years agoby @m-man360Flag

  16. hihodiddily

    he's asian, SOUNDS ACCEPTABLE

    3 years agoby @messiahbolicalFlag

  17. -comrade-

    Works for me.

    3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

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