variety.com - 12/19/2008
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Actor will still play Kato in Columbia film There's been another change in the "Hornet" nest: Stephen Chow has dropped out as director of "The Green Hornet" but will still play Kato in Columbia Pictures' latest bid to get the crimefighter to the bigscreen. The studio and producer Neal Moritz are ...
iht.com - 12/24/2008
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iht.com —
HONG KONG : Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow
said he will no longer direct the Hollywood adaptation...
of "The Green Hornet" and may not star as Kato, a character made famous by Bruce Lee in the short-lived TV series. Chow, whose credits include "Shaolin ...
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Time To Lose Interest In Green Hornet [The Green Hornet]
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... last night that he was stepping down from the director's role due to "creative differences," although he will still be acting in the movie. Producers are, apparently, confident that they'll have a replacement director by the end of the year, but all I have to say is this: When the creative differences are between the man who wrote Superbad and the man who made Shaolin Soccer, and the man who wrote Superbad won, then that's never a good thing. Chow no longer to direct 'Hornet' [Variety]
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Stephen Chow has dropped out as director of The Green Hornet but will still play Kato in Columbia Pictures' latest bid to get the crimefighter to the big screen, Variety reported.
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