Gavin compared this version of Britt Reid as a combination of Jason Bourne, Prince Hamlet, and American Sniper (2014)'s Chris Kyle.
In 2016, Paramount Pictures and Chernin Entertainment have acquired the rights to The Green Hornet and have started preliminary work on developing a reboot with Gavin O'Connor attached to produce and direct the film and Sean O'Keefe writing. In 2020, Amasia Entertainment has gained the rights of the Green Hornet and has officially teamed with Universal Pictures to make a reboot.
The movie was made because Seth Rogan chose This Is The End rather than a sequel to The Green Hornet (2011).
The Green Hornet was one of early radio's most popular adventure shows (predating Superman) before being turned into 1940s movie serials (from Universal) and the 1966 TV series that introduced Bruce Lee (Kato) to the U.S. The classic story focuses on Britt Reid, owner-publisher of The Daily Sentinel. Armed with knowledge from his sources, cool weapons, a supercar known as the Black Beauty, and teamed with his trusty aide Kato, Reid became The Green Hornet, a vigilante crime fighter wanted by the police and feared by the criminal world.