I can’t believe WildBrain gave me this job and I can’t thank them enough for the opportunity to extend my childhood a little longer. We’ll be telling a tale of two Hornets – past and future – that spans generations and draws inspiration from a lifetime spent watching classic cartoons and amazing animation like Batman: The Animated Series, Heavy Metal, and Super Friends. Kevin Smith said, “It’s an honor to escort the legendary Green Hornet and Kato into their very own animated series for the first time in the rich history of these iconic pop culture characters.
Smith’s last feature project was writing and directing Jay and Silent Reboot and he is also directing comedy horror anthology film Killroy Was Here. There was also a classic 1966 live-action TV series, which introduced future martial arts superstar Bruce Lee to North American audiences as Kato. By day, Reid oversees his paper’s reporting on crime and injustice, but by night he dons his green mask and ventures across the city with his sidekick Kato to battle criminals and villains head on. Trendle in the 1930s, telling the story of Britt Reid, the wealthy owner and publisher of the fictional newspaper, The Daily Sentinel. : Kevin Smith's Green Hornet Volume 2: Wearing o' the Green (The Green Hornet, 2) (9781606901939) by Smith, Kevin and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The Green Hornet originated as a radio series created by George W. WildBrain, which is the owner of classic brands including Peanuts, Teletubbies and Inspector Gadget, and Smith will take the project out to broadcasters and streamers. They found themselves kindred spirits when it came to the old Batman show, which took a lot of heat in the late '80s and early '90s, according to Smith.Kevin Smith Opens Up About Mental Health Treatment After Being In A "Weird" & "Dark Place" Smith and Garman have been doing the weekly pop-culture podcast Hollywood Babble-On for three years, but they were friends long before. "He still has it - like, adult size," Smith quips. "I have been preparing for this particular gig my entire life," says Garman, who adds that his mother even sewed an Adam West Bat-costume for him. He says he remembers his parents telling him that they would scoot his high chair right beside the TV to watch it as a little tyke, "and the first song out of my mouth was, 'Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na' " from the catchy Batman theme.
Garman, 49, goes back even further with the series. He says watching the old Batman show in the '70s in syndication was his entry point for both heroes.
Smith has written several Batman comics as well as the script for a Green Hornet movie (which was ultimately turned into a Dynamite series).
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