This issue takes place in Century City and leads up to the thrilling finale of this arc, as well as directly into the events of Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet series. Kato sets traps and prepares herself for the clash with a league of well-trained ninjas. She’s outnumbered, young and inexperienced, but her father, the original Kato, taught her well. Variety also says it can also be expected that Miramax will exploit all the various merchandising opportunities such a franchise will offer.Kevin Smith’s Kato #9 – written by Ande Parks and drawn by Diego Bernard, with covers by Ale Garza, and Carlos Rafael! As the new Kato recovers from a psychic assault, she readies herself for an all-out attack on Takeshi’s forces.
"And making this movie with Miramax means that not only will we deliver an exciting, chop-socky-filled action flick, but it's gonna have a compelling story, believable characters, and great dialogue to boot! Let's roll, Kato!" The filmmaker revealed that, while casting is still a long ways off, he's intrigued by the prospect of casting two past contenders as The Green Hornet and Kato, respectively: George Clooney and Jet Li. "I couldn't have asked for a better vote of confidence in me as a filmmaker than being afforded the opportunity with Hornet to push beyond the boundaries of what I've done in film thus far," he added. This is the only circumstance that led me to take on a comic book movie, and something so big. Equally important, the only person I have to answer to is (Miramax's Harvey Weinstein), with whom I've made four movies. "Here, there is simplicity in the character and the situation. "Then there's a fandom that gets up in arms if you even try to stray from their character," Smith continued. "I always said I'd never do (a comic book movie), based on my limited experience writing on Superman and having to answer to the studio, the producer, the comics company and eventually a director. "I dig the fact that he kicked off a run of billionaire playboys who decided to put on a mask and fight crime, and that he was Batman before there was a Batman," Smith advised Variety. The most notable incarnation is arguably the 1960s TV series starring Van Williams and Bruce Lee.
Along with his trusty chauffeur-sidekick Kato, The Green Hornet has appeared on radio, TV, and in print on and off for the last sixty-odd years. rich playboy-newspaper publisher Britt Reid) was created by Fran Striker and George Trendle. In addition to his films, Smith has also penned such comic book titles as Daredevil and Green Arrow.
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