5 New Hi-Res Green Hornet Images

Sony has released five new hi-res images from director Michel Gondry‘s The Green Hornet adaptation. Movie Synopsis: Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt decides that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains. With the help of Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn that the chief criminal in the city is named Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). He has united all the gangs under his power, and he quickly sees that the Green Hornet is a direct threat to the prosperous criminal underworld he controls.

Edward James Olmos and Edward Furlong also star. The movie was written by Rogen and his friend and frequent collaborator, Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express). The Green Hornet is due out January 14, 2011. The Green Hornet, Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz