‘The Green Hornet’ This Dark Comedy Superhero Failure Was Really Just Ahead of Its Time

Seth Rogen starred in, co-wrote, and produced The Green Hornet, which came out in theaters on January 14, 2011. While it didn’t perform well with critics (receiving a 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes) or at the box office (earning $98 million on a $120 million budget), Rogen and his co-writer, Evan Goldberg, have described making the film as a difficult experience. Interestingly, looking back 15 years later, The Green Hornet feels different from modern superhero movies. It actually poked fun at superhero clichés years before films like Deadpool and Rogen’s later projects, The Boys and Invincible.








