Columbia Pictures has released a new featurette for the Michael Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) directed, big-screen adaptation of The Green Hornet. The featurette takes an in depth look at the Hornet’s ride, Black Beauty, check it out below! The film stars Seth Rogen (Observe and Report), Jay Chou (True Legend), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Cameron Diaz (Knight and Day).

Featurette: The Green Hornet – Black Beauty

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) mysteriously 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 and gadget 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.

The Green Hornet is slated to hit theaters on January 14th, 2011.