Anybody under the age of 40 had to be asking themselves why we’re getting a new “Green Hornet” movie when they first found out. That’s after they looked him up to find out who he was, of course. The pulp-fiction hero of the ’30s and ’40s hasn’t had a presence in mainstream pop-culture since the 1966-1967 television series, which was more notable for introducing Bruce Lee to American audiences than anything else. For some reason, though, starting in the 1990s, big-name writers started batting around screenplay ideas, with George Clooney attached at one point to play the lead. The result, after more than a decade, is Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet.Michel Gondry may be an unlikely director, with art-film darlings like The Science of Sleep and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind under his belt. The film’s star, Seth Rogen, is even more of a mystery, however. Rogen is known entirely for comedic roles, and not exactly for a fit superhero’s body, if you know what I mean. Joining Rogen are Jay Chou as Kato, the Hornet’s martial-arts-proficient valet, Cameron Diaz as an amateur investigator, and Christoph Waltz as Benjamin Chudnofsky, a villain created exclusively for the film.After watching the trailer, though, some may find themselves won over. Seth Rogen is no Christian Bale, but it’s clear he’s not trying to be. The Green Hornet could serve as a lighter superhero classic, in the vein of the first Iron Man film. Jay Chou plays well as a straight man, and Rogen’s puppy-dog earnestness can be endearing. Not much was seen of Waltz’s villain, but it’s a relief to have lost Nicolas Cage, who dropped out after not being allowed to speak in a Jamaican accent. Good thing he found The Sorceror’s Apprentice to take him in, huh?