On July 30, 1966 the unaired pilot for The Green Hornet was first viewed by TV executives who ordered more episodes.The scanner, a remote control aerial observational drone, presciently resembles the aerial drones that would become popular for consumers and various organizations decades later.Kato is also Chinese in Seth Rogen's The Green Hornet (2011) as a tribute to Lee, but most 21st-century comic book versions restore the Japanese origin.This show crossed over with Batman (1966), and it was revealed that Bruce Wayne and Britt Reid were rivals as youngsters, and Britt was a champion marble shooter.In the original radio incarnation, Britt Reid is the son of Dan Reid, Jr., the nephew of John Reid, the Lone Ranger, making the Green Hornet the grand-nephew of the Ranger.Notable examples include Black Mask (1996) and Legend of the Fist (2010).