Slated for release on May 9, 2008, “Speed Racer” marks the Wachowski brothers’ first writing/directing collaboration since “The Matrix” movies. Joel Silver, who previously worked with the Wachowskis on “The Matrix” movies and “V For Vendetta,” is producing the film under his Silver Pictures banner.
The film stars Emile Hirsch (“Alpha Dog”) as Speed, Christina Ricci (“Black Snake Moan”) as Trixie, Matthew Fox (TV’s “Lost”) as Racer X, and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (“Dead Man Walking”) and John Goodman (“Evan Almighty”) as Mom and Pops Racer.
Based on the classic series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, the live-action “Speed Racer” will showcase the kind of revolutionary visual effects and cutting-edge storytelling that have become the benchmarks of the Wachowski brothers’ films.
Based on the image of the Mach 5 alone, I have a feeling that Speed Racer is going to be a smash! Did you see the Mach 5? It is freakin’ awesome! I just hope it doesn’t look cheesy when the saws come out from the front of the car.
If Emile plays his cards right, he can leverage this film and go further into the genre. Who knows, this might become a franchise. But we won’t be able to make that prediction until we see the movie first. But if it hits like the Matrix, Emile will be in the same position as Keanu. But let’s just hope that he doesn’t make the same “great” film choices that Keanu did post-Matrix.
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I hope in the movie they talk without moving their mouths like in the cartoon