It looks like The Wachowski Brothers will be writing and directing a live-action adaptation of Speed Racer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, shooting begins in May.

-Zavier

I'm glad they're finally getting back in the game.

Hopefully their next directorial effort will be better their last two.

I've been following the gossip on this movie for a while now and it sounds like a good idea. Great opportunity for some of that famous crazy Wachowski Brosthers action.

In my opinion, they still haven't beaten 1996's crime masterpiece "Bound". Maybe they'll be able to with this one.



Cheers, Chismeister.

Ain't It Cool News has an interesting rumor regarding the Wachowski Brothers' search for a director of photography. Check it out here. It seems that the Wachowskis might be looking to replace long time collaborator Bill Pope.

Maybe Bill Pope is just busy.

Or maybe he's sick of shooting movies with a ton of green screen effects. That's why he chose to shoot Team America, because everything was done "real". After two Spider-Man movies and The Matrix Trilogy, who could blame him?

Who could blame either of them, really? Anyway, whoever the Wachowski Bros. choose to shoot Speed Racer, I'm sure it'll be a fine movie.



Cheers, Chismeister.

Yeah ... Speed Racer was a fun anime to watch ...

His car was the Mach 5.  I want the Mach 5.  Remember that Green Day song?  

According to Variety, Emile Hirsch is Speed Racer.

Click here for more and the above link for info on the actor. (If you're like me, you don’t really know who the hell he is)

doodes, it just clicked in my head that this is being made by the same guys who made Matrix!  This is going to be amazing!

Emile Hirsch is the main character in The Girl Next Door and Alpha Dog.

I saw a couple of photos of Hirsch and he looked grungy in all of them, not the clean-cut young Elvis Presley-type that Speed should look like.  I hope he cleans up well.


Phil

He is officially Speed Racer. Click the link below to see an interview with him about the film, the Wachowski Bros. and the audition process:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....s%2Ephp%3Fid%3D19532


Cheers, Chismeister.

The cast! She grows:

Quoted Text Susan Sarandon and John Goodman are in talks to play the parents of Emile Hirsch in Speed Racer, the live-action version of the anime cartoon being directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski ("The Matrix" trilogy), says The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the classic 1960s series that was created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida and retooled for North American audiences, the film follows the adventures of young race car driver, Speed (Hirsch), and his quest for glory in his thundering, gadget-laden vehicle Mach 5. The show revolved around Speed's family, and the Wachowskis are being selective about who they pick for those roles. Goodman is playing Pops, a race car owner and builder. Sarandon's character is the backbone of the family as well as the Mach 5 Go Racing Team. Casting is under way for the characters of Speed's girlfriend, Trixie, and his mysterious archrival, Racer X. The plan is for the Wachowskis, who are writing and directing, to shoot in Germany in the summer for a summer 2008 release. Joel Silver is producing the film, which will be a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures of a Silver Pictures production.

This is from http://www.comingsoon.net, as usual.


Cheers, Chismeister.

John Goodman would play a good Pops Racer.  Dennis Franz, OTOH, looks like the character more.


Phil

Quoted from dogglebe John Goodman would play a good Pops Racer.  Dennis Franz, OTOH, looks like the character more.

I can't look at Dennis Franz without seeing Sipowicz. He's not Dennis Franz to me. He's detective Sipowicz.


Cheers, Chismeister.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christina Ricci is joining Larry and Andy Wachowski's live-action adaptation of the 1960s cartoon Speed Racer.

Ricci talks about her upcoming role here.

Quoted Text "They're using a real monkey"

Click here to check out an interesting article on the upcoming adaptation. Also, here is a first look at the Mach 5.