Speed Racer - Live Action Movie

[Ktrek]

Honest to goodness I never, ever saw the appeal of Speed Racer.  I don;t know why...I like anime, I like race cars but for some reason this show bored the crapoli outta me.  That being said I am anxious to see a preview because the movie may turn out to be far more interesting to me....if that makes any sort of sense.  I guess what I am saying is maybe a different medium would help my opinion of Speed Racer.

I totally hear you Darth! My brother (two years younger) was a huge Speed Racer watcher and I just hated the show. I just could not sit through an episode and to this day I can't watch it. Forty years have not improved it for me!

Kevin

[Geekyfanboy]

Wow.. the trailer is up.. I have to say not what I expected.. but looks fun.

[Darth Gaos]

Well after my first post on the subject and finally seeing the trailer I must say I am going to stick with my original opinion on Speed Racer.  The movie looks just as dumb as the cartoon was.  And how in God's name they got John Goodman and Susan Sarandon to play in this...Wow that must have been one big paycheck.

[markinro]

Oh dear -- I may have to pass on this one.  I wasn't expecting it to be sooo -- cartoony.  Car looks good and Matthew Fox will make a good RacerX (I would have picked Affleck - Mr Garner).   The futuristic look doesn't work for me.  Time will tell.

[Geekyfanboy]

Here are some new posters for the upcoming movie

[Geekyfanboy]

Here is the second trailer..

I have to say this look like a fun movie.. I can't wait for it.

A friend of mine works for a trailer house and saw this already and told me that I am going to love it..

[Geekyfanboy]

Speed Racer sequel already in the works?

The big-screen adaptation of Speed Racer won't hit theaters until May 16, but producer Joel Silver says a sequel is already in the works.

In an interview with Collider.com, Silver said that the Wachowski brothers, who direct the upcoming film, already have ideas for a second installment.

"Look, they have a great story idea for a sequel to this movie (Speed Racer), we have a great idea for a sequel if it makes sense to make it," he said.

[Geekyfanboy]

Target Markets Speed 'Mockumentary'

Joel Silver, producer of the Wachowski brothers' upcoming Speed Racer movie, told SCI FI Wire that Target stores will carry a 20-minute stand-alone documentary film about the fictional Racer family tied to the film's release.

"There's a short film that's going to be sold at Target starting right before the movie opens, which is a mock documentary about the Racer family, which was really great," Silver said in an interview while promoting the film. "It's a 20-minute documentary about the Racer family, with all the cast as the characters, not as the actors. It's a mockumentary, and it's great. And that'll be lengthened for the DVD."

Silver said that one of the appeals of making a PG film was the chance to create a massive line of toys and games based on the franchise. His previous collaborations with the Wachowskis on the three Matrix films and the dystopian drama V for Vendetta (directed by James McTeigue) were all rated R and didn't offer the wealth of merchandising opportunities that Speed Racer does.

"I always had a desire to make a picture with all that stuff," Silver said. "I walked into a Toys R Us a few days ago, and the entire store was just incredibly full of Speed Racer material. It was like Lion King or a Disney movie, and I've never had that before. And this morning my son had a cereal box that says Speed Racer. I mean, all that. I mean, McDonald's Happy Meals. I've never had that before, and that's all a part of what we are trying to do. We're trying to make a big, fun, family movie that everybody can appreciate."

Speed Racer opens May 9. --Cindy White