Here He Comes, Here Comes Speed Racer!
All kinds of hero goodness coming to the silverscreen right now with He-Man and Wonder Woman on the way.
Well, it looks like “Speed Racer” is in pre-production now according to IMDB and starts filming in Berlin June 5 2007 with a release date in mid 2008. To top it off it’s being Directed and written by the Wachowski brothers (Matrix movies)!
If you’re not familiar with Speed Racer, the first thing you need to do is go to Netflix and get the DVDs of the TV series in your queue. The second thing you need to do is punish yourself for the lack of geekiness (you choose the punishment, talk to a girl or sit in the front row or something).
So far we know the cast consists of:
Speed - Emile Hirsch 
Trixie - Christina Ricci 
RacerX - Matthew Fox 
Mom Racer - Susan Sarandon
Pops Racer - John Goodman
Casting Goodman as ‘Pops’ is spot on, good call. Fox as ‘Racer X’, I can see that, too. The rest of the cast is probably OK with the exception of Ricci, she just doesn’t strike me as ‘Trixie’. Ricci was chosen over Elisha Cuthbert and Kate Mara (!?!)
Speed Trivia coming soon…
- Speedracer.com - Official site
- Speed Racer Lives site
- Speed Racer at TV.com
- Speed Racer Lawsuit
- Speed Racer toys
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