Live action adaptation of Speed Racer
A live-action adaptation of the 1960s cartoon Speed Racer is being made by matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski’s along with producer Joel Silver. According to The Hollywood Reporter it is being made for Warner Brothers Pictures.
The cartoon racer was created by Tatsuo Yoshida for Japanese audiences and later imported to the United States. In the big screen version Emile Hirsch plays a young race car driver named Speed with Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci and John Goodman starring as his family. The young speed drives a gadget-laden vehicle Mach 5 in his quest for glory.
The Wachowskis, who are writing and directing, are eyeing a summer shoot in Berlin with a summer 2008 release.
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