Ladic Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Speed Racer" Moves To May 9thBy Garth FranklinMonday March 12th 2007 8:00amWarner Bros. Pictures has moved the release date for its big screen adaptation of "Speed Racer" up two weeks from May 23rd 2008 to May 9th 2008. They've also set the film for a day-and-date release in most international markets. The aim is to give the film "maximum playability" in most international markets before the start of the European Soccer Championships. The Wachowski brothers are directing the high-octane actioneer based on the classic anime series about a young car racer. The film is now slotted comfortably between "Iron Man" on the 2nd, "Narnia: Prince Caspian" on the 16th, "Indiana Jones IV" on May 23rd, and the remake of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" on the same day. http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070312a.php i liked the cartoons as a kid, but how will this translate to the big screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 A Speed Racer movie...i wonder if this will happen: "Go Speed Racer...Go Speed Racer....Go Speed Racer GOOOOOOOOO!!!" "Intodaysepisode,ourheroSpeedRaceronceagainmeetsthemysteriousRacerX.WhatisRacerX'sagenda?Findoutnext,afterthiscommercialbreak!" I never liked Speed Racer even as a kid. I find it too corny and was too engaged with MASK, Transformers and Robotech to care about Speed Racer. And ZOMG the chimpanzee....is annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macross73 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) Who is supposed to star in "Speed Racer"? and Whats up with the remake of "the day the earth stood still"? edit : for got to ask about Nanria: Prince Caspian the live BBC version wasnt that great Though I never read the book this has to be loads better that what i've saw. Edited March 13, 2007 by Macross73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal_Massacre_79 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 "Intodaysepisode,ourheroSpeedRaceronceagainmeetsthemysteriousRacerX.WhatisRacerX'sagenda?Findoutnext,afterthiscommercialbreak!" Too good. It's just like the show. Anyone remember the naughty Speed Racer techno mix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radd Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Eh. The idea of the live action remake of the localized version, specifically, of a foreign show never sits well with me. I'm reminded of the Disney plan to make a 'Starblazers' movie that recast the USS Arizona in place of the Yamato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriku Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 According to IMDB the Wachowski brothers are doing this movie. No actors are listed yet however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechaninac Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 <take a deep breath> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......! <out of breath> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoptimus Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I heard somewhere that Vince Vaughn wants to be RacerX in the film. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I heard somewhere that Vince Vaughn wants to be RacerX in the film. Interesting. good for him, does he realize he's never done anything in his life to make him the racerX type? Maybe he and will ferrel can be in it together and do lots of gay jokes and run around in their underpants! It'd be rad too if the chimp is done in really obvious 3d so that audiences can say "man those CG's were really cool looking, didja see those CGs?" hollywood. SOMETHING FKIN NEW PLEASE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly4victory Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Live Action???? Cartoon Elvis but Elvis is dead!!! Sorry but will stick with watching Speed Racer on Univision. Spanish always makes it more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_breetai Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Who is supposed to star in "Speed Racer"? and Whats up with the remake of "the day the earth stood still"? edit : for got to ask about Nanria: Prince Caspian the live BBC version wasnt that great Though I never read the book this has to be loads better that what i've saw. I actually like the BBC Narnia series but they really cut down both Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader to be about half the length of the other installments of the series calling it (on video at least) Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Where as it's being treated as a seperate movie in the new series. I'm not a huge Narnia fan... I've read the book, but I dunno... I'm not one of those people who think Lewis is all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwmwww Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Does this have anything to do with the version Johnny Depp was to star in? http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/Prototype...612553512QQrdZ1 I saved the pictures from this auction but I can't find them at the moment, Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striderhiryu Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 don't know whowill get the main role but he better keep steady like in the original animation to save frames. still i wonder how would that look like in live action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azrael Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 This popped up as a possible: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070314o.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwmwww Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Finally found that picture I was after... Enjoy, Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallet21 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 FWIW, Here's the cast: Emile Hirsch - Speed Christina Ricci - Trixie Matthew Fox - Racer X Susan Sarandon - Mom Racer John Goodman - Pops Racer Kick Gurry - Sparkie Seems like pretty decent casting IMO. IMDB.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwmwww Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 (edited) There is a picture of the Mach 5 for the upcoming movie in USAToday: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2...eed-racer_N.htm Enjoy, Carl Edited June 4, 2007 by wwwmwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 i thought speed and his sister were like 15 and 12. Is the movie going to be as randomly violent as the tv show? I remember one episode where speed was racing go-karts with other kids. He nudged one of the other kids off the track, the kid went over a hill and out of view and then KABOOM, big explosion. cut to speed whos thinking "imustwinformyfamily" or some crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddsun1 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Hmm, not too bad. Definitely not so obviously "corvette-based" as the few other replicas of the Mach 5 out there. The wheel arches are too big for the body lines, though. And don't get me started on those fuggin "dub" wheels--what the hell are those, like 22"s or something? That "donk" crap is the ultimate expression of having more money than common sense. One fad that I can't wait for to die out; go the way of the dodo, like fuzzy mirror dice and custom vans with spaceships painted on the sides... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Hungry Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 According to IMDB the Wachowski brothers are doing this movie. No actors are listed yet however. Dont'cha mean the Wachowski twins? One of em' was undergoing a sex change last I'd heard. I watched Speed Racer back in the 70's when I was all of 7. It was very, very cool for me at the time. I watched SR back in the late 80's and it only then that I realized how campy and cheesy it truly is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Dont'cha mean the Wachowski twins? One of em' was undergoing a sex change last I'd heard. what!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scream Man Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 The Mach 5 looks awesome! I was a little surprised it had doors, but otherwise awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonely Soldier Boy Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 (edited) I've heard the same version about the Wachowski sex change. It was said that Matrix two and three were made just to raise the money Seriously now, the Mach 5 looks just like the original, which is a good thing IMHO. It's amazing how cool that design looks even today. Edited June 5, 2007 by Lonely Soldier Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerwalk25 Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 There is a picture of the Mach 5 for the upcoming movie in USAToday: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2...eed-racer_N.htm Enjoy, Carl It looks like the one that was displayed at Comic-Con last year. Hmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Just FYI, it's now Andy and Lana Wachowski, not Andy and Larry. (You'll find lots of references to "Linda" but it seems s/he prefers Lana now) And those wheels suck, they're about +4 from what they should be. I also think the car should be "smoother" overall---IMHO the Mach 5 shouldn't have a single ridge, edge, or angle. Pure curves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwmwww Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 And those wheels suck, they're about +4 from what they should be. I also think the car should be "smoother" overall---IMHO the Mach 5 shouldn't have a single ridge, edge, or angle. Pure curves. I agree... too many of the curves have really been flattened out. My favorite rendition of the Mach 5 in 3D is the Club-M model. Then again I'm also a fan of the 1997 remake of Speed Racer so I would have been happy to see this one used as the movie car too... Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Just FYI, it's now Andy and Lana Wachowski, not Andy and Larry. (You'll find lots of references to "Linda" but it seems s/he prefers Lana now) Ha! That's funny. So in the live action Speed Racer movie we will probably see most of the characters in leather and S&M bondage, there will probably be a rave/mosh scene, and Speed himself will gradually change into a woman throughout the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Hungry Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 I've heard the same version about the Wachowski sex change. It was said that Matrix two and three were made just to raise the money And I think that is why the second two Matrix movies were so bad. I agree with WWWMWWW, they should've left the Mach 5 the way it was in the series. I like the wider rounder shape. The one pic that was posted looks more like an 80's Vette that was converted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Ha! That's funny. So in the live action Speed Racer movie we will probably see most of the characters in leather and S&M bondage, there will probably be a rave/mosh scene, and Speed himself will gradually change into a woman throughout the movie. Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 I agree with WWWMWWW, they should've left the Mach 5 the way it was in the series. I like the wider rounder shape. The one pic that was posted looks more like an 80's Vette that was converted. whew, yeah seeing this thing next to such a great rendition of the original really sends it home. The original is pure sex while the remake is a little too "sunday sunday sunday, s-s-speed racer-acer-acer and truck-a-saurus ROCK Qualcomm stadium-adium-adium!!!" Does anyone have any photos of this thing with people around it? maybe another angle and or some kind of proof that it's a real car. IMHO it still looks fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddsun1 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Hmm, come to think of it, when you study that pic for a bit, it does look more like a Photoshop than a real car. Overall, it's safe to say the the Mach 5 has arguably got to be one of the most difficult cars to translate from TV image into real-life 3D version ever, in any scale... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwmwww Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I found some more info here: http://community-2.webtv.net/bobrady2/speedracermach5/ That I wanted to share. Here is a nice picture of the underside of the Club-M model: And here is another picture and some more info on the real Y2K car: In the simultaneous commemoration of the 30th anniversary of MACH GO GO GO and the debut of the 1997 remake, Tatsunoko commissioned a 1:1-scale model of the redesigned Mach Five. After the end of the new series, the replica was made fully functional, cleared for use on public roadways, and ultimately sold in an auction that ended on November 30 of the same year. The lowest successful bid for the set (described as "1 Mach-Gô . . . The only one of its kind in the world; and 1 Helmet . . . Medium-sized") hit ¥1,000,000. The price of the winning bid remains uncertain. Enjoy, Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 (edited) I like that 1:1 model, the design is nice.....but the wheels are too big. Edited June 8, 2007 by Lightning 06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I like that 1:1 model, the design is nice.....but the wheels are too big. Wheels being too big is better than hands being too small. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowyunskinny Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Emile Hirsch ... Speed Susan Sarandon ... Mom Racer Christina Ricci ... Trixie Matthew Fox ... Racer X John Goodman ...Pops Racer interesting looking visuals Speed Racer Trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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