Speedracer

[70s muscle]

Did you guys hear about the new speedracer movie coming out next month? I hope the make it look good! They seem to make the movies so different than the show! Brian

[mooneye777]

ive heard brief things, like it is still going to be animated , like the shrek and toy story stuff. thats about all ive heard.

[maxxmuscle]

Saw a couple of trailers for it recently. Looks more like a "Ghostrider" mix of animation and reallife. MIGHT be cool, who knows. Used to run home from school (kindergarden actually) to watch it everyday!!! Then go out and jump on my bike and BE Speedracer!! The good ole days!!!

[stovens]

I actually busted our tv when I was a kid, when speed got hosed by either skull dugery or Rex or someone. I threw a little metal object at the screen and cracked it. Not a good thing to do, I was 5 at the time! Loved that show. It's a cult classic now. I saw the preview in the theatre, but didn't see spridle or chim chim!

[shawnlee28]

Therer is a company making the speed racer car now ...full size ,street legal.....
Do a web search...

[stovens]

Here yah go......


As for the sridle and chim chim read this excerpt....
Like Hirsch, the brothers grew up on the popular 1960s Japanese cartoon about the adventures of a racing family — and its pet chimpanzee, Chim Chim.

"The TV show was the brothers' introduction to Japanese animation," says Joel Silver, a friend of the press-shy Wachowskis and producer of Racer and the Matrix films. "They fell in love with the genre. They said they'd been making R-rated movies their whole lives and wanted to do something their nephews and nieces could watch."

The film, Silver says, will have a "retro future" look and will center on Speed (Hirsch) trying to make a name for himself in the racing world despite the efforts of corporate giants to foil his career. The film also stars Christina Ricci as girlfriend Trixie and Matthew Fox as Speed's older brother, Racer X.

Like the Matrix films and the Wachowski-produced V for Vendetta, Racer "has a lot to say about remaining independent and thinking for yourself," Hirsch says. "The brothers weren't just looking to do the TV show on film."

Unlike those darker movies, Racer "is going to be very bright, very family-friendly," Silver says. "And it will have great effects like TheMatrix, just with the car."

A car that will not see much time on pavement. The Mach 5 will be placed on a crane and most effects will be computer-generated.

One real effect, though: Chim Chim.

"They're using a real monkey," Hirsch says. "Just don't call him that. He's a chimpanzee. He gets upset if you call him a monkey."

[70s muscle]

It does look kinda neat?