Speed Racer movie on again?!

[monkeyboy]

Seems the live action movie of the classic anime Speed Racer is on the "front burner" again.

Some links:

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=379e1d70e1987eeb


http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comm ... yid=376831

I'm mixed about this project, let's hope they don't Matrix it up too much!

What do you think?

[wELCOME cONSUMER]

I'd think with Vince Vaughn involved, it'll be funny. Something like The Ballad of Ricky Bobby perhaps.
However, I did not like his movie The Break-up. It was so depressing and really wasn't that funny.
I'm wondering if Vince is trying to swing back towards dramatic roles, similar to what he did in The Cell and some other movies.

Hopefully not. A Speed Racer movie should be tongue-in-cheek, considering the subject material.
And since racing is hot right now in Hollywood, it'll probably get made this time around.

The Wachowski Brothers have been attached to just about every film project I can think of,
so I can't tell if they'll actually be involved with this or not.

On a side note, there's something so very-very WRONG with the news blurb in the first link you posted.
Right next to the Speed Racer movie news is:

"Police violence against children remains rampant in Papua New Guinea..."

Seeing all those kids behind those barred windows seems so much like a dark comedy.
How sad and ironic. They almost look as though they're reading about the Speed Racer movie.

[Golden Boy]

I remembered way back when...Johnny Depp was supposed to play Speed. Would love to see it, even though it will be "Matrix"ed out! It would be sweet if the villians were the Acrobatic Racing Team.

gb

[sailorsv13]

Hm...I wouldn't mind if Depp had played Speed Racer... I am excited to see how this turns out ^.^
~ Bri ~