Cool News
Higher Res Image of the Powerful Mach 5 from SPEED RACER
Hey folks, Harry here... just got sent a high res photo of the Mach 5 from Warners, along with the following press release which gives you a better look at how loyal the Wachowski Brothers are sticking to the source material... Which is awesome. The image below, if you click on it - you'll get a huge version of the Mach 5 - other wise, read their press release and be happy at the casting, it's pretty damn good! Here ya go...
Click Here For The Video Press Conference with the cast and additional views of the Mach 5
SPEED RACER
From writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski, the creators of the groundbreaking “The Matrix” trilogy, and producer Joel Silver comes the live-action, high-octane family adventure “Speed Racer.”
Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized—the legendary Rex Racer—whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill.
Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret—some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won’t drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line.
The only way for Speed to save his family’s business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival—the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox)—to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.
Slated for release on May 9, 2008, “Speed Racer” marks the Wachowski brothers’ first writing/directing collaboration since “The Matrix” movies. Joel Silver, who previously worked with the Wachowskis on “The Matrix” movies and “V For Vendetta,” is producing the film under his Silver Pictures banner.
The film stars Emile Hirsch (“Alpha Dog”) as Speed, Christina Ricci (“Black Snake Moan”) as Trixie, Matthew Fox (TV’s “Lost”) as Racer X, and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (“Dead Man Walking”) and John Goodman (“Evan Almighty”) as Mom and Pops Racer. Rounding out the main cast are Australian actor Kick Gurry (“Spartan”) as Sparky; Paulie Litt (TV’s “Hope & Faith”) as Sprittle; Roger Allam (“The Queen,” “V For Vendetta”) as Royalton; and Asian music star Ji Hoon Jung (popularly known as Rain), making his major feature film debut as a rival driver.
Based on the classic series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, the live-action “Speed Racer” will showcase the kind of revolutionary visual effects and cutting-edge storytelling that have become the benchmarks of the Wachowski brothers’ films.
“Speed Racer” is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, of a Silver Pictures Production.
-
+ Expand All
-
First posters are not cool...but this picture is
-
did I make second?
-
hostal2 rulze lyke wylde stallionzzz
-
third
-
finding anyone who'll care about this P.O.S. movie in 25 years.
-
no metal 4 U freemind
-
I watched the press conference the other day announcing this but Andy and Larry were no where to be bound - I mean found. I wonder if Larry went all the way with the sex change and now is afraid that a transexual directing a G rated movie will be looked down upon.
-
Like, for instance, Rain would be great as Snake Oiler. I'd like to see Inspector Detector, the Car Acrobatic Team, and - in a perfect dream world - the Mammoth Car.Okay, so I'm a geek, but Speed Racer was a unique program, and I'm hoping for a unique spin.
-
Wish the Car Acrobatic Team was involved.
-
Should be interesting having the brothers tackle a family friendly subject matter.
-
http://tinyurl.com/yud6sk
-
to make the film less 'stupid'.
-
Nice Yokohama tires....
Chevy is pushing that the Camero saves the world in Transformers. What's next, a can of Coke saves the the Universe and makes out with Scarlett Johansson? -
Kinda cool looking....
-
I'm in. He's awsome.
-
Looks funny, but that's not a complaint. Just an observation. I think they did a great job on it.
-
Where is part 2 of the questions?
-
PUT THE MACH FIVE IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT...ASSHOLES! This message has been brought to you by Petrelli and Sylar: A Neo and Smith for the next decade.
-
Doesn't make it less cool, but it is definitely cg (coming from an educated eye, btw).
-
Dude, thats totally cg.
-
looks like an albino batmobile from 1989.
-
It doesn't look anything like the fucking batmobile.
-
did you look at the video? if those people are pulling a tarp of a cg car then the physics on the cloth are stunning... and I'll eat a hat of your choosing.
-
Hey, If you like V for Vendetta and you like Globus, check out this video! http://tinyurl.com/3awcds
-
you guys are sooooooo forgiving. look at the front end, thats burtons batmobile. besides, speedracer? this movie will be goere of the jungle meet too fast too furious. just wait and see. some things just are better animated. but hey, what do I know.
-
What a horrible singer.
-
The pic posted here really is a CG render, one doesn't need to have an educated eye to know that. I have posted a link above to video footage of official unveiling of the actual car, with cast interviews. Here it is again: http://tinyurl.com/yud6sk
-
W is for Wachowski
-
Yes, I meant the picture. It does look nice in the vid, though.
Kurdt: That doesn't look even remotely like the batmobile, other than the fact that it has four wheels. It would be like saying a Corvette looks like a Mustang. Burtons B-Mobile has a straight front end with an inset turbine, longer chassis, enclosed cockpit, and large tailfins. The M5 is shorter, a trimaran front-end, tiny superficial tailfins and an open cockpit.
Example:http://tinyurl.com/2umb2v -
I swore I read somewhere that was playing Racer X.
-
Money's on Johnny Rocket. Far superior to HW or Matchbox, and they seem to do alot of movie licenses. Speaking of matchbox, remember when they were on those "rotissere" displays at toy stores, and you told them which one you wanted, and they'd give it to you from behind the counter in a little box?
-
...have the balls to make the American version of "Death Note" they've been talking about.
-
we could nit pick this all day. but really, do you really have that much faith in this film? because cartoon to live action film attempts have been soooo successfull so far. for example: George of the Jungle, Garfield, Scooby Doo, Josie and the Pussy Cats and Fat Albert. Oh yeah, this film will be the exception.
-
. . . and then making out with Scarlett Johansson?I am so there for that movie. This one, not so much.
-
nothing says family fun like a movie written by a dude and his sister who used to be his brother and is now hooked up with a dominatrix. This will probably suck like the last two matrix movies. Spoiler: Racer X is Speed's brother who had a sex change... "X" chromosome... open your eyes people.
-
..Japanese babes wearing schoolgirl uniforms my shaking,masturbating self will be there on opening day..hopefully sitting next to you..and using your hand for the much desired happy ending..
-
That's a sweet-looking Mach 5. I'm guessing the Mammoth Car is too much to hope for, but maybe we'll get to see Snake Oiler and the Car Acrobatic Team. That'd make me happy!
-
Who are the Wachowski's going to steal this incredible story from? Ouch. I went there.
-
And maybe the casting. We'll see. It may be good. I'm guessing it will be the best animated-to-live action movie made so far (but that's not saying much).
-
Only this won't be decapitated like Fox did that one.
-
That's what I'm gonna say if this movie works on any level. Lame.
-
I read an article a couple of years back that claimed he was going through a sex change.
-
Oh, Harry...
*smh* -
Well the plot is not what I had hoped for but it could of been a lot worse I guess based on past tries at this movie.
-
an ultra highhigh super high res picture of the mach 5.
-
...is SOOOOOOO last semester.
-
We needs to know.
-
nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
-
the cartoon! Gasp! Hopefully they won't try to be too serious.
-
good job with V for Vendetta. More pop than V, please. They need to steer towards a pop spectacle, maybe even something ambitious like Sin City, but lighter and brighter.
-
You suck, and your lamo republican rant about an actors polotics have nothing to do with the fucking car. We're talking about the fucking car. You right winged shit, I hope you get the urge to inlist and you get suicide bombed while serving your lord bush's every oil hungry whim. oh yeah, everyone else: the car looks cool.
-
http://tinyurl.com/3dgh9o
-
It's the pic of the lame car...AGAIN?!?!?!?
-
How can anyone look at anything related to this project and not think "train wreck"?
-
They've made one ok low budget lesbian drama and three crapola CGI-drenched mumbo-jumbo sci-fi disasters. No reason to get excited about this film, especially with Emile hirsch and John Goodman in it.
-
Is it being built by Americans ? If so, then it won't be able to go round corners.
-
...Speed Racer will steal his audience faster than Mach 5 (ho ho ho). Frankly, unless Favreau (and ILM) surpass themselves, once the teasers-trailers are out the Wachowski Bros will blow the competition out of the water. These guys made Matrix. Whether we like it or not, they're visually gifted. A PG movie with oscar cast for the audience and top-notch CGI = Box Office gold.
-
Maybe?
-
...and be carbon neutral (or does Speed buy carbon offsets)?
-
Things must be slow, huh?
-
... Looks like a lightbulb with rotors just like the cartoon. Also John Goodman as Pops should stomp his legs up and down like a sumo wrestler when angry, Inspector Detector has to have a goatee that sticks out from his chin at a 90 degree angle, and we MUST see the Mammoth Car! I'm not kidding, Wachowskis!
-
Emile Hirsch actually LOOKS like Speed Racer!! Dude!
-
Somebody out there HAS to have a picture laying around of a chimp in the outfit. Who's got it?
-
And why Emil Hirsch? Was "I Love Beef" busy that day? And why Trixie? Is it because she already has big eyes (and a matching forehead)? If they make Mister Peepers the monkey and The Rock as Pops Peepers, I'm there. Otherwise, call this movie Thunderbirds 2: Gimme One More Chance.
-
the Wachowskis stick so closely to the original source material/designs?
But Michael Bay gets to shit all over Transformers?
What the fuck is wrong with this site? -
...the car would've been a big white cloud with a stripe on it!
-
... Gots to have the Mammoth Car! And it's GOT to end up being discovered that the entire Mammoth Car is composed from that missing gold bullion shipment. Yep! You heard me... the entire train-sized car was built out of gold! Gotta problem with that?
-
mach 5 so much more better than eli roth.
-
Anyone else notice in the video that the steering wheel doesn't have any fucking buttons on it?
-
Okay. There were two staples to my Saturday morning experience. Speed Racer and Gigantor...oops, I forgot...Iron Giant. But technically, it wasn't live action! I ALSO DEMAND A LIVE ACTION JONNY QUEST!!!!
-
Studios seem to think going 'dark' is all the rage - erm, it was...in the 90's! I think it's commendable to see the Wachowskis genuinely testing themselves - their usually skews older so whatever the result, it's going to be worth a gandar - now what price do we pay to see Tarantino attempt a family picture - Rodriguez can do it, let's see what the Quent can do!
-
I heart Race.
-
also requested.
-
with better lighting and scripting and stuff.
-
Or however you spell that.
-
sorry, had to say it.
-
Are you AICN oafs really THAT clueless that you don't realize this is a weak CGI render? We keep pointing it out, you keep updating with higher resolution bad CGI renders. The aliasing on the wheel well, the broken shadows, the plastic windshield, and the complete lack of sub-detail ANYWHERE are just the most obvious things that give it away. Sheesh, guys. Just say it's a concept render. Why the games?
-
...and anyone comparing the real footage with this image can tell that the still is CGI and the video is the real mock-up.
-
but I'm not sure why we needed "names" as Speed's parents to begin with.
-
...in The Thick of It. Only time I've ever found a Conservative MP a likeable character. "You want to tuck my shirt out? Shall I undo my flies as well, do the interview with the old chap hanging out?". Am sure he will be wasted in this, though.
-
I'd love to see that done 300 style. It's time to take these movies to the next level. The only thing is that the stories need to be good, it's not a trade off.
-
Noooo!
-
As an "Old Timer" who grew up with Speed Racer, this movie will be VERY COOL! The car looks....GREAT!
-
but did anyone notice there are NO BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL?!?!?!
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- Whitney Houston 1963 - 2012 -- 171 total posts 169 posts
- AVENGERS enemy revealed as pink boardgame pieces... You might suffer some form of elation... SPOILERS!!! -- 157 total posts 111 posts
- There's a STAR TREK video game that is going to lead into JJ's STAR TREK 2 apparently... -- 138 total posts 75 posts
- Here's The Red Band Trailer For Drafthouse Films' THE FP! -- 67 total posts 67 posts
- To Commemorate The 3D Release Of STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, George Lucas Wants You To Know...Greedo Shoots First!! -- 479 total posts 62 posts
- New JUDGE DREDD post production footage pops up -- 59 total posts 59 posts
- Does ‘SNL’ Rhyme With ‘Deschanel’?? Learn Which SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Vet Hosts After Sexy Zooey!! -- 62 total posts 59 posts
- HANNA's Saoirse Ronan to boss around seven little people -- 48 total posts 45 posts
- Friday Brings SWEEPS DAY NINE!! Gab Here About Tonight’s FRINGE!! Plus Einstein on TIM, Wiig On PORTLANDIA, MAHER, CLONE, GIFTED, GRIMM, SPARTACUS, SUPERNATURAL, GOLD RUSH And More!! -- 116 total posts 32 posts
- SPACE 2099!! -- 181 total posts 30 posts