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Dan Conner and Janet Weiss join the cast of SPEED RACER!!!

First by ByTor	Apr 2nd, 2007 07:55:09 AM
Is Roseanne playing Chim-Chim?
Dr. Franknfurter gotta eat! by Mifune73	Apr 2nd, 2007 07:56:58 AM
"Tight as a vice and twice as nice!"
The monster car better be in this one. by Uncle Stan	Apr 2nd, 2007 07:58:18 AM
!
I'm betting by THE KNIGHT	Apr 2nd, 2007 07:59:25 AM
They'll have to shoot all the CG races pretty damn quick... Tons of effects and not a lot of time...
What?! by chrth	Apr 2nd, 2007 08:00:44 AM
That's just ... just ... wow, what are the Wachowskis smoking?
You're a hot dog but you better not try to hurt her... by Futureman2681	Apr 2nd, 2007 08:04:12 AM
...Frankfurter
Not bizzare at all... by Zakari Paolon	Apr 2nd, 2007 08:05:05 AM
Sorry man, but to me the idea of those guys doing a speedracer movie makes TOTAL SENSE. I know they'll come up with awesome imagery, great action sequence, and I'm really interested in the fact that it's a kid'S flick. I think it'll be genius.
Mark it zero by Franklin T Marmoset	Apr 2nd, 2007 08:17:33 AM
If they can do anything, the Wachowskis can do action, so hopefully this will be fun little action film for the kids and whatnot. As long as they keep their ambition in check and don't try to turn the film into an analogy for every religion, philosophy and myth they've ever heard of, they have every chance of doing well. You know, just tell a straight story. I don't know too much about this Speed Racer, but I am keen to see what the Wachowskis do next.
Did Speed's mom ever show up in the anime? by Anna Valerious	Apr 2nd, 2007 08:34:27 AM
But yeah, perfect casting with Goodman as Pops.
And, somewhere, Kurt Russell is laughing quietly. by JackPumpkinhead	Apr 2nd, 2007 08:47:36 AM
Which is strange, because, in his commentaries, he laughs very loudly. At anything.
John Goodman as Pops Racer, of course... by Kid Z	Apr 2nd, 2007 08:58:22 AM
... But I didn't know Speed's mom was still around? Always assumed Pops was a widower. Now, who's playing Trixie, Spidle, Racer X and Inspector Detector? Is Chim-Chim gonna be an actual chimp, guy-in-suit or CGI? And Uncle Stan.... it was called "The Mammoth Car"!
Just Back From Kapecapek by DrKodos	Apr 2nd, 2007 09:11:55 AM
And Chief Zuma is mad as hell. Long Live Karbala!
Not sure about the cast but this could of been ... by Mace Tofu	Apr 2nd, 2007 09:16:29 AM
really bad based on some of the past versions. The car stuff and fighting should be great with this team. Will it take place in the 60's? I hope they work some ninjas and flying dragon subs into the plot and we get more than "Speed steals the Mach 5 and wrecks it, pops is mad, They fix the car and Speed wins race. The end". Please, Please, keep the crazy shit like Giant Apes and Races thru Volcanos. Fingers crossed lol.
It's not Flintstones weird. by sadisticsoldier31	Apr 2nd, 2007 09:17:59 AM
Goodman is a very good fit for Pops though. I'd like to have seen Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Speed, but I like Hirsch for him too. Wasn't Vince Vaughn supposed to be playing Racer X? Is that off the table now?
Speed Racer? No. Wachowskis? Well..ok...maybe by Bash_Branigan	Apr 2nd, 2007 09:19:25 AM
The absurdity of having them on this project is the only redeeming quality of this.
And Kidz... by Uncle Stan	Apr 2nd, 2007 11:04:40 AM
He was called Spridle.
Hopefully the voices will not match the mouth movements by kinghenryVIII	Apr 2nd, 2007 11:08:01 AM
That's the only way my ass is renting this.
Who's playing Trixie?!?!?! by DarthMusashi2112	Apr 2nd, 2007 11:32:05 AM
I know...Eva Mendes...or at least her boobies yo...
Trixie must be... by ookla the mok	Apr 2nd, 2007 11:46:02 AM
the dead chick from Heroes who could manipulate people with her voice. She's got the look but I'm not sure she can talk fast enough or in multiple run-on sentences.
...this would be cool if... by mr ahole ramirez	Apr 2nd, 2007 11:48:26 AM
...they used Japanese actors and have them speak in Japanese, then dub it into English, but purposely bad...other than that...eh...
Yeah, yeah...SpRidle... by Kid Z	Apr 2nd, 2007 11:59:42 AM
...I missed an "r"... damn fingers!
Wonder if... by Kid Z	Apr 2nd, 2007 12:05:15 PM
...They'll use that funky, over-expository way of speaking from the cartoon... "My name is Speed Racer because I race cars really fast! I like to race cars really fast, so everyone calls me "Speed"! They call me "Speed" because I like to race cars so fast! My name is Speed Racer! My father's name is Pops Racer because he's my "pops" and our last name is Racer, which is really ironic because he builds the race cars which I race and our last name is "Racer"! My little brother has a monkey!
Pops Racer: Too Fat To Drive! by uss cygnus	Apr 2nd, 2007 12:34:11 PM
I heard your dad went into a restaraunt and ate all the food in the restaraunt and they had to close the restaraunt. Look, just because my father's a few pounds overweight doesn't mean he's some kind of food-crazed MANIAC! Ooh, that's Raspberry...
Pops Racer: Too Fat To Drive! by uss cygnus	Apr 2nd, 2007 12:34:11 PM
I heard your dad went into a restaraunt and ate all the food in the restaraunt and they had to close the restaraunt. Look, just because my father's a few pounds overweight doesn't mean he's some kind of food-crazed MANIAC! Ooh, that's Raspberry...
Michale Bay to make Astroboy with Shia LaBoeuf by Spandau Belly	Apr 2nd, 2007 01:11:45 PM
I'm calling the bookies today. When this happens I can retire.
Zach Snyder to do live action remake of Akira by Spandau Belly	Apr 2nd, 2007 01:17:00 PM
With Shia Laboeuf as Tetsuo and Sophia Bush as Kaneda. There's no escape now!
Live action remake of My Neighbour Totoro by Spandau Belly	Apr 2nd, 2007 01:17:52 PM
Starring Ben Stiller as Totoro. You know it!
Calista Flockhart cast as the CGI whip in Indy IV.... by Forestal	Apr 2nd, 2007 02:48:14 PM
More soon...
Really, I couldn't give a crap by Neo Zeed	Apr 2nd, 2007 03:06:28 PM
Speed Racer? C'mon.
CGI Mojo-Jojo as Chim Chim by SaintDilbert	Apr 5th, 2007 03:03:19 PM
You get a monkey and interminably long sentences all in one package.

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