Speed Racer, the new live action adaptation of the 1960s Japanese animated series, is scheduled to be released on May 9, 2008.
The film project has been in development since 1992. Eventually the Wachowski brothers got their hands on the project and wrote the script and directed it.
Emile Hirsch was cast as Speed while Christina Ricci portrays his girlfriend, Trixie. The movie will also feature John Goodman as Pops Racer, Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer and Matthew Fox as Racer X.
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