Mach Go Go Go japanese intro

Original Intro Sequence for the Japanese Show.

I can see now where Andy Wachowski took the Matrix Reloaded Road Chase with Trinity on a Bike and Neo on Top of a Truck - on a highway with concrete borders. Cool.

Speed Racer - Christina Ricci Interview

Ricci is Trixie for Speed Racer. Don't wait for the special on the movie on TV - watch the interview of Christina Ricci today. Now Yes. On YouTube!

Hmm. If the future is flat-screen, then the "tube" will now represent something else. How about the "series of tubes!" Hahaha.

Sorry for that aside. Enjoy this generalization interview of Tina for Speed Racer. Woah.

VW speed racer commercial

Larry and Andy Wachowski, the sibling duo behind the Matrix films, are pushing forward with plans to make a live-action feature based on the classic 1960s anime series Speed Racer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Talk of such a project has been circulating through Tinsel Town for more than a decade but now it appears it may actually happen with the Wachowskis officially attached to write and direct and their long-time collaborator Joel Silver committed to producing.

Having served as producers on V for Vendetta, the Wachowskis will return to the directors chair for the first time since wrapping the Matrix trilogy in 2003. Among the Matrix alumni coming along for the ride are Oscar-winning vfx supervisor John Gaeta and exec producer Grant Hill.

Like Tatsuo Yoshida’s beloved cartoon creation, the live-action Speed Racer will focus on a young man’s efforts to drive his high-tech Mach 5 to victory over the mysterious Racer X. Considering the cartoon has been popular for generations and is still watched by kids, the film adaptation will reportedly be more family-friendly than the Wachowskis’ previous action flicks. Shooting is scheduled to begin in 2007.

If the project stays on track, Warner Bros., in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, will likely release Speed Racer in the summer of 2008.

Speed Racer TV Song LYRICS

Speed Racer TV Song by N. Koshibe (Original Air Dates: 1967 (syndicated))
(I can hear it now!)

Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer - he’s a demon on wheels
He’s a demon and he’s gonna be chasin’ after someone.

He’s gainin’ on you so you better look alive.
He’s busy revvin’ up a powerful Mach 5.
And when the odds are against him
And there’s dangerous work to do

You bet your life Speed Racer will see it through.
Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer, Go!

He’s off and flyin’ as he guns the car around the track
He’s jammin’ down the pedal like he’s never comin’ back
Adventure’s waitin’ just ahead.
Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer, Go!

Speed racer song: Here he comes! Here comes speed racer!

Soon this will be one of the world's most searched for cars! Its the Speedracer live-action vehicle from the creators of "The Matrix". This is the live-action movie adaptation of the Japanese Anime most of us love and know. Only now, with the Wachowski touch - it'll be running and crashing and flying in "bullet time"!

You'll see more of this in the next months.

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