IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Speed Racer, the action-packed adventure from the creators of “The Matrix” trilogy, will be simultaneously released to IMAX® and conventional theatres on May 9, 2008. Speed Racer, based on the hit anime series created by Tatsuo Yoshida, is written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers. The film will be digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image...

Christina Ricci recently told reporters that Trixie, her character in the upcoming Speed Racer film, is just as involved in the film as the male characters are. Trixie is the girlfriend of Speed, who will be played by Emile Hirsch. “That’s another example of a great role model character for girls, because she’s smart, she’s funny and she does all the things the boys do,”...

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The Wachowski brothers have stated that they want their upcoming big screen adaptation of Speed Racer to look like a “live action cartoon”. USA TODAY has published the first stills from the movie and it looks like they have achieved that goal. The movie is using all green screen sets, and a new filming technology that allows the background and foreground of the movie to...

According to star Emile Hirsch, the upcoming Wachowski brothers Speed Racer adaptation is being shot with all green screen sets. Hirsch, who plays Speed, told Empire Online that the film is being shot with just actors and a green background; “Nope, it’s all green screen,” Hirsch told us. “There were no sets, just us and the green background. I haven’t seen anything of it finished...

Joel Silver told reporters to expect the first trailer for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Speed Racer sometime around Christmas. The announcement was made at a press conference promoting Fred Claus, and Silver said that the Wachowski brothers directed film is “a wild ride” “The Wachowski brothers can’t do anything easy. You know, they want to make it as hard as they possibly can....