Old News - Richard "Shaft" Roundtree in Speed Racer

by Matt Holmes

AICN are reporting the story that seems to stem from The Hollywood Reporter that Richard Roundtree (a.k.a Shaft) has joined the cast of Speed Racer. That's great guys but if you just took the time to look at our movie watch page for Speed Racer you will have seen that Roundtree has been on the cast list for over a month now. Slow, slow, slow. What the trade are telling us that's new is that the actor will be playing the role of Ben Burns, an ex-racer and commentator who is a hero to Speed. I can dig that, it's been ages since he's had a movie role worth shouting about. Keep check on our Movie Watch updates section to the right hand side of the reviews to see the latest updates on the big movies currently in production.

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.