May's going to be a big month for film next year. We will have
Indiana Jones IV,
Prince Caspien,
Iron Man and now the first directed film from the
Wachowski Brothers since
The Matrix Trilogy with....
Speed Racer. The film based on the Japenese anime series will be released worldwide on May 9th 2008, a few weeks earlier than previously slated. One of the reasons for this being to avoid the potential clash with the Euro 2008 Football (Soccer) Championships. Dan Fellman, the president of Domestic Distribution at Warner Brothers said this of the flick...
"We see it as a movie with broad-based, worldwide appealfrom adults to teens to familiesmaking it the perfect film to lead off our exciting 2008 Summer slate. We want to give Speed Racer the maximum playability throughout the season, so moving it up to the earliest possible date made the most sense. I'm so ignorant when it comes to this franchise, so I have no clue if a movie can be made from this thing or not, but it has a huge cult fan base from what I've seen over the net. Casting is going to have to begin soon we guess with only 14 months away from the film being released. Are they going to go for
Keanu Reeves to lead their movie again? It's interesting to think about. source -
iesb