During its final-day presentation at ShoWest on Thursday, Warner Bros. introduced movie-theater owners to what may very well be the weirdest release of the summer: Larry and Andy Wachowski’s big-screen version of the classic cartoon Speed Racer (opening May 9). Producer Joel Silver (who also worked with the brothers on the Matrix movies and V for Vendetta) and stars Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, and Christina Ricci took the stage to introduce four minutes and 10 seconds of footage from the kandy-kolored family film. (No, the Wachowskis didn’t show up, duh.) What did it look like? Imagine a chaotic mash-up of The Matrix, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Cars, and you might be able to get the dizzying picture.
The dizziness continues behind the scenes, it turns out. Later in the evening, when EW.com caught up with Speed Racer himself, Emile Hirsch, the actor said that the Brothers are gunning their engines to get the film done. “Occasionally
I’ll call Larry or Andy and they’ll give me the crazy update,” Hirsch said. “They’re
scrambling to complete the visual effects. They have 2,000 visual-effects shots [in the film]…and
they’re getting, like, 100 shots a day at this point. They have to go through 100 shots and put them into the movie. So they’re just
scrambling, it’s a mad dash to the finish line.”
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Looks like one of those that will be a cool unique movie experience or an absolute and total disaster, guess we’ll find out in May.
No, it’s gonna suck, cause they put special effects over story. The FX should be used to enhance and thus, be relevant to the Story. What I’ve seen so far, is a miasma of color and dizzying camera angles bound to make one puke up their juju beans. None of it is believable,…when Speed Racer hits the ground from a jump it looks as if he farted or burped.
I personally think it’s going to be awesome, a good summer flick
As long as everyone speaks in incomprehensible run-on sentences, and my namesake is in it, I’ll check it out! I’m very concerned though, because I saw a preview at a screening of “Vantage Point” last week (terrible), and there was no sign of Spridle, Chim-Chim, or Sparky. If Spridle and Chim-Chim are not hiding in the trunk of the Mach 5 for the entire movie, then I’m out.
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