Those fine folks over at Warner Bros. have sent Cinematical an official Speed Racer press release which provides a full cast list, as well as lots of plot info. Although it wasn't very difficult to piece together all the nuggets of information we've received over the past month or so, it is nice to see all things Speed Racer in one place. As expected, the meat and potatoes of the story will revolve around Speed's (Emile Hirsch) attempt to take down the powerful and corrupt Royalton Industries before its evil owner (Roger Allam) puts Speed and his family out of business for good.

The Mach 5, the vehicle driven by the protagonist Speed, will be an actual vehicle. Instead of being driven on pavement, it will be hung from a crane and have its effects be computer-generated. The film will also have a a "retro future" look, according to Silver.

Release Date: 26 July 2008 (Japan) - yay gonna watch it first!


Emile Hirsch @ Speed
Read the rest --> http://www.ww.cinematical.com/2007/06/05/s...by-warner-bros/
Original source --> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811080/

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Added on June 23, 2007, 10:24 pm

Isn't the guy from Girl Next Door? I sort of seen him naked Ghey mode

yes,he played the main character in TGND.
no,it wasnt him naked..it was a stunt double..IIRC,he was 17 when the movie was made-him being naked would be against the law

found that out in the trivia section of the dvd

The characters and storylines originated in Japan as the manga and anime series Mach Go Go Go from the anime studio Tatsunoko Productions.

Mach Go Go Go was first created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida (1933–1977) as a manga series in the 1960s and made the jump to TV as an anime series in 1967. The central character in the anime and manga was a young race car driver named Gō Mifune (三船剛 Mifune Gō). Yoshida selected the names and symbolisms in his creation very carefully. The M logo on the hood of his race car and the front of his helmet stood for his family name Mifune, a homage to Japanese film star Toshiro Mifune (and not "Mach 5" as the dub would suggest). His given name Gō is also a Japanese homophone for the number 5 (the number on his race car). This is also represented by the letter G embroidered on his shirt. The names themselves constitute a multi-lingual wordplay of the kind that started to become part of the Japanese popular culture of the time. Yoshida got his idea for Speed Racer after seeing two films that were very popular in Japan at the time—Viva Las Vegas and Goldfinger. By combining the look of Elvis Presley's race car driving image (complete with neckerchief and black pompadour) and James Bond's gadget-filled Aston Martin, Yoshida had the inspiration for his creation.