Speed Racer is a 2008 American live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name. The film is written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers. The film had been in development since 1992, changing writers and directors until producer Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers collaborated to begin production on Speed Racer as a family film.
Actor Emile Hirsch was cast as Speed, the hero of the animated series, and Christi...
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Speed Racer is a 2008 American live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name. The film is written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers. The film had been in development since 1992, changing writers and directors until producer Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers collaborated to begin production on Speed Racer as a family film.
Actor Emile Hirsch was cast as Speed, the hero of the animated series, and Christina Ricci portrays Speed's girlfriend, Trixie. Speed Racer was shot between early June and late August 2007 in Potsdam and Berlin, Germany at an estimated budget of $120,000,000. Speed Racer premiered on May 3, 2008 as the closing film at the Tribeca Film Festival, and was released on May 9, 2008. The film has sold $17,968,063 in DVD sales making $114,997,404 in its total film gross.
Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is an 18-year-old whose life and love has always been automobile racing. His parents Pops (John Goodman) and Mom (Susan Sarandon) run...
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