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SPEED RACER (2008)

Country:	United States Location: Germany
Genre:	Action, Adventure, Comicbook, Fantasy

Credits

Production Company:	Silver Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures
Director:	Andy Wachowski Larry Wachowski
Producer:	Joel Silver
Prod. Executive:	Courtney Valenti
Writer: Screenplay:	Jeffrey Abrams Jennifer Flackett Patrick Read Johnson John Laughton Peter M. Lenkov Mark Levin Jeff Vintar
Writer: Rewrite:	Christian Gudegast Mike Rich Paul Scheuring Andy Wachowski Larry Wachowski Hype Williams
Cast:	Emile Hirsch
	Matthew Fox John Goodman Kick Gurry Christina Ricci Susan Sarandon

Synopsis: Saved from a fiery death by mysterious Racer - X, Speed Racer, driver of his father's phenomenal Mach 5, unmasks his rescuer and discovers his own brother, Rex, who everyone thought had died in a fiery crash 3 years earlier. Rex confesses that he sold his soul to lethal car fanatic Richard Humphreys who orchestrated the phony crash in order to steal the Mach 5. Speed and Rex join forces to recover the car, bring down Humphreys and win the all-terrain race for Pops Racer.

Comment: Gudegast & Scheuring Deal reportedly worth $1.2 million (10/18/01).

Endless attachments in this stop start project. Vince Vaughn -- on in '05 out in '06 -- was working closely on further development with Hype Williams helming in that go around. (See History)

SBD Review: 2 stars

Other Reviews:

The Hollywood Reporter

Variety

Village Voice


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