Speed Racer!

[dark_b]

trailer at christmas? come oooooooooon.
i guess they need to finish some CGI shots. i rather wait until december and get some CGI shots.

 

[xwolverine2]

i thought it was with fred claus? ...

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21537

Emile Hirsch Talks Speed Racer
It's going to be all green screen

Maybe we were left out of a memo somewhere, but until we spoke to Emile Hirsch recently we were under the impression that Speed Racer, the Wachowski brothers' adaptation of the cult cartoon about a boy who wants to be the best racing driver in the world, was going to using green screen elements for its reportedly groundbreaking racing sequences, but using old fashioned sets and props for much of the rest of movie. We'd heard rumours that much of it would be filled in later (John Mathieson, who was Director of Photography on Gladiator, apparently turned down the chance to shoot this because of the glut of green), but no concrete confirmation that it was taking the full 300 approach.

"Nope, it's all green screen," Hirsch told us. "There were no sets, just us and the green background. I haven't seen anything of it finished yet, there was a lot of trust [in the Wachowskis] involved. It's going to be crazy. Was the monkey real? Yes."

So, what does this mean for the look of Speed Racer? Are the brothers going to try to stylize this to look just like the cartoon – though presumably without the characters mouths continuing to move after they've finished speaking?

 

[Majik1387]

I don't mind the green screen effect. I think it works best with the Wachowski movies.

 

[dark_b]

i think its only greenscreen only when they race. i doubt they used greenscreen when htey filmed the parents talking about hte car in the kitchen.

p.s. i want this trailer nooooooooow

 

[xwolverine2]

cool.... should be visually amazing

 

[terry78]

Well, we'll see. The atmosphere of the show was basically a typical suburban/industrial setting when they weren't racing, but I figure with the complexity of the tracks they used to race on green screen would be the only way to do it.

 

[dark_b]

i hope the movie will look different then anything before.

 

[Kent Allard]

It'll be interesting to see how well Speed Racer gets received - Kerry Conran ( Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ) should easily be considered the father of/pioneer of the all green/blue screen movie-making technique. Looks like he was just ahead of his time...

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

what ever happened to that director.

 

[Kent Allard]

Well - when Paramount was still working on John Carter of Mars - he was the attached director for most of it's development [he left in the end "to pursue movies for a couple other sci-fi pulp properties", perhaps because he got fed up with Paramount's constant thumbtwiddling].

Conran is currently working on an as yet unknown pulp sci-fi movie [Buck Rogers maybe?] - hopefully we hear about his current project soon.

 

[Rez]

The problem with Sky Captain is that despite the talent and great look and awesome robots is that there simply were not enough dinosaurs.


Oh, and it just kind of lacked a spark and a decent, exciting story.

 

[xwolverine2]

it started good then then turned too jungle-y by the middle and end
it totally got off topic lol

 

[ChickenScratch]

I think it's a great idea doing it this way. Sky Captain is visually amazing and it was the first big step in that direction. Since then we have had Sin City, 300 and (a movie I am loving now) Casshern. It's a great way to go and it'll sure look unique.

 

[Mr. Socko]

The racing scenes will be CG/green screen but the rest of the movie will be made the usual way, sounds good to me. I'm looking forward to this, hope the Wachowski's deliver.

 

[batfan1028]

Rumor has it that the teaser trailer will be released with the golden compass on friday.

 

[Kelly]

Hmmmm....haven't heard that, but I'm going to that movie so hopefully you are right...

 

[Bat Brain]

Harry has seen the Wachowski's SPEED RACER trailer!!!

Hey folks, Harry here... just left the Highland Galaxy Theater where I watched THE GOLDEN COMPASS in digital perfection... and saw two trailers. The first was SEX AND THE CITY - which really doesn't seem like a theatrical porn film, like it should. And secondly... the Wachowski's SPEED RACER trailer.

I predict that there will be two reactions to this trailer. There's mine... which is HOLY ****ING AWESOME DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE COATED ***** JUICE... and then there's going to be the, "WHAT THE **** WAS THAT?" reaction.

After BOUND, THE MATRIX trilogy and their producing work on V FOR VENDETTA - you think you have the Wachowski's figured out? Think again. This is an eye-popping anime inspired whacked way the **** out of control world.

That wild anime twirling universe characters unleashed feeling? It's there. This film isn't taking place in a world that looks anything even close to resembling reality. This is a quasi-toon universe where physics and the very nature of optics themselves are put in a shroom/lsd whirlpool of whatda****. It's Crrrrr AZEEEEEEE!

My mind is left on a futuristic tarmac by the Mach 5's skidmarks and the simple joy of Chim Chim pointing at Sparky in a trunk of a car. This film is not set in some dystopian universe, they did not make a gritty universe... They have take characters and placed them firmly within an anime universe and I don't know if the world will flip or **** over it. BUT HOLY **** - I'm racing!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34951

Sounds extremely awesome.

 

[Advanced Dark]

I was hoping for more live action looking film. I'll probably still watch it but this makes me feel even better about Iron Man's week 2 box office potential.

 

[Advanced Dark]

Rumor has it that the teaser trailer will be released with the golden compass on friday.

It was...or I mean it is.

 

[Boreanaz]

Looking forward to some pics

 

[terry78]

Harry certainly disturbs me everytime he posts anything on that site.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Harry is such a sophisticated journalist.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

I saw clips and scenes from the movie on Entertainment Tonight

 

[terry78]

I saw clips and scenes from the movie on Entertainment Tonight

And you didn't record them? Damn you.