Good Casting. But I bet Welling will not want to have anything to do with larger than live characters after smallville
Tracey Keith Johnson wrote: > Vince Vaughn as Racer X??? Who was smoking the crack when that was put > forth? I need to see a CGI treatment of Vaughn buffed up and in the > costume, but I just don't see him as Racer X, unless this is a comedy > like the cartoon. And who will play Speed i wonder? For some reason I > could see Tom "Smallville" Welling doing a suitably goofy Speed. You > need a combination of looks and a kind of earnest, goofy, borderline > simple-minded charm, to play Speed. Welling's got that in spades. I'd > go with Amy Acker (Fred from "Angel") as Trixie (I can't see any other > brunette doing that yell as well as!), and that creepy kid from the new > "Omen" as Spritle. I guess Michael Jackson's chimp Bubbles could play > Chim-Chim if he's still living. Dana Delaney for Mrs. Racer, and, I > don't know, Michael Chicklis as Pops Racer? Maybe the dude who played > Pyro in the X-Men movies as Sparky? > Vince Vaughn might be okay for somebody like Inspector Detector, or one > of the villains like Ali Bin Schemer... > > -----Original Message----- > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Said Kakese Dibinga > Sent: Friday, 02 June, 2006 21:46 > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [scifinoir2] Wachowski Bros. Developing Speed Racer? > > > Wachowski Bros. Developing Speed Racer? > > > Source: IGN Filmforce > June 2, 2006 > > The last time we heard anything about Warner Bros.' live-action big > screen adaptation of Japanese cartoon series Speed Racer was about two > years ago. Back then, it was reported that Vince Vaughn was in talks to > star as Racer X in the film, being produced by Joel Silver and Richard > and Lauren Shuler Donner. > > Now, IGN Filmforce has learned that Larry and Andy Wachowski, the > creators of "The Matrix" trilogy, may write and direct the feature film. > > The site says that none of the parties involved would go on record when > asked about the project. > > Racer X is the long-lost but protective brother of the title character, > the young driver who travels from race to race with his family. > > www.onceuponatimeinthecongo.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Science > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Science+fiction+and+fantasy&w1=Scie > nce+fiction+and+fantasy&w2=Genre+magazine&c=2&s=53&.sig=8s5ldQicr16mMwkM > wHGybg> fiction and fantasy Genre > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Genre+magazine&w1=Science+fiction+a > nd+fantasy&w2=Genre+magazine&c=2&s=53&.sig=6x48yHym4cI_VD4C3GisSg> > magazine > > _____ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > * Visit your group "scifinoir2 > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2> " on the web. > > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > _____ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
