From the creators of the Matrix comes... SPEED RACER!?

EmilLang1000 · Post by **EmilLang1000** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:55 pm

You heard right

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=9730

According to ANN, The Wacholwski Bros. have written and will direct a live-action Speed Racer movie.

So now, this makes 4 animes being turned into Hollywood movies for certain: Battle Angel, Monster, Transformers, and now Speed Racer. Suddenly the posibility of the Eva movies coming out in our lifetime seems a little bit more tangible.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:23 pm

EmilLang1000 wrote:So now, this makes 4 animes being turned into Hollywood movies for certain: Battle Angel, Monster, Transformers, and now Speed Racer. Suddenly the posibility of the Eva movies coming out in our lifetime seems a little bit more tangible.

And, if the anime mag I read in the store the other week (what was it, <i>Anime Informer</i>?) can be trusted, there's also <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... 5275">Afro Samurai</a>, Gonzo's latest property that they're trying to turn into a hit on both sides of the lake pretty much simultaneously... and as the article went, Samuel L. Jackson will ALSO be playing Afro in the movie.

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:41 pm

EmilLang1000 wrote:Suddenly the posibility of the Eva movies coming out in our lifetime seems a little bit more tangible.

The question is...how much do we really want that?

R-A-N-M-A · Post by **R-A-N-M-A** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:33 am

I just hope Hollywood doesn't dig thier claws into too many anime. That would just cheapen the whole experiance.

Bebop0083 · Post by **Bebop0083** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:46 am

R-A-N-M-A wrote:I just hope Hollywood doesn't dig thier claws into too many anime. That would just cheapen the whole experiance.

"its the end of anime as we know it and i dont feel fine...."

EmilLang1000 · Post by **EmilLang1000** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:32 am

I don't really know. If they gave those animes the "X-Men I/II treatment," then it'd be okay. Come on. Who DOESN'T want to see a live action Utena?

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:13 am

EmilLang1000 · Post by **EmilLang1000** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:19 am

I meant GOOD live action Utena... come on... you should no by now that the Japanese can't make a live action movie for their lives unless it's a horror movie or it's directed by Kurosawa.

FATTY_VM · Post by **FATTY_VM** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:22 am

MONSTER might not be a bad flick, the show kinda dragged on, but the premise was good. I can't see speed Racer being all that fun to watch, and I have read the comics on top of seeing the anime...

older_gohan · Post by **older_gohan** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:11 am

Just so you know the director of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon has also been given the green light to produce and direct the live action Blood: The Last Vampire movie. It was announced in last months Anime Insider.

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From the creators of the Matrix comes... SPEED RACER!?

From the creators of the Matrix comes... SPEED RACER!?

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