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Animated family fare “Alpha and Omega,” about two kidnapped wolves trying to get back their pack, has cast Justin Long and Hayden Panettiere as the two lupine lead voices, with Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Dennis Hopper and Larry Miller also set. Pic is directed by Anthony Bell (“The Boondocks”) and Ben Gluck (“Brother Bear 2”) […]

‘Speed Racer’ Stars Insist Cartoon-Based Flick Is ‘Like Nothing You’ve Seen Before’ Emile Hirsch likens the Wachowski brothers’ direction to their groundbreaking work on ‘The Matrix.’ You’ve seen good movies. You’ve seen bad movies. But when was the last time you truly saw a movie unlike any you’d ever seen before? “This film has all […]

Over at Cinematical, there is an opportunity to ask both Christina and Emile questions and have them answered! I don’t remember a heck of a lot about the original Speed Racer TV show except that it had one of the great theme songs of all time. (Man, Greg Kihn spoke the truth: They really don’t […]

There is a very cool contest going on right now to help promote Speed Racer. It’s called Race for Speed Racer and it’s a text message contest. You can view the grand prize below, it’s a $100,000 tricked out Corvette! Here’s the contest rules: # Entries must be made by text on the Race for […]

Continuing our coverage of the 2008 ShoWest Convention in Las Vegas, ComingSoon.net attended the Warner Bros. presentation “The Big Picture”, which gave a bit more of an expansive view of Larry and Andrew Wachowski’s adaptation of the popular cartoon Speed Racer. Warner Bros. President Alan Horn introduced the Wachowskis’ long-time producer Joel Silver, who looked […]

A new trailer for Speed Racer has been released! You can view the trailer by streaming it below or at Yahoo. Remember, Speed Racer is released on May 9, 2008! 😉

SPEED RACER TO BE SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASED AS IMAX® FILM IN MAY 2008 Next Action/Adventure From the Makers of The Matrix Trilogy To Be Digitally Enhanced For IMAX’s Larger-Than-Life Format LOS ANGELES, CA, March 4, 2008 — IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Speed Racer, the action-packed adventure from the creators of ‘The […]