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Speed Racer Poster
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Speed Racer is nominated as most expected film in year 2008
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| Quote: | The film "Speed Racer" casted by Rain is nominated as the most expected film in year 2008!
Previously Rain dressed up with traditional Korean costume and greeted his fanshappy new year. Meanwhile, his agency also revealed his future plan tocast in a new Hollywood film directed by a famous director.
Justrecently, Rain's film "Speed Racer" was chosen as one of the TOP10 most expected films in year 2008 by Yahoo netizens. On the otherhand, Rain and another female singer, Lee Sooyoung won "The Best Male Singer" and "The Best Female Singer" in 2007 Mobile Performance Awards.
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Speed Racer Movie Pics
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Speed Racer Lego Box Set
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Speed Racer's Mach 5 Debuts in Detroit
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| Quote: | Speed Racer's Mach 5 Debuts in Detroit
Alongside all the big-deal, big-time, big-news concept and production cars at next week's 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit will be a car with features that can accurately (and literally) be described as "cartoonish." That's right kids, Speed Racer's legendary Mach 5 supercar will be there — straight from the virtual reality set of the new live action film opening May 9.
While Warner Brothers is still being coy as to exactly what makes up the substance of the movie's Mach 5 (maybe there's a Corvette chassis under there?), it didn't have to be very fast. Virtually all the action sequences in the film were generated inside computers, with the actors digitally inserted using "green screen" techniques. So don't think "car" when you're looking at this sleek beauty at the show — think "movie prop." ... (abridged/gekürzt)
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Japanese racing team to appear as main rival in Speed Racer
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| Quote: | Japanese racing team to appear as main rival in Speed Racer movie
Thanks to a placement deal with Warner Brothers, looks like the "Mach 5" will be racing an actual racing team from Japan in the up coming Speed Racer movie. The team I am talking about is a very well known Japanese team called "Autobacs Racing Team Aguri" or "ARTA" for short, that participates in the Japanese Super GT series (and might I add is the 2007 team and driver champion in the GT500 class) with their ASL Garaiya machine. You might also already guessed from the name of the team that it is the same Aguri in the F1 "Super Aguri".
The futuristic machine that will be appearing in the movie was unveiled to the Japanese press in the current Tokyo Auto Salon, complete with the actual team number and color scheme of the ARTA's Super GT 300 machine.
    
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| Quote: | The Wachowski's Speed Racer Using Revolutionary Full Focus Cameras
26 August 2007
For all of you out there who are doubting the upcoming Speed Racer, this is a big "I told you so!" If you were worried that The Wachowski Brothers were going to put out a boring G-rated film based on a cartoon, you're wrong. Our friends over at Collider have spent a while trying to figure out whether a rumor they heard about the cameras was true. He finally spoke with Susan Sarandon, who plays the mom, and received confirmation and some juicy details.
Let's jump right into it. Sarandon confirmed that the camera system they are using will have layered film so that both the front and back are in focus like a cartoon. Holy shit, yep that's what she just said!
| Quote: | | They're using some high def thing that comes with guards and it's beyond anything I've ever…. I saw 10 minutes before I left, they did a special thing for me cause they're just wrapping and having a party tonight, they were still working after I left. They're doing something where they're layering film so that the front and the back are in focus like a cartoon and they're also doing two dimensional and three dimensional stuff and mixing and everything is very, very saturated with some new kind of film, so they actually have to treat the actors in some way so we can hold our own with the background. So it's every color that wasn't in The Matrix is seriously in this film. |
This has been a documented thing since the first announcements about Speed Racer. The Wachowski's have said that they don't do movies unless they can achieve something great each time. It's just a matter of wrapping your head around a new idea each time they do it, because no one will imagine they can do what they're doing until they see it on the screen.
It's even hard to grasp the idea right now. Imagine the look of 2D animated cartoons with the entire frame being in-focus (like the photo below), and transpose that into live action film. Doesn't make sense does it? I'm incredibly anxious to see the first look of this and see exactly what Sarandon's talking about.
You can read the full interview with some more technical details and an on-set anecdote from Sarandon over at Collider. This confirms the idea that Speed Racer will essentially feature visuals that we've never seen on the big screen before. At this moment, I'm more excited to see this filmmaking revolution than James Cameron's Avatar and definitely more than any 3D film. Go Wachowski's!
Source: Collider
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Deutsche Synchronstimmen für Speed Racer Darsteller
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| Darsteller | verkörperte Person | deutsche Synchronsprecher | | Emile Hirsch | Speed Racer | Ozan Ünal | | Christina Ricci | Trixie | Sonja Spuhl | | John Goodman | Pops Racer | Hartmut Neugebauer | | Susan Sarandon | Mom Racer | Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif | | Scott Porter | Rex Racer | Robin Kahnmeyer | | Matthew Fox | Racer X | Erich Räuker | | Richard Roundtree | Ben Burns | Roland Hemmo | | Hiroyuki Sanada | Mr. Musha | Oliver Siebeck ("Sunshine") | | Nayo Wallace | Minx | Vera Teltz | | Paulie Litt | Spritle | ? | | Rain | Taejo Togokhan | ? | | Roger Allam | Royalton | Hans-Werner Bussinger | | Kick Gurry | Sparky | ? |
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mehr Bilder zu Lego Racer
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| Quote: | LEGO 8159 SPEED RACERS X & Taejo Togokhan
LEGO SPEED RACERS X & Taejo Togokhan. Der rätselhafte Racer X und Taejo Togokhan haben sich als Team zusammengetan! Der Rennstall "Togokhan Motors" ist fest entschlossen, die aufreibende Casa Cristo Classic Straßen-Rallye zu gewinnen. Für Kinder von 6-12 Jahren.
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Joel Silver film getting brand name bump
Joel Silver has always wanted one of his movies plastered on the front of a cereal box.
But making films like "Die Hard," "Predator," "Lethal Weapon" or even "The Matrix" trilogy doesn't land the brands.
"I've lived my life as an R-rated man," Silver says.
Not any more.
"Speed Racer," the actioner throttling into theaters May 9, is targeting a G rating. What's more, Silver not only gets his cover of Cheerios -- he gets a McDonald's Happy Meal, Hot Wheels cars and Lego playsets.
Warner Bros. will need all the help it can get.
In a year when the studio is launching the next installments of the "Batman" and "Harry Potter" franchises, it's hoping that the lesser-known "Speed Racer" can blast through the checkered flag at the box office and become worthy of sequels as well.
But the family-friendly entry, based on the Japanese anime series of the 1960s, and helmed by the Wachowskis (who worked with Silver on "The Matrix" trilogy) faces a fiercely competitive summer session, bowing just a week after another franchise-hopeful, "Iron Man."
So the studio has enlisted a lengthy lineup of promotional partners that will pony up at least $80 million in additional marketing support around the film.
That kind of backing from brands like General Mills, McDonald's, Target, Mattel, Lego, Topps and Esurance, among others, will create the "noise" needed to gets auds interested in the pic, Silver says.
"You have to open big," he says. "You have to let them know you're out there. The only way to make a lot of noise is to have people shout from the rooftops. ('Speed Racer') was an opportunity to do something we've never done before."
What that includes are:
n General Mills stamping "Speed Racer" imagery on packaging of its cereals and other brands like Betty Crocker cookie mixes, Old El Paso Mexican foods and Fruit Gushers;
n Lego creating four playsets based around the pic;
n Target, which rarely does film promotions, coming aboard as the pic's official retail partner and, in addition to in-store ads and circulars, offering a gift card that enables consumers to access exclusive footage from the film;
n Puma designing "Speed Racer"-themed shoes;
n McDonald's offering separate Happy Meals for boys and girls.
Overseas, Japanese tiremaker Yokohama Rubber Co. and auto parts retailer Autobacs, as well as Brazilian oil company Petrobras and Mexican snack-food maker Bimbo, among others, will also push the pic through ads and other tie-ins.
The overseas factor was key for Silver and the Wachowskis to have the film resonate with international auds.
"The boys (as Silver refers to the Wachowskis) wanted it to have a global feel," he says, because "Speed Racer" is known worldwide. To do so, they integrated logos and signage of brands from all over the world, not just products seen in the U.S. Autobacs, Topps and Cheerios have branded race cars in the film, for example.
What helped attract the brands wasn't just the pic's family appeal. It was also the fact that they could have unusually early access to studio materials to put on packaging, in print ads, on retail displays and in TV spots.
In this case, much of that imagery revolves around the Mach 5, the white, futuristic race car driven by Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch).
"The car was a big factor for us," says Jill Wilfert, VP of licensing and entertainment for Lego. "In the past, we'd been more involved with properties that had been very well established, but we fell in love with the story and the way the Wachoswskis are treating the movie."
Basing everything around the car, of course, negates the need to get talent to agree to push certain products or work with their schedules.
It also enables the studio to control just how the resulting campaigns from partners would look.
The aim was "to create promotions that had the same look and feel of the movie," Silver says.
Because the vehicles in the movie are mostly computer-generated, the digital codes for the race cars were given to partners even before filming began, enabling them to produce merchandise that accurately reflects how it would look in the film. Mattel, for example, which is also creating toys for "The Dark Knight" and DreamWorks' "Kung Fu Panda," was given "Speed Racer" assets six months before filming began so it could produce product.
"Our close-working relationship with the filmmakers and Warner Bros. allowed us to be an active participant throughout the entire process," says Doug Wadleigh, VP of action play marketing for Mattel. "This helped foster the development of an incredible toy line, as well as presented a unique branding opportunity for Hot Wheels by infusing elements of our die-cast property into the film and on the film product packaging."
"A lot of films don't give that kind of accessibility," Silver says. "They're closed off and don't want to give anything away. We had something that was tangible. Once we digitized it, we could get it to everybody. Everybody could have access to the same images. Everybody was sharing."
The process enabled the partners to produce the toys in time for next week's Toy Fair in Hong Kong and next month's confab in New York City.
"We have finished product, but we have no movie," Silver says.
The across-the-board look of the campaign brings to mind the type of effort few, other than George Lucas, have been able to pull off. For the "Star Wars" films, for example, Lucas made sure each partner utilized the same visual elements for any tie-ins to the pics.
"Everybody always tries to do this, and make a movie where everything works together on every level" Silver says. "It was new to all of us, but we did it."
Now the question is, will it pay off at the B.O.?
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| Quote: | Speed Racer Lego set will hit store shelves in April
LEGO has just announced an agreement with Warner Bros. to secure construction toy rights for the upcoming movie 밪peed Racer,?the live action feature film adaptation of the classic TV series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida. The movie is being written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers.
Under the agreement, LEGO will produce four constructible racing playsets under its LEGO Racers brand, scheduled to hit store shelves in April 2008, and ranging in price from $19.99 to $59.99 USD. Many of the Speed Racer?characters also will come to life in LEGO minifigure form, including Speed, Racer X, Trixie, Spritle, Chim-Chim, Mom and Pops Racer, Taejo Togokhan, Snake Oiler, Gray Ghost and Cruncher Block.
Warner Bros. Consumer Products has partnered with LEGO on Batman and Harry Potter, and we are excited to expand our relationship to include products based on the upcoming Speed Racer?film,?said Karen McTier, Executive Vice President, Domestic Licensing and Worldwide Marketing, for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. LEGO has captured the racing excitement of the film in its own unique way.?
The popularity and universal appeal of Speed Racer?has engaged generations of loyal and enduring fans,?said Jill Wilfert, Vice President, Partnership and Alliance Management for LEGO Group. Combined with one of our most popular lines in LEGO Racers, SPEED RACER has become an awesome proposition for our business and consumers.?nbsp;
The green flag drops on May 9, 2008, when Speed Racer?makes his feature film debut in the newest project from writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski, the creators of the groundbreaking The Matrix trilogy, and producer Joel Silver. A live-action, high-octane family adventure based on the classic series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, the big-screen Speed Racer?will follow the adventures of the young race car driver Speed (Emile Hirsch) in his quest for glory in his thundering Mach 5. It will feature other characters that fans of the show will remember, including Mom (Susan Sarandon) and Pops Racer (John Goodman), girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci) and the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox).
source: COLLIDER.COM
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Red Car in Taejo's. In front of the car, it even has Korean letter saying Togokhan Motors(토고칸 모터스).
I bet this is first time Korean is on lego set!
Also heard Hotwheel/Mattel will be in Speed Racer promotion and even Speed Racer theme McDonald happy meal will be out.
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Speed Racer released in Japan in May 2008
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Film Subsidies Draw Big Names to German Studios
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A new state subsidy model has made Germany an attractive place to makemovies. Wooed by the public funding, both illustrious Hollywood movieproducers and industry newcomers are setting up their cameras inGermany.
"Back to Africa,"a documentary about a small African circus' tour of Germany, is themost modest production that received financial support from thestate-run German Film Fund (DFFF) last year. Hollywood blockbuster"Speed Racer," by "Matrix" producers Andy and Larry Wachowski, was themost opulent.
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