[scifinoir2] Christina Ricci Joins Speed Racer Cast

2007-04-15 Thread KeithBJohnson
I'm assuming Ricci is Trixie? Great casting! She's one of the few actresses I 
can see pull of that trademark Trixie yell. Now if only Hirsch can do the 
famous Speed cry of fear as well. If you don't remember the English-dubbed 
series, there's *no way* in hell I can describe those exceedingly funny screams 
of fear from the cartoon! Man, i wish we could upload sound!  Didn't I read 
that Vince Vaugh is playing Racer X? While I don't think he has the look of 
Racer X--unless he hits the gym--I will say Vaugh's ability to do rapid-fire 
speaking is a perfect rif on the too-fast English voice acting of the 
Americanized cartoon. 

Christina Ricci is joining Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski's 
live-action adaptation of the 1960s cartoon Speed Racer. 
Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman already have boarded the 
high-octane Warner Bros. project, which is based on the anime series created by 
Tatsuo Yoshida for Japanese audiences and later imported to the U.S. 
Speed centers on a young race car driver, Speed (Hirsch), and his quest for 
glory in his thundering, gadget-laden vehicle Mach 5. Ricci will star as 
Speed's girlfriend Trixie, his formidable ally on and off the track. 

The show revolved around Speed's family. In the big-screen adaptation, Goodman 
will play Pops, a race car owner and builder. Sarandon is on board as Pops' 
wife, the backbone of the family as well as the Mach 5 Go Racing Team. 
The Wachowskis, who are writing and directing, are eyeing a summer shoot in 
Berlin with a summer 2008 release. 
The casting is a change in direction for Ricci, who has tended to star in such 
indie-oriented fare as Monster, Penelope and the recent Black Snake Moan. 
She also appeared on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, a turn that earned her an Emmy 
nomination last year.

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Re: [scifinoir2] Christina Ricci Joins Speed Racer Cast

2007-04-15 Thread Astromancer
What would make it work for me is if all the characters speak in run-on 
sentences...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  I'm assuming Ricci is Trixie? Great casting! 
She's one of the few actresses I can see pull of that trademark Trixie yell. 
Now if only Hirsch can do the famous Speed cry of fear as well. If you don't 
remember the English-dubbed series, there's *no way* in hell I can describe 
those exceedingly funny screams of fear from the cartoon! Man, i wish we could 
upload sound! Didn't I read that Vince Vaugh is playing Racer X? While I don't 
think he has the look of Racer X--unless he hits the gym--I will say Vaugh's 
ability to do rapid-fire speaking is a perfect rif on the too-fast English 
voice acting of the Americanized cartoon. 

Christina Ricci is joining Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski's 
live-action adaptation of the 1960s cartoon Speed Racer. 
Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman already have boarded the 
high-octane Warner Bros. project, which is based on the anime series created by 
Tatsuo Yoshida for Japanese audiences and later imported to the U.S. 
Speed centers on a young race car driver, Speed (Hirsch), and his quest for 
glory in his thundering, gadget-laden vehicle Mach 5. Ricci will star as 
Speed's girlfriend Trixie, his formidable ally on and off the track. 

The show revolved around Speed's family. In the big-screen adaptation, Goodman 
will play Pops, a race car owner and builder. Sarandon is on board as Pops' 
wife, the backbone of the family as well as the Mach 5 Go Racing Team. 
The Wachowskis, who are writing and directing, are eyeing a summer shoot in 
Berlin with a summer 2008 release. 
The casting is a change in direction for Ricci, who has tended to star in such 
indie-oriented fare as Monster, Penelope and the recent Black Snake Moan. 
She also appeared on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, a turn that earned her an Emmy 
nomination last year.

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