The very first Speed Racer movie stills have been released courtesy of USA Today.

Speed is a live action cartoon and is a much-anticipated adaptation by the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix trilogy, V for Vendetta).

“The effects are beyond belief,” says producer Joel Silver. “We called it ‘car fu,’ because it was like kung fu with the cars. We couldn’t have made this movie until right now… It obviously has a present-day aesthetic to it but it’s still a great yarn about family and not selling out. That’s an important message to the (Wachowskis) and why we all connected to the show.”

Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer, Christina Ricci as Trixie (Speed’s girlfriend), John Goodman as Pops Racer, Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer, Matthew Fox as Racer X (Speed’s rival) and Korean pop star Rain as rookie racer Taejo Togokhan.

Speed Racer drives into theaters nationwide on May 9th, 2008.

I don't really like movies about cars, but I'll definitely be watching this in theaters!

I really like the colour in the picture, the reds blues and yellows look great!

Can't wait to watch it, I wonder how Car Fu will work XD

i 'll be wanting to see this of course just for Rain =] haha. he's the only star i know in the movie anyways LOL.XD.

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is this new? if it so, i can't wait to see this movie im so excited, anything new about rain makes me feel excited.

This must be a nice, action-packed movie. We'll watch-out for this, is there any movie trailer for this one now? Ah, ok I think I'll search for it. Thanks for the news.

Wow I actually can't wait to see this lol.. I really just want to hear rain speak english.. To be honest though I feel like this movie is going to be a HUGE flop.. I mean just the idea of speed racer live action is ridiculous but eh I'll go see it for sheer entertainment

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Krazoom Wrote:Wow I actually can't wait to see this lol.. I really just want to hear rain speak english.. To be honest though I feel like this movie is going to be a HUGE flop.. I mean just the idea of speed racer live action is ridiculous but eh I'll go see it for sheer entertainment

I won't doubt that this will be a flop. But I'm really excited to see the animation, special effects. And seriously CAR FU!

I'm just going for Rain too XD

i wonder if it will be able to live up to the dubious legacy that is Speed Racer. 0.o?

carmen Wrote:I won't doubt that this will be a flop. But I'm really excited to see the animation, special effects. And seriously CAR FU!

I'm just going for Rain too XD

I'm hoping it wont be a flop but just the idea of a speed racer live action movie makes it seem like it will be a flop.. The only good thing though is that this could help rain cross over to do more work in the states which will give him a larger fan base.. I'm also waiting for his first US album to be released..

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I really hope this doesn't flop!! Although I hated Speed Racer as a child with all the outdated drawings eww.. But Rain is in it lol. Although I imagined I probably would still watch it without him because it's a classic cartoon turn live-action... I felt the same way for the transformers cartoons but now I like it.

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