Speed Racer

Get ready for some serious speed when 'Speed Racer' comes flying past in May 2008.

The Wachowski Brothers, who directed 'The Matrix Trilogy', are 'taking the wheel' so to speak, of this film. Speed Racer is a live action adaptation of the 1960s Japanese animated series, which was called 'Mach GoGoGo'.

The plot of Speed Racer centers all around automobile racing and will be starring Emile Hirsch (Girl next door, Alpha Dog), Christina Ricci (Black snake Moan), Rain ( Korean pop singer making his debut in Hollywood film), Mattew Fox (Lost), John Goodman (Rosanne, Monsters Inc) and Susan Sarandon ( Dead man walking, Enchanted).