In the summer of 1995, Variety confirmed that Johnny Depp had signed up for a big screen adaptation of Speed Racer, written by none other than J.J. Abrams. Depp was set to play the titular character, ...

Fifteen years ago, Lana and Lilly Wachowski were waiting to see how the world would react to Speed Racer (2008), their joyfully demented adaptation of Tatsuo Yoshida’s anime series that ultimately ...

Emile Hirsch takes the lead as Speed Racer, a natural racing car driver that is driven to success by the death of his older brother Rex. His father Pops (Goodman) is a legendary independent car ...