Warner Bros. har i dag udsendt en pressemeddelelse, som bekræfter ankomsten af Speed Racer på de små skærme. Speed Racer er baseret på filmen af samme navn, og den er imødeset med stor interesse, da det er Wachowski-brødrenes første egentlige forsøg på et comeback siden de tre The Matrix-film. Det kan så undre, at der ikke for nuværende er planer om hverken PS3 eller X360-udgaver for slet ikke at tale om en PC-udgave. Wachowski-brødrene har ellers trukket overskrifter i den seneste tid, da der går efterhånden meget hårdnakkede rygter om, at Larry har været igennem en kønsskifteoperation og for fremtiden skal kaldes “Lana”. Deres seksuelle identiteter bør dog ikke påvirke deres evner til at lave gode film – også selvom The Matrix var rendyrket macho.


Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will launch the Speed Racer videogame based on the upcoming film written and directed by the Wachowski brothers. Speed Racer is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, of a Silver Pictures production. The game will be available in 2008 on the Wii and Nintendo DS systems as the Speed Racer film hits cinemas. It will be released on the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system with the DVD launch.



In the Wii and PlayStation2 system games, developed by Sidhe Interactive and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, players will be able to take on the role of the characters from the film, getting behind the wheels of each character’s signature vehicles to experience firsthand the film’s high adrenaline, combative racing style. The car-fu style of action within the game will closely represent the action style being designed by the Wachowski brothers for the film itself as they lend direction and assets to the development team directly from their Berlin set. John Gaeta, a long time Wachowski collaborator and Co-VFX Supervisor on the Speed Racer film, is working with Sidhe and WBIE to assist in maintaining a close film-to-game aesthetic connection.