Talk:Speed Racer (film)

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Production history

The citations on the article reflect the involvement of directors Julien Temple, Alfonso Cuarón, and Gus Van Sant with the project, as well as actor Johnny Depp and writers Marc Levin, Jennifer Flackett, J. J. Abrams, and Patrick Read Johnson. I think that the history of Speed Racer can be more accurately shaped by providing chronological detail of the project prior to September 2000. This may need to be done by accessing news databases and the like. If anyone finds anything potentially useful, please share here on the talk page. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 06:16, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've filled in the gaps for the directors, though there could be more citations about the initial writers (who were not mentioned in the articles that I cited about the previous directors). Also, Warner Bros. Pictures might've attempted to develop the project earlier than May 1993, so there may be something more out there to add. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 15:57, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmation

Jung Ji-Hoon is going to be in the film as well.

Possibility: 1 and confirmation: 2 As the news is still "fresh" the articles that confirm are either in Korean, Chinese, Japanese, or Thai. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.219.77.168 (talk) 16:50, 13 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Thank you for the heads-up. I saw something about this a couple of days ago. I'm sure if this is true, there will be an English-language website available for the confirmation soon, if there isn't one now somewhere out there. I'll see what I can find. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 17:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Premise expansion

  • "Speed Racer Details Released". Sci Fi Wire. 2007-06-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Can be used to rewrite/expand the Premise section. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 10:47, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Has been implemented now. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 17:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Fernandez

IMDb lists Peter Fernandez in the film as a local announcer. He was responsible for voicing characters in the original series (and the upcoming series as well). If anyone can provide an attributable source for Fernandez's involvement, please do that. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 13:47, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find anything on the web about Fernandez's role as a local announcer (which would be a wonderful homage to the people behind the original series), except the mention at imdb. So for the time being, there appears to be no reliable citation for his appearance. — Loadmaster (talk) 17:48, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Citations for use

Headlines. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 23:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tabloid information

New York Daily News reports via "a source close to the writer/directors" that Rose McGowan and Zac Efron were originally considered for Speed Racer. The source of information seems dubious since NY Daily News is a tabloid and its sources wouldn't be reliable, but I thought I'd place it here just in case. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 19:05, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mach 5

I wonder if the live action version is going to have the "chyock chyock" sound effect if the Mach 5 uses the jump/jacks feature. --Mikecraig 04:04, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't come across anything that would indicate the use of this sound effect. We'll find out soon enough. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 04:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, it's in the preview. It's in a shot of Speed being caught between two other cars, then using the jacks (with apropo SFX) to flip the Mach 5 over backwards. Supracool. — Loadmaster (talk) 17:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

photos, production stills

Now that the [first production stills] are out, I need to know if there is any way to include them in this article? They are promotional stills of course, but are we allowed to use them? They would be deeply valuable to this article. JayKeaton (talk) 19:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for asking! The way to implement non-free images is to follow WP:NFC: "Film and television screen shots: For critical commentary and discussion of the cinema and television." This means that when a non-free image is included, it needs to be relevant to content in the article. Take a look at Fight Club (film) as an example to see how screen shots are tied into the content. For Speed Racer, I think the second picture at USA Today, which has the caption "Emile Hirsch plays Speed, pictured here behind the wheel of his Mach 5. Nearly all of the film was shot in front of a green screen, with effects added later." I would say that kind of content could be included in the article. For the other images, it's usually a good idea to utilize all citations then look after the update to see where images could fit. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 20:07, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speed Racer Trailer

Now that the Speed Racer Trailer is out, I wanted to know how to add it to this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slewy (talk • contribs) 15:45, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can I ask if the trailer is legally distributed online? The fact that the trailer is coming from an unofficial site does not seem to make this the case. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 18:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the trailer was released yesterday online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slewy (talk • contribs) 21:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Racer X

Should we put that Racer X is Speed's older brother Rex? Many people who have only heard of Speed Racer still know about Rex/X. Please tell me your answers and give me an explanation. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kazaan (talk • contribs) 02:34, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should let people who don't know find out when they see the film. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 03:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But isn't it so obvious?
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