It's been nearly 20 years since Speed Racerfailed to take off at the box office, and its lead star has an idea as to why it didn't. The 2008 film served as a live-action adaptation of the Tatsunoko ...

When Warner Bros. announced that the 2008 cult classic Speed Racer would be returning to theaters this month in a director-approved 4K restoration, the news made waves throughout the world of film ...

"Speed Racer" is finally getting its due. The 2008 film, written and directed by "The Matrix" visionaries Lana and Lilly Wachowski and based on the beloved late-'60s Japanese animated series, is one ...

Back in 2008, the Wachowskis released Speed Racer into theaters and audiences genuinely didn’t know what to do with it. I freakin’ loved the hell out ot it! But, critics hammered it, moviegoers mostly ...

The real reason Speed Racer bombed at the box office isn’t what you’d expect. The movie’s lead star addressed why the film ...

IMAX announced Monday that tickets are now on sale for "Speed Racer," the 2008 film returning to IMAX in 4K on April 20 and other theaters April 25.

To start, the man who played Speed Racer shared the fact that the movie bombing at the box office came as a shock to all those involved in the film’s production. “When it was panned by critics and ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In the late 1960s, there was a ...

The Wachowskis' film deserves all the flowers for being ahead of its time as one of the best live-action anime works ever. Reading time 3 minutes Like Roy Batty’s tears-in-the-rain monologue at the ...

Forthcoming movie Speed Racer is to also become a video game after publisher Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment announced plans for its release. The title, which is being developed for Wii, DS ...

In the late 1960s, there was a popular cartoon called "Speed Racer." It had a really different style. The characters looked like real people. There was more suspense. It was even a little dark. This ...