LAS VEGAS — Warner Bros. unleashed candy-colored, neon-bright footage from a supercharged “Speed Racer,” promised an epic crime story in its latest Batman movie, “The Dark Knight,” and welcomed George Lucas back to the studio after a nearly 40-year absence as it previewed its summer line-up at ShoWest on Thursday.
Alan Horn, Warner Bros. president and COO, presiding over the show-and-tell, drew applause from exhibitors when he announced “Warner Bros. is committed to theatrical distribution in the theaters, period,” as he reviewed recent developments at the Burbank studio.
Acknowledging that Warners will take over distribution of the New Line slate, he said Time Warners’ decision to fold New Line into Warners was so recent that “we’re sort of figuring it out.” He added, though, that “New Line will remain a freestanding company, with its own label and own set of films.”
Producer Joel Silver was drafted to introduce a fast-paced four minutes and 10 seconds from “Speed Racer,” the Wachowski Brothers’ big-screen adaptation of the TV toon set for a May 9 release.
Silver explained that the Wachowskis took on the project because they wanted to make a PG-rated movie their nephews and nieces could see and also because they viewed it as a formal challenge, in which they proposed always keeping foreground, middle ground and background in focus.
The high-octance footage left the movie’s three stars — Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox and Christina Ricci, who were then called to the stage at Paris Hotel’s Theatre des Artists — repeating virtually the same words. Each admitted to being “blown away.”
Hollywood Reporter
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boremetodeath Says:
Posted on March 14th, 2008 at 3:31 am
WTF ?! This more “family-oriented” trailer is the worst yet ! The dialog was so lame and over-the-top. The graphics look even worse as it exposes more of that phony video game look. Also the physics of the movie is impossible; they could’ve made the physics look a bit more realistic. You have cars spinning about and flipping all over the place. That breaks the suspension of disbelief every time. And, Ricci doesn’t make such a cute Trixi for some reason. The graphics are “nice” that’s about it. No contrast so I imagine it being tiresome after at the first 20 minutes. I’ve a feeling this will be a disappointment like matrix 2 and 3. Yeah, if you’re like a stupid moth that likes to fly into a flaming fire just because it looks nice well then go go GO. LOL ROFL.
prettybutt Says:
Posted on March 21st, 2008 at 11:24 pm
You should probably keep in mind this is a movie based on a cartoon. Just saying.
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