Go Speed Racer!
Emile Hirsch, the relatively unknown actor, has been cast as Speed Racer in Joel Silver’s live-action adaptation of the beloved Japanese anime from the 1960s.
Hirsch has already been seen in Alpha Dog and Lords of Dogtown and will next be seen in Sean Penn’s Into the Wild, opening in September. He told E! the film would be “Blade Runner meets Andy Warhol meets pop art.” No other casting has been confirmed thus far.
Speed Racer is on track for its May 9, 2008 release with filming set for Potsdam, Germany this spring and summer. Silver has already announced that the film will be intended for all audiences and is aiming at a high octane G-rating.
Ya can't take that Maggie the cat anywhere……..
Okay, I understand that Jon was less than happy with Maggie, but was it really necessary for him to run in and punch her in the face? I mean, that's not exactly a manly nor heroic thing to do, since he must outweigh her by about 100 pounds and also, he's a trained fighter.
Seems like a fair move to me. It would be sexist for him to treat her any differently than he would a male in the same situation. It's not a domestic dispute, she's a thief and there are bodies left and right. I punch in the face seems pretty small in the scope of it.
Sorry if this sounds misogynistic, but I sorta liked the bit with he punched her in the jaw. :) I saw FOOL'S GOLD recently and there was a bit where Kate Hudson clobbered McConaughey square in the face with a wooden cane. It was supposed to be funny, but it looked like it abuse to me. All of I could think of was "if a man did that to a woman …" Similarly, I expect if Maggie had punched Jon, no one would have mentioned it. In fact, it's a bit of a Grell-ism to have the female lead punch out her leading man from time to time (Tara on Morgan, Dinah on Ollie, … come to think of it, Dinah on Morgan too :).Not that it makes it right, but I rather enjoyed the turnabout. Besides, Maggie's tough , if anyone could beat Sable in a fair fight, it would probably be The Cat.
slegge is right about the Grell-ism of the female lead punching out the leading man. Check out "Shaman's Tears" #1 (page 9) from the ComicMix site! http://www.comicmix.com/comic/image-comics/shaman…That scene features TWO Grell Cliches! The female lead (Sadie) punching out the male lead (Joshua Brand) AND the gratuitously naked female character!
Geez, Martha, where were you when we were torturing Jon Sable for the previous three installments?