There He Goes, There Goes Speed Racer
May 16, 2008 by brian
The embarrassment of everyone involved with Speed Racer, the summer of 2008’s first official box-office bomb, continues. E Online reports Racer star Emile Hirsch is pushing down the pedal like he’s never coming to back to United Talent Agency.
The young leading man had been with UTA for seven years but apparently one Wachowski Bros. misfire was too many for him. If his agent talked him into this one, well you can hardly blame Hirsch for firing him. Hirsch has had some acclaimed roles but he’s far from a household name. He’s probably gotten more publicity in the past week than he he has in his entire career, but it’s pretty much all been bad.
From Warner Bros. fudging numbers so Racer appeared to place ahead of What Happens In Vegas to this development, we’re headed for legendary failure territory here.
Image courtesy of Newscom.
Funny, I thought he did it because he liked the anime…
Still, I’m quite pissed off at people thinking it’s a flop. For one thing, studios need to start looking at how people like it, not how much money it makes. Heck, there are a few anime to live action projects in the works that AREN’T from Japan…
Great movie. It’s up against some tough competition but $20M for a weekend is a start.
Package the Blu-Ray movie + game for PS3 and it will be the Xmas gift for 2008.
As evidenced by my review, I just couldn’t get into this one. This doesn’t allay any of my fears about the upcoming Dragon Ball live action film.