It appears Speed Racer has been given the honor of closing the Tribeca Film Festival this year. We get wind of this honor thanks to the professionals at Variety:
Maven writing-directing powerhouse the Wachowski brothers bring “Speed Racer” to close this year’s Tribeca Film Fest on May 3. As previously announced, fest will open April 23 with “Baby Mama.”
Family friendly live-actioner stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, and John Goodman. Wachowski signature visual effects track Speed’s (Hirsch) quest for justice as he discovers races are fixed by ruthless moguls and bands with his nemesis, Racer X (Fox) to win the treacherous race that took his brother’s life. “The Tribeca Film Festival is a defining event in New York’s entertainment culture, so it is an honor to have ‘Speed Racer’ chosen as the festival’s closing night screening,” said producer Joel Silver, who previously teamed with the Wachowski brothers on “The Matrix” trilogy.
I do not have my hopes set to high for Speed Racer. I was not a fan of the still images and the trailer was unable to inspire me. My instincts could certainly be wrong on this one; the fact that they have selected this film as a closer at Tribeca certainly causes me to pause. I assume you would want to end a fest with a film of quality, and if this reasoning be true – perhaps the film is better than I expect.
For those of you unable to attend Tribeca, May 9th will be upon us soon enough.
