Last November it was announced that the Wachowski Brothers will be bringing Speed Racer to the big screen.
Today IGN announces that Speed Racer is aiming for a “G” rating.

The Wachowskis are working on the screenplay, but what is their intention for the live-action film? Sources close to the project have advised IGN Movies that the brothers are aiming for a “G” rating. Yes, a kid-friendly “G” rating, which would be a first for the filmmakers behind Bound and The Matrix.

This is in keeping with what Silver recently told Empire Magazine. “They said they’d never work again [after] the Matrix sequels,” Silver said. “At the end of the first couple of days the studio was able to forecast what (V for Vendetta) would make domestically, which was $70 million+. That was great. The movie didn’t cost very much, so everyone was very happy. The next weekend Ice Age 2 opened with $70 million and the boys thought that was very interesting…They wanted to make a big family entertainment.”
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Wow. What a disappointment. When you hear the Wachowski Brothers are on a film you automatically think of “R” rated stylized action. Something like that would certainly honor the original unedited Japanese series. Instead Speed will be aimed at a family audience? I’m no movie producer but to me this is just going to alienate grown up fans of the original show. They may as well put Ewoks in this movie now.
What a shame. This movie could have blown the Fast and Furious movies out of the water.

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