When Emile Hirsch watched reruns of the 1960s cartoon “Speed Racer” on MTV in the 1990s, he fell in love. So it’s only fitting that he should star as the hero of the title in the live-action, ...

This spring, it's time to rev up. Speed Racer is not only getting a feature film this May, but now also its own animated series, Speed Racer: The Next Generation, on Nicktoons.The new series will ...

In the late 1960s, there was a popular cartoon called "Speed Racer." It had a really different style. The characters looked like real people. There was more suspense. It was even a little dark. This ...

The Wachowskis have amazed again and shown us a world we'll only ever see in their imagination. Speed Racer is yet another visual revolution, but this time it's for kids, too. It's everything you'd ...

The car wasn't just a vehicle, it was a fully-fledged character in his world I was around seven, when I first watched Speed Racer. You don’t have to fathom much: It focuses on a boy named Speed. He’s ...

The movie Speed Racer opens Thursday. It's based on the Japanese animated series that was a hit with American kids in the late 1960s. The movie is directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, who directed ...