Go Speed Racer!

Lots information on the upcoming "Speed Racer" film has come up recently. First AICN (not the most reliable source, but I'll throw it down here anyway) reported that the movie will be all green screen much like "Sin City" and "300". Ok, now that we've heard from the horse's ass, lets hear from the horse's mouth. Sci-Fi Wire interviewed Producer Joel Silver who went on to compare this new project to his previous productions.
"V for Vendetta and Matrix are both R-rated movies. This is a family picture. But it's going to look like something you've never seen before in your life." Silver then talked about the film's directors, The Wachowski Brothers (writers of "V for Vendetta" and directors of The Matrix Trilogy"), "I mean, they really want to make a movie for everybody, and they felt that now is the time that they could really do that. They can concentrate on making a film, you know? They have nieces and nephews that couldn't have seen [any] of their movies, and so they wanted to make one they could see. And they've always loved Speed Racer, and there's a chance to do something really incredible."
"Speed Racer" aims for a May 2008 release. I'm somewhat excited just because I like the Wachowskis. The Matrix sequels were underrated gems and "V for Vendetta" was quite good. "Speed Racer" just seems like some territory that would end up too cheesy to take seriously, but too action/violent packed for children-- Although Silver did state they were trying to do things right, I'm thinking all this movie is going be is one, big "try". We'll see next May.