Indy 4 Will Go Head-to-Head With Speed Racer -- May 22, 2008
Filed under: Action, Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paramount, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Comic/Superhero/Geek
Does Speed Racer have what it takes to go against Indiana Jones? I doubt it, but at the moment the cartoon adaptation is scheduled for the same weekend as the next sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Paramount Pictures has gone and narrowed down the previously reported release target and announced that it will open what it is now only referring to as "The Fourth Installment of Indiana Jones" on Thursday, May 22, 2008, which is one day before Warner Bros.' release date for Speed Racer. Sure, Memorial Day weekend is long enough for multiple new releases, but not usually for two tentpoles. So, obviously, Speed Racer is going to have to move out. Sure, the film is the Wachowski Brothers' official follow-up to The Matrix trilogy (the unofficial was V for Vendetta), but it would take a lot to convince audiences to avoid the first Indy film in nearly 20 years. It will already be hard enough for Speed Racer to attract the audiences away from Iron Man (I'm looking forward to this and I never even read the comic) and the second picture in the Narnia franchise, which will open May 2 and May 16, respectively.
Of course, we're talking about a time that is 15 months away. Anything can happen to any of these movies in that time. But everyone needs to keep in mind that Indiana Jones will rule the summer. Even if it sucks, it will still outperform the rest -- remember the last time George Lucas released a disappointing sequel?
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2-09-2007 @ 8:30AM
Devynn said...
i think what the studios tend to forget is that when there is a long holiday weekend, ppl don't just got to ONE movie, they go to several! some make every release for their target audience just to see what the hype is all about. of course, you have to factor in who's gonna see what movie and how many times that weekend, but they do need to stop assuming that everyone is just gonna go ONCE.
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2-09-2007 @ 9:25AM
Indy Girl said...
finally i can't wait to see the last indy film i think there all great i love raiders the best
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2-09-2007 @ 9:25AM
John said...
I love Speed Racer. I remember coming home from school in the early 70's to watch Ultra Man followed by Speed Racer. I lived in the Washington, DC area at the time. Both shows were on the Captain 20 show every weekday afternoon. It was so goofy. He used to have gerbil races.
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2-09-2007 @ 9:30AM
John said...
I love Speed Racer. I remember coming home from school in the early 70's to watch Ultra Man followed by Speed Racer. I lived in the Washington, DC area at the time. Both shows were on the Captain 20 show every weekday afternoon. It was so goofy. He used to have gerbil races.
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2-09-2007 @ 12:14PM
Rosalind said...
I like Speed Racer's brother Racer X. I hope he will be in the movie. I also thought he was cute but I wish could have seen his face. I also hope Speed and his girlfriend get together.
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2-09-2007 @ 1:24PM
Brandon said...
I'm going to be seeing Speed Racer for sure! Probably not Indiana Jones though.
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2-09-2007 @ 1:56PM
lew said...
racer x face was seen in a episode when pop racer told speed why his brother left he had a accident in a race and his father said he wasnt experienced enough to race yet and didnt listen to him
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2-09-2007 @ 2:04PM
Ron said...
Wow....bringing back the memories, John. I remember Captain 20 very well. I used to watch Speed Racer, Ultraman and Marine Boy (time for some oxygum). I remember Captain 20 was also the same guy who was Gore Dival on Saturday nights for the Creature Feature, dressed up like a vampire. Ah, the good old days.
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2-09-2007 @ 3:42PM
Maria said...
I love Speed Racer! ^_^ Now, I wasn't born until about the mid 80's, but I remember getting to watch it on Cartoon Network back in the 90's. I saw a little bit of the new season, but that was all. This sounds really cool. ^_^
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2-09-2007 @ 4:20PM
Annette said...
I remember speed race too it was one of my favorite shows as a kid. looking forward to seeing it in a movie.
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2-11-2007 @ 1:26PM
mary, mary said...
i too liked speed racer! and have the DVD of the show's first season. i hope they cast NASCAR racer jeff gordon because he's a real SPEED RACER!!he even looks almost like him! as for ultra man, i think i've seen him in a commercial durring the superbowl! i hope his series comes out on DVD as well!
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2-13-2007 @ 1:44PM
Cory J TeStroote said...
For one, Jeff Gordan while being a great racer, is a horrible actor and a whiner. Everytime something in the race doesnt go his way, he whines about it.
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