Speed 3 Ignition? I Smell a Fake!
speed3themovie.com, speed3ignition.com, speedthreemovie.com point to a website which claims to be the official website for a third film in a Speed franchise. The site features a hilarious image of Sandra Bullock stuck in a Virgin Galactic consumer space-travel spacecraft with the film’s supposed title: Speed 3 Ignition.
I just got a response from 20th Century Fox, who confirmed our suspicions that they have no involvement what-so-ever in the site. To be fair, I’m not 100% sure that a Speed sequel couldn’t be made without Fox involved. But I’m 99% certain that this is just a fan created fake. I just thought we should send out a warning before rumors got out of control. Plus we thought it was funny enough to share. C’mon, there’s a bomb on a consumer space-craft and if it drops below a certain speed it will blow up?! Sounds like almost like a Wayans Brothers parody gone wrong.
A third Speed film isn’t out of the realm of possibility. In July 2007, Dennis Hopper told The Guardian that he was set to return for Speed 3. We’ve heard nothing about the potential project since.
Christina Ricci’s UK “Speed Racer” Premiere
Christina Ricci’s UK “Speed Racer” Premiere
Christina Ricci was back on the promotional path on Tuesday - attending the glitzy UK premiere of her new family adventure film, “Speed Racer”.
The film marks the first writing/directing collaboration for the Wachowski brothers since The Matrix movies, teaming up once more with producer Joel Silver.
Talking about working on the “Speed Racer” set, Christina told press: “Larry and Andy (Wachowski) created a world that they love and created characters that they loved and are attached to. When we were all leaving, we were like ‘write the sequel!’ ‘We want to come back’. And they were like, ‘I know. I know. We’re going to. Don’t worry’. They were as sad for it to be over as we were.”
After being asked if the sequel would be started soon, Ricci enthusiastically replied: “Yeah, definitely. Yes, that’s definitely the impression I got.”
“Speed Racer” makes its way into theaters on May 9th.