Christina Ricci and Emile Hirsch’s Tribeca Finale
Christina Ricci and Emile Hirsch’s Tribeca Finale
Christina Ricci was back on the promotional path alongside co-star Emile Hirsch - attending the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of their new new movie “Speed Racer” on Saturday night (May 3).
The twosome smilingly posed on the red carpet before heading into the theater at the Borough of Manhattan Community College Tribeca Performing Arts Center in Lower Manhattan.
“Speed Racer” was chosen as the closer for this year’s festival, with Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, saying: “Warner Bros. has been a big part of the festival many times over the years and we are thrilled that the Wachowskis and producer Joel Silver brought ‘Speed Racer’ to us this year to close the festival.”
“The Tribeca Film Festival is a defining event in New York’s entertainment culture, so it is an honor to have ‘Speed Racer’ chosen as the festival’s closing night screening,” Silver added.
“Speed Racer” makes its way into theaters on May 9th.
Naomie Harris And Rick Yune Join Ninja Assassin
The Hollywood Reporter have announced that Naomie Harris and Rick Yune have joined Ninja Assassin. The film is apparently filming as you read this, and is being produced by Speed Racer directors, the Wachowski Brothers. V for Vendetta director James McTeigue will be sat in the directors chair, for what apparently is an original film. No comic books, no graphic novels, no novel, no anything. A writer has actually been paid to use his imagination for once!
The title of the film is a good indication of what we may get, producer Joel Silver has described it as a “full on martial arts movie.” He also says it’s has the theme of revenge running through it.
It certainly sounds interesting. Naomie Harris is best known for her role as Tia Dalma in the Pirates of the Caribean trilogy. She has also appeared in the amazing 28 Days Later and more recently, Street Kings.
Rick Yune is best known for being a Bond villain in Die Another Day, who had the unfortunate (or fortunate depending on how you look at it) accident involving diamonds blowing up in his face, and embedding themselves there.
Rick Yune spoke of his role:
“Not to give too much away, (but) my character stays within what he was brought up with, and they go up against each other,” Yune said. “I’m not a heavy. The characters are ninjas, they are assassins, and there’s this mix of morality the Wachowskis are exploring.”
Warner Brothers have yet to announce a release date, but I’m guessing we will see this sometime in 2009.
Christina Ricci Talks Speed Racer 2!
No doubt everyone will be seeing the amazing colour-fest that is Speed Racer, when it finally arrives next week. And as everyone will be seeing it, lots and lots of money will be rolling into Warner Bros bank account, and a sequel will no doubt be on the cards, or should I say tracks…
Christina Ricci, who plays Trixie, Speed’s loyal and ultra cool girlfriend in the movie, spoke to SHH about the possibility of a Speed Racer 2.
“Larry and Andy 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.”
When asked if she thought the Wachowskis would jump right back into another film she excitedly told us yes!
“Yeah, definitely. Yes, that’s definitely the impression I got.”
As far as how many sequels she’s signed on for, Ricci was rather coy about that.
“I don’t know. You don’t have to sign up for them. It’s more like if this movie does well, they’ll make another one. But, I’m not really sure. I don’t pay attention to that stuff.”