As some of you might know already, Penelope has been delayed again. The film was supposed to be released this April, then the studio pushed it back to August 17, now they pulled it from August release. No word on when the new release date is, but if you check the official movie website, http://www.penelopethemovie.com/, it just states “coming soon”. Hopefully we’ll get a new release date soon! Thanks to the lovely folks at the forums for spotting this out. :D

At SDCC, Joel Silver had some great things to say about next year’s “Speed Racer” flick. Silver is producing the film under his Silver Pictures banner. The famously camera-shy Andy and Larry Wachowski are writing and directing.

Silver said, “What they are doing on ‘Speed Racer’ is truly remarkable. They have seen the movie in a way that only they can that you never picked up before. They loved the original animated series.”

He added, “We have a fantastic cast. Emile Hirsch is Speed and Christina Ricci is Trixie. It’s really a great group and a great story – very colorful, and the races are just unbelievable.”

Source: Firefox News

I received an e-mail from Kacey who works with the magazine, Filmink and she let me know that Christina will appear in the magazine and also on the cover of their magazine! You can check out their website and contact them for a copy of the magazine at Filmink.com.au. If anyone can contribute scans, I would be really grateful!

In our next month’s issue of Filmink Christina Ricci will appear on our
cover. We will be including a feature across 4 pages on Christina Ricci
promoting her new film Black Snake Moan.

We are an Australian film magazine and our issues are available for your
members and visitors to purchase online.

If you would like a pdf of the art work to include on your website please
do not hesitate to contact me.

Black Snake Moan is now available on DVD in the US! Make sure you head on out to your favorite DVD store and pick it up. I’m working on capping and uploading the special features tonight. The captures from the film will not be done and uploaded until this weekend as I am on vacation right now. ;) But the special features captures should hold you over until the movie captures pop up, or you can go out and get Black Snake Moan now!

WHEN listening to Christina Ricci’s child-like voice, it’s easy to forget the 27-year-old is a Hollywood veteran with a career that spans 39 films over almost two decades.

She started out as a 10-year-old playing Cher’s daughter in Mermaids, but she’s far outgrown her child-actor beginnings, with critically acclaimed roles in films such as Sleepy Hollow, The Opposite of Sex and The Ice Storm.

She also earned an Emmy Award nomination for a guest role in the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy.

Now Ricci is talking about what is possibly the role of her career, as Rae, a victim of sexual abuse, in writer-director Craig Brewer’s controversial new film Black Snake Moan, screening at the Sydney Film Festival next Sunday.

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I went through and re-organized the site affiliates. I removed the sites that were dead links, not updating within the year, or who were linking to old URL’s (especially since one older URL goes to another site). I also made it easier to get added to our page, just fill out the form below and all I have to do is approve you! :) If you want to affiliate, please check out the affiliates page and apply there. ;)

Also, the official website for the film Speed Racer is now open! Check it out at SpeedracerTheMovie.com. There is cast bios, photos, videos, podcast and a transcript. I can’t wait until the movie is out!

Thanks to Latcher for posting the link to Cinematical with the plot outline for Speed Racer! Read the plot outline below! :)

From writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski, the creators of the groundbreaking “The Matrix” trilogy, and producer Joel Silver comes the live-action, high-octane family adventure “Speed Racer.”

Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized-the legendary Rex Racer-whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill.

Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret-some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won’t drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line.

The only way for Speed to save his family’s business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival-the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox)-to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.

Slated for release on May 9, 2008, “Speed Racer” marks the Wachowski brothers’ first writing/directing collaboration since “The Matrix” movies. Joel Silver, who previously worked with the Wachowskis on “The Matrix” movies and “V For Vendetta,” is producing the film under his Silver Pictures banner.

The film stars Emile Hirsch (“Alpha Dog”) as Speed, Christina Ricci (“Black Snake Moan”) as Trixie, Matthew Fox (TV’s “Lost”) as Racer X, and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (“Dead Man Walking”) and John Goodman (“Evan Almighty”) as Mom and Pops Racer. Rounding out the main cast are Australian actor Kick Gurry (“Spartan”) as Sparky; Paulie Litt (TV’s “Hope & Faith”) as Sprittle; Roger Allam (“The Queen,” “V For Vendetta”) as Royalton; and Asian music star Ji Hoon Jung (popularly known as Rain), making his major feature film debut as a rival driver.

Based on the classic series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, the live-action “Speed Racer” will showcase the kind of revolutionary visual effects and cutting-edge storytelling that have become the benchmarks of the Wachowski brothers’ films.

“Speed Racer” is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, of a Silver Pictures Production.