USA Today, which has become the place to unveil movie vehicles, has the first look at the Mach 5 from the upcoming Speed Racer movie.
Although most of the racing effects will be computer-generated, Speed Racer star Emile Hirsch reveals that Chim Chim will be very real.
“They’re using a real monkey,” he tells the newspaper. “Just don’t call him that. He’s a chimpanzee. He gets upset if you call him a monkey.”
The movie is set for a May 2008 release.
May 31st, 2007 at 10:28 am
There’s a company (or used to be) that made custom Mach 5′s (I believe they were called something else for legal reasons) for people, so seeing this pic isn’t too earth-shattering for me, but it’s still pretty damn cool!
May 31st, 2007 at 10:30 am
Send a cast photo then we’ll see.