Variety reports that Lionsgate will produce a new version of the 1960s cartoon Speed Racer, launching it around the same Warner Bros.’ live-action movie hits theaters next year.

An initial run of 26 episodes has been picked up by Nicktoons, Nickelodeon’s 24-hour cartoon channel. Speed Racer will be Lionsgate’s first animated series.

According to the trade paper, the updated series stars a teen who enters a racing academy for the fastest kids on Earth, only to discover that he’s the son of the original Speed Racer — and that he has a brother, the new Racer X. The show will feature at least one other notable update: Young Speed will drive the Mach 6 — not the legendary Mach 5 — the most advanced vehicle in the universe.

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