Speed Racer is reportedly getting a live-action series at Apple with J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot attached as executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The scripted series will reportedly be co-written by Hiram Martinez who has worked on the TV series Snowpiercer. He would also act as showrunner.
Apple, Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. are said to have been impressed with Martinez’s “exciting take” on the original. The other co-writer and showrunner is reportedly Ron Fitzgerald, who works with Abrams on Westworld.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series has been in talks for years and “stems from Abrams and Bad Robot’s overall deal with Warner Bros. TV.” The series found its way to Apple a while back but the development has been “excruciatingly slow.” In 2019, Abrams signed a $250 million 5-year deal with WarnerMedia which has led to some of his more recent projects.
Speed Racer, initially a manga and animated series, has had several iterations in both games and films. It originally began as a manga and eventually became a hit anime in the 1960s. The 2008 live-action movie of Speed Racer was directed by The Wachowskis but ended up losing money for Warner Bros. Pictures.
As part of Abrams' deal with Warner Bros., he’s had quite a few projects in the pipeline. Last year, it was confirmed that a movie adaptation of the hit game Portal was still in the works. Just last month, it was announced Abrams would be helming the live-action movie Hot Wheels based on everyone’s favorite toy cars.
If you’re looking for even more Abrams news, be sure to check out the latest on the debut of the new season of Westworld, where he serves as executive producer.
Casey is a freelance writer for IGN. You can usually find him talking about JRPGs on Twitter at @caseydavidmt.
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Apple, Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. are said to have been impressed with Martinez’s “exciting take” on the original. The other co-writer and showrunner is reportedly Ron Fitzgerald, who works with Abrams on Westworld.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series has been in talks for years and “stems from Abrams and Bad Robot’s overall deal with Warner Bros. TV.” The series found its way to Apple a while back but the development has been “excruciatingly slow.” In 2019, Abrams signed a $250 million 5-year deal with WarnerMedia which has led to some of his more recent projects.
Speed Racer, initially a manga and animated series, has had several iterations in both games and films. It originally began as a manga and eventually became a hit anime in the 1960s. The 2008 live-action movie of Speed Racer was directed by The Wachowskis but ended up losing money for Warner Bros. Pictures.
As part of Abrams' deal with Warner Bros., he’s had quite a few projects in the pipeline. Last year, it was confirmed that a movie adaptation of the hit game Portal was still in the works. Just last month, it was announced Abrams would be helming the live-action movie Hot Wheels based on everyone’s favorite toy cars.
If you’re looking for even more Abrams news, be sure to check out the latest on the debut of the new season of Westworld, where he serves as executive producer.
Casey is a freelance writer for IGN. You can usually find him talking about JRPGs on Twitter at @caseydavidmt.
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