Speed Racer Movie Producer Joel Silver Discusses the Relationship Between Gaming and Modern Filmmaking.

Speed Racer Movie Producer Joel Silver Discusses the Relationship Between Gaming and Modern Filmmaking.

LONDON, May 8/PRNewswire/ --

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At the recent London press conference for the forthcoming Speed Racer
movie, Joel Silver, Producer, spoke about his and the Wachowski brothers'
involvement in the development of Speed Racer: The Videogame, giving
direction and assets to the development team directly from their Berlin set.

"A lot of the assets of the movie were incorporated into that game. I
mean, these games are hugely successful, and these kids are seeing them and
accepting a visual style that then can be translated to movies," said Joel.
"We've come a long way from Pong, so I think the games are getting more
sophisticated, the technology is more advanced and every year there's
something that we've never seen before. And there's a lot of blending of
movies and gaming, and movies are coming from games, and games are coming
from movies. It's just an exciting time. I mean, the boys [the Wachowski
brothers] play everything. I mean, they like to play games, and I don't know
which one's inspired which; I'll ask them. But they sit around all day when
they're between takes sometimes playing games. And I think that's part of
their inspiration."

Speed Racer: The Videogame, published by Warner Bros Interactive
Entertainment, will be available on Nintendo Wii and DS on Friday 9th May.

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Source: Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment

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