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Fox Races To Speed

Matthew Fox (ABC's Lost) is in final negotiations to play Racer X in Larry and Andy Wachowski's upcoming live-action Speed Racer movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, based on the 1960s animated TV series, comes from Warner Brothers and producer Joel Silver.

Australian actor Kick Gurry, meanwhile, is in negotiations to play Sparky, Speed Racer's hippie mechanic.

Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman have already been cast in the film, which will shoot in the summer in Berlin. Speed centers on a young race-car driver, Speed (Hirsch), and his quest for glory in his gadget-laden Mach 5. Fox will play Speed's mysterious racing rival, an enigmatic soldier of fortune. Fox will fit Speed Racer in around the series' summer hiatus.

The Wachowskis are writing and directing, with the studio eyeing a summer 2008 debut.
 


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The West End play Equus, which made headlines for featuring an occasionally nude Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), will close with the actor's departure in June, the BBC reported. Rumors of a replacement included Jamie Bell (King Kong), Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings) and Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives), but none surfaced. The announcement comes as a surprise, since the play has broken box-office records and received critical praise.

Marvel Studios is developing a Broadway musical based on Spider-Man, to be directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor, with U2's Bono and the Edge creating new music and lyrics for the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter; auditions are now taking place, and a reading is scheduled for the summer.

J.J. Abrams wrote fans at the recent "Grand Slam" SF convention in Burbank, Calif., to promise more news about the movie soon, according to a post on the TrekMovie.com Web site.


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Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 3/26/07 - 4/1/07. Fewer than 10 listings appear because fewer than 10 regular original SF&F; shows appeared on broadcast networks during the time period.