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