Speedy Gonzales is taking his folk hero status, incredible speed and signature red kerchief to the big screen, courtesy of New Line. "Garfield" scribes Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen will adapt the classic animated Looney Tunes character into a live-action/CG hybrid feature, with George Lopez attached to voice Speedy…Should this planned abomination become a hit we may soon see “Speedy 2: Mexican Boogaloo” with the voice of Carlos Mencia as Slowpoke Rodriguez.
New Line and the producers plan to update the brand with a modernized sensibility (it takes place in present day) under what Ann Lopez calls George's "Latino seal of approval." (No need to throw fuel on the fire that serves as an immigration debate in this country.)
"We wanted to make sure that it was not the Speedy of the 1950s -- the racist Speedy," Ann Lopez said with a chuckle.
Besides what would you rather see: a saccharine, bland sack of cinematic slop or Speedy trying to fool the Border Patrol much like he teased Sylvester the Cat in this 1950s cartoon?
Online Sources- Hollywood Reporter, YouTube
