J.J. Abrams reported to serve as executive producer on a new, live-action Speed Racer.

Last week I conducted a live interview with directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch for our new series Collider Connected. As you’ve hopefully seen in our previous episodes, Collider Connected allows us to go in-depth with our subjects due to the length of the conversations, and this discussion with Stahelski and Leitch was no different. Even though we had talked about the interview running around 45 minutes, we hit the 90-minute mark and I still had questions! I would have kept it going, but Leitch was late for a meeting. If for some reason you're unfamiliar …

If you haven't seen Speed Racer, the 2008 big-screen adaptation of the popular, influential anime from filmmakers The Wachowskis (The Matrix), you simply must experience it. It's a wild, candy-coated fever dream of spectacle, technology, and huge heart. It looks like no other movie you've ever seen, I promise you that. And in our Collider Connected live interview conducted by our own Steve Weintraub with David Leitch (John Wick, Deadpool 2) and Chad Stahelski (John Wick 1-3), who worked as stunt coordinators, performers, and third-unit directors on Speed Racer, share some of the …