George Lopez to voice Speedy Gonzales in film
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NaboCaneNew MemberOPLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Speedy Gonzales is taking his folk-hero status, incredible speed and signature red kerchief to the big screen, with help from George Lopez...
The Looney Tunes character debuted in the 1950s as a regular nemesis of Sylvester the Cat. A 1955 short about the tiny hero, "Speedy Gonzales," won the Academy Award for best short subject, (cartoon). Pat Boone even released a hit song about the famous mouse in 1962.
Over the years, Speedy appeared in the live-action/animation features "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "Space Jam" and "Looney Tunes: Back in Action." But the character has often courted criticism that the ethnic characterizations of him and his compatriots (especially lazy cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez) are stereotypically racist and severely outdated.
Aware of this, New Line and the producers plan to update the brand with a modernized sensibility...
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/george-lopez-voice-speedy-gonzales-film-reuters
padre31Luxury BoxFirst of all...err..what?
Second of all,
TIJUANA -- Speedy Gonzales, the "fastest mouse in Mexico" and star of Warner Bros. cartoons in the 1960s has died in a Tijuana methadone clinic where he had been seeking treatment for heroin addiction. News of his death was released by his cousin, Slow Poke Rodriguez.
Gonzales, 56, was a regular in Warner Bros. cartoons staring in the 1950s when he was often the nemesis of Sylvester the Cat. The two became off-screen friends as well.
"I never thought they should have broken us up, but back then you did not question the studio, said Mr. Cat. I know he had some tough times lately...I'll miss him."
Speedy has went on to the great mousetrap in the sky.
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