WTF Happened to SPEED RACER (2008)?

After THE MATRIX trilogy (when it was still a trilogy), the Wachowskis could make pretty much anything. And what they chose was a big-screen live-action adaptation of the cult 1960s anime show SPEED RACER. The directors would continue pushing the boundaries of digital technology with dizzying races, eyeball-bursting colors and unconventional creative decisions, but the costly effort failed to resonate with critics or moviegoers, and crashed and burned at the box office. Rev up your engine and...