Speed Racer Animated Film Debuting May 6
 

According to Video Business, Lionsgate on May 6 will release Speed Racer The Next Generation: The Beginning, a 66-minute animated feature that sets up the new NickToons series of the same name.

The title will be broadcast on NickToons May 2, just prior to the DVD release. It also will benefit from awareness around the May 9 theatrical release of Warner Bros.' live-action Speed Racer feature from the Wachowski brothers ("The Matrix" trilogy).