According to Variety, J.J. Abrams is working on a live-action Speed Racer series for Apple TV. We don’t have any major details about the plot, but we do know that Hiram Martinez and Ron Fitzgerald have been hired to write the show and be co-showrunners. It’s likely this will also be a full reboot, but then again, what is Emile Hirsch up to these days?

Back in 2008, the Wachowskis had given us a Speed Racer movie starring Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci. The movie was pretty colourful and stylized, kind of like a reverse Sin City; and though critics weren’t fans when the movie came out, there has since been a cult following for the film.

We don’t know what kind of direction Abrams would want to take the franchise, but I suspect that it’s going to be a tad more grounded than what we got fourteen years ago. If anything, the Wachowskis did something that was pretty faithful to the anime, but I guess fans wanted something that looked a bit more realistic.

Personally, I would have preferred if they just go the animated route like the new Lupin III films, but I guess that could be an option if Speed Racer manages to get off the ground again.

No release date has been announced for Apple’s Speed Racer series.

According to Variety, Speed Racer star Christina Ricci will be making a reunion with the Wachowskis as she’s been cast in the upcoming Matrix 4. No details have been released about Ricci’s character, but she does join an impressive cast which includes the likes of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Neil Patrick Harris, Jonathan Groff, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas; not to mention the film will also feature the return of original Matrix stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Pinkett Smith.

While Ricci is best known for her role as the live-action Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family films, she has since been working on some smaller projects. An appearance in The Matrix could mark some kind of huge comeback, but with her being added so late in the cast, it’s possible that this could just be for a small cameo role.

Though we don’t know what The Matrix 4 could be about, but Reeves himself has praised the script which was written with ‘incredible depth and all the integrity and artistry that you can imagine.’ With the last two films in the franchise being regarded as weak entries, some fans are still skeptical about the future; but this does give the Wachowskis an opportunity to introduce the world of the Matrix to a new and younger audience.

The Matrix 4 is set to come out on Dec. 22.