Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer

Adweek.com’s latest poll asks which recently departed TV series viewers would revive. The fact that people miss Arrested Development is a no-brainer. So, what show has Hollywood decided to re-animate? The 1967 Japanese import cartoon Speed Racer! The jazzy theme song’s cool, but a simultaneous Nicktoons series and live-action Warner Bros. film seems like overkill. According to a piece on Variety.com, the update adds Harry Potter-Star Wars touches. Speed enters a racing school “for the fastest kids on Earth” (Speedwarts?), and there’s a mysterious father angle (Darth Vader sure gets around).