Christina Ricci To Star in New Film

Warner Bros. has announced that Ricci will star opposite Emile Hirsch in the action film.  Ricci will play Trixie, the girlfriend of Speed Racer, a race car driver.

Speed Racer is expected to be in theatres on May 9, 2008.  The film will be directed by the Wachowski brothers, who are best known for the Matrix films.  Christina Ricci, who currently stars in the film Black Snake Moan, also stars in the television series Grey’s Anatomy.