George Lopez to voice Speedy Gonzales in updated big screen adaption

(HMG) – New Line Cinema  is working on a big screen adaption of the classic animation character Speedy Gonzalez the hyperactive Warner Brothers rodent who calls himself “the fastest mouse in all Mexico.”  Comedian, actor, talk show host George Lopez who provided the main voice in 2008′s Beverly Hills, Chihuahuais is getting back into the voice acting game as the title character, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

In an interview with the Heat Vision blog of The Hollywood Reporter, George’s wife and producer, Anne Lopez said that this “Speedy Gonzales” film, will avoid outdated depictions of the cartoon character, who made his debut in the 1953 short “Cat-Tails for Two.”

“We wanted to make sure that it was not the Speedy of the 1950s, the racist Speedy,” Ms Lopez told The Hollywood Reporter. In the new movie, she said, Speedy “comes from a family that works in a very meticulous setting, and he’s a little too fast for what they do.”

Garfield writers Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen will be adapting the Looney Tunes character into a live-action/CG hybrid feature. Speedy first appeared in the 1950s as a regular nemesis to Sylvester the Cat and has since appeared in several feature films including Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.