Steven Spielberg will be doing Abraham Lincoln after finishing his ‘Tintin’ animation. He earlier announced he won’t be working on ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7′ for the time being, because of the potential actors’ strike. He plans to film ‘Lincoln’ in 2009, so “that it can also open in the same year as Lincoln’s 200th anniversary which comes round then.”

Liam Neeson, next to be seen in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,’ is rumored to play the lead, with Sally Field (’Brothers & Sisters’) as Lincoln’s wife.

I will refrain myself from using the word ‘crash’ in this post, but I think you know where I’m going with this. ‘Speed Racer’ didn’t manage to pick up speed. ‘Speed Racer’ wasn’t fast enough. ‘Speed Racer’ passed by ‘Iron Man.’

In short, ‘Speed Racer’ just didn’t meet Warner Bros’ expectations, only making $20.2 million this weekend. That’s only a couple of visitors more than what ‘What Happens in Vegas’ did, with $20 million. But the word is, Warner Bros. even upped this low number to get in second instead of third. That would of course have made the failure even more embarrassing, because ‘What Happens in Vegas’ only cost $35 million and ‘Speed Racer’ budget estimates range from $100 to $185 million.

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Warner Bros better get that ‘Speed Racer’ marketing campaign into action, because the $100 million Wachowski Brothers movie is set for an opening at $35 million max next week. The family picture is currently tracking behind ‘Prince Caspian,’ the new Narnia movie, which is even releasing a week later.

‘Un-Aided Awareness’ for ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ is 9%, while ‘Speed Racer’ does 8% just a week before its release. ‘Definite Interest’ is 44% for Narnia and 32% for ‘Speed Racer.’ And lastly, ‘First Choice’ is 17% for Narnia, with just 4% for ‘Speed Racer.’

I may not be the target audience for this Warner Bros blockbuster, but I have to agree with the tracking numbers. The trailer didn’t get me into this movie at all. It looks like they wanted to make a ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ racer, but without the fun.