Hot Wheels: World Race

2003 American film

Andrew Duncan
William Lau^[1]

Written by

Mark Edens
Jeff Gomez
Fabian Nicieza

Based onHot Wheels
by MattelProduced by

Jeff Gomez
Gio Corsi
Ian Richter
Sharan Wood^[1]

Starring

Andrew Francis
Michael Donovan
Kathleen Barr
Brian Drummond^[1]

Music by

Brian Carson
Ball of Waxx

Production
companies

Mattel Entertainment
Mainframe Entertainment
Warner Bros. Animation

Distributed by

Artisan Entertainment
Family Home Entertainment

Release date

December 2, 2003

Running time

110 minutesCountriesUnited States
CanadaLanguageEnglish

Hot Wheels: World Race is a 2003 animated sports action film based on the Hot Wheels television series Hot Wheels: Highway 35 – World Race that premiered on Cartoon Network from July 12, 2002 to August 2, 2003 which includes five episodes, "Ring of Fire", "The Greatest Challenge", "Desert Heat", "Frozen Fire" and "Wheel of Power" divided into a feature film.^[2] The film was distributed on DVD by Family Home Entertainment and Artisan Entertainment. The video game Hot Wheels: World Race was based on the television series. It was released on VHS and DVD on December 2, 2003,^[3] and was followed by a sequel, titled Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers (2005).

Synopsis

After receiving his drivers license on his 16th birthday, Josef "Vert" Wheeler joins the World Race to find the fastest driver in the world. Drivers race in highly advanced cars by traveling through a portal to another dimension created by aliens called the Accelerons. Dr. Peter Tezla, founder of the Scrim Corporation, created the competition for human drivers to get to end of the track and retrieve a zero-point energy source called the Wheel of Power. Will the drivers succeed at returning the Wheel of Power to its rightful spot in Hot Wheels City, or will they let it fall into the hands of Gelorum and her evil robots?

The racers are split into 5 teams, led by Banjee Castillo, Brian Kadeem, Taro Kitano, Kurt Wylde, and Vert Wheeler.

Cast

Andrew Francis as Josef "Vert" Wheeler
Brian Drummond as Kurt Wylde / Zed-36 / CLYP Robot
Kevan Ohtsji as Taro Kitano
Will Sanderson as Mark Wylde
Venus Terzo as Lani Tam / Esmeralda Sanchez
Michael Benyaer as Banjee Castillo / GIG
Doron Bell as Alec "Hud" Wood
Kaj Erik Eriksen as Skeet
Cusse Mankuma as Brian Kadeem
Blu Mankuma as Haziz
Kirby Morrow as Chuvo
Scott McNeil as Rekkas / Dan Dresden / Griffin / Toño
Kathleen Barr as Gelorum
Michael Donovan as Dr. Peter Tezla
John Payne as Major Jack Wheeler, Jr. / DMV Person

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Hot Wheels World Race". TV Guide.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.
^ "Hot Wheels – World Race". Rotten Tomatoes.