Bullitt: The Remake (Scalextric-Style)

A 32nd of the size, but is it only one 32nd as good...?

The world of movies is saturated with remakes at the moment, with everything from Star Trek to True Grit getting the treatment. And now it's the turn of Steve McQueen car-chase classic Bullitt.

Except that this is a remake with a twist, because it's being done in stop motion by a chap with more attention to detail than seems healthy. Using 1:32-scale slot cars.

Is it possibly the geekiest thing ever? Yes. Is it so geeky it's actually quite cool? Er, maybe... we're intrigued either way.

In true movie style, only the trailer has been released so far, but its cracking V8 soundtrack, suitably mean bad guys and evocative San Francisco backdrop have got us eager to see the finished product.

We have only one question: What are a Lotus Cortina and a Starsky-and-Hutch Gran Torino doing in 1960s San Francisco...?