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Afterburner Continues To Fly High
November 2, 2007

Afterburner Films CEO Dave Riggs is readying to produce a DVD Premiere movie about the world of jet fighters that will be filmed entirely in 3-D. Teaming with Riggs on the project is Mehran Salamanti, the aerial photographer and Oscar-nominated inventor of the Hotgears Camera System. The movie, Need for Speed,

concerns to daredevils who perform aeronautic stunts to win the affections of a woman they are both pursuing. Riggs will perform the aerial stunts. The film is slated to start production in early 2008 and, according to Riggs, is only made possible by the recent advancements in digital HD camera systems and 3-D technology.

“The stuff just looks spectacular,” Riggs told us. “We initially thought about the IMAX documentary thing for the 3-D aerial photography, but rather than go that route, we decided to pursue the more commercial avenue for it.”

 

Riggs also informed us that he is in talks with Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys fame to star in Need for Speed. Carter had a starring role in Afterburner’s Fast Glass, which debuted at AFM this week. Additionally, Riggs has signed writers Randy Vampotic and Mike Sorrentino to write the screenplay for “The Need for Speed.” The pair previously scripted the 2002 film I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.

Posted by Laurence Lerman on November 2, 2007 | Comments (0)