STUDENT FILMMAKER CASTS DAVID HASSELHOFF AND EDGUY'S TOBIAS SAMMET IN MODERN VERSION OF BLAKE EDWARDS' 1965 CLASSIC, THE GREAT RACE
"All this time I thought America was the land of the miracle," muses EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet from his home in Germany. "I'm glad this is a project where I won't have to actually fly to the Sahara Desert, do my own stunts with explosions, and take out a life insurance policy just to be involved!"
According to Sammet, the upcoming computer-animated project is fueled by a festering sibling rivalry between a 22-year old CGI student at The German Film School and his older brother. With the project, film student Thomas Runke hopes to settle a childhood score of which is the world's best car:
Ferrari(tm)
or
Pontiac Trans Am(tm) known as K.I.T.T.©, made famous by David Hasselhoff and the mid-1980's television series Knight Rider.
According to the details provided by Runke to Sammet, it was a play session over 16 years ago that set the stage for this plot of digital revenge. Surrounded by friends and schoolmates, older brother Lucas challenged Runke to an impromptu race for "The Car Championship of the World," which involved both brothers carrying their toy cars (Runke carried the Ferrari(tm); Lucas carried K.I.T.T.©) over the rough terrain of their neighborhood playground toward a finish line that Lucas kept changing. Much like the Professor Fate character in The Great Race, the older brother was a skilled cheater and therefore won, but never acquiesced to a re-match.
It was Runke's best friend and avid EDGUY fan that recommended casting Tobias Sammet in the lead role after reading an online interview with the charismatic frontman where Sammet stated he wanted to sell enough of the band's latest release, Rocket Ride, to buy a Ferrari(tm). Released in North America on March 21st, Rocket Ride currently occupies the NO. 27 slot on Billboard's Hard Music Chart.
The setting for the action-packed The Greatest Race is reported by Runke to be "every imaginable terrain on this godforsaken planet." It will feature a red, Ferrari F430 Spider(tm) convertible (commanded by Sammet) and K.I.T.T.© (driven by David Hasselhoff). This pairing seems strangely fated, as EDGUY first met Hasselhoff backstage following their 2004 Pro 7 television appearance in Germany.
"Of course I'm excited to lend my likeness to such a noble cause, although I don't know how much dialogue I'll have to say. What can I possibly need to say when I'll be driving 225 kph [140 mph]? I just hope this isn't the closest I get to that Ferrari!" chuckles Sammet.
I know there is atleast one person on this board that would get a kick out of it
"All this time I thought America was the land of the miracle," muses EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet from his home in Germany. "I'm glad this is a project where I won't have to actually fly to the Sahara Desert, do my own stunts with explosions, and take out a life insurance policy just to be involved!"
According to Sammet, the upcoming computer-animated project is fueled by a festering sibling rivalry between a 22-year old CGI student at The German Film School and his older brother. With the project, film student Thomas Runke hopes to settle a childhood score of which is the world's best car:
Ferrari(tm)
or
Pontiac Trans Am(tm) known as K.I.T.T.©, made famous by David Hasselhoff and the mid-1980's television series Knight Rider.
According to the details provided by Runke to Sammet, it was a play session over 16 years ago that set the stage for this plot of digital revenge. Surrounded by friends and schoolmates, older brother Lucas challenged Runke to an impromptu race for "The Car Championship of the World," which involved both brothers carrying their toy cars (Runke carried the Ferrari(tm); Lucas carried K.I.T.T.©) over the rough terrain of their neighborhood playground toward a finish line that Lucas kept changing. Much like the Professor Fate character in The Great Race, the older brother was a skilled cheater and therefore won, but never acquiesced to a re-match.
It was Runke's best friend and avid EDGUY fan that recommended casting Tobias Sammet in the lead role after reading an online interview with the charismatic frontman where Sammet stated he wanted to sell enough of the band's latest release, Rocket Ride, to buy a Ferrari(tm). Released in North America on March 21st, Rocket Ride currently occupies the NO. 27 slot on Billboard's Hard Music Chart.
The setting for the action-packed The Greatest Race is reported by Runke to be "every imaginable terrain on this godforsaken planet." It will feature a red, Ferrari F430 Spider(tm) convertible (commanded by Sammet) and K.I.T.T.© (driven by David Hasselhoff). This pairing seems strangely fated, as EDGUY first met Hasselhoff backstage following their 2004 Pro 7 television appearance in Germany.
"Of course I'm excited to lend my likeness to such a noble cause, although I don't know how much dialogue I'll have to say. What can I possibly need to say when I'll be driving 225 kph [140 mph]? I just hope this isn't the closest I get to that Ferrari!" chuckles Sammet.
I know there is atleast one person on this board that would get a kick out of it
