WB To Make Family Comedy 'Speedo'
[Wednesday, April 20th, 2005]Warner Bros. is to make a family comedy Speedo, a film inspired by a Jesse Moss-directed documentary about a demolition driver, according to Variety.
The film will focus on the exploits of a drag racer who turns to demolition racing and crashes his way to modest fame on a Long Island race track. He becomes so passionate about it that he struggles to keep his family together.
The real Speedo, Ed Jager, races at a quarter-mile track at Riverhead Raceway. Saxon, Jonathan Demme's former partner, frequents the track when summering in nearby Southold. He sparked to the documentary and brought it to WB execs Kevin McCormickKevin McCormick and Alyssa Shipp.
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