LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Eddie Griffin is starring
> in "Redline," an auto thriller that will feature the destruction of
> one of the producer's own Porsches.
> The film, shooting in Las Vegas and Chicago, also stars Nathan
> Phillips ("Snakes on a Plane") and Nadia Bjorlin ("Days of Our
> Lives"), and will feature a cameo from Wyclef Jean, who is scoring
> the movie.
> But the biggest stars might be the personal car collection of the
> film's producer, real estate investor Daniel Sadek, who is financing
> the $26 million budget himself. Scenes will include his Phantom,
> Lamborghini Murcielago, Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari F430, Ferrari
> Scaglietti and two McLarens. In one sequence, a $200,000 Porsche
> Carrera GT will be destroyed.
>
> "We want to do the real deal," Sadek said. "We don't want to do CGI.
> We thought it would create some hype. People will know we're
> destroying a real Porsche -- not a model, but a real one."
> Sadek said the appeal of cool fancy cars knows no age
> boundaries. "Every kid, every man of every age loves cars. And nobody
> has seen all these cars in one movie, racing."
> The film is being directed by Andy Cheng, who has worked as a stunt
> coordinator on such films as "The New World," "Collateral," "The
> Rundown" and the "Rush Hour" movies.
> Griffin most recently appeared in "Date Movie" and "Deuce Bigalow:
> European Gigolo."
> Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
> in "Redline," an auto thriller that will feature the destruction of
> one of the producer's own Porsches.
> The film, shooting in Las Vegas and Chicago, also stars Nathan
> Phillips ("Snakes on a Plane") and Nadia Bjorlin ("Days of Our
> Lives"), and will feature a cameo from Wyclef Jean, who is scoring
> the movie.
> But the biggest stars might be the personal car collection of the
> film's producer, real estate investor Daniel Sadek, who is financing
> the $26 million budget himself. Scenes will include his Phantom,
> Lamborghini Murcielago, Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari F430, Ferrari
> Scaglietti and two McLarens. In one sequence, a $200,000 Porsche
> Carrera GT will be destroyed.
>
> "We want to do the real deal," Sadek said. "We don't want to do CGI.
> We thought it would create some hype. People will know we're
> destroying a real Porsche -- not a model, but a real one."
> Sadek said the appeal of cool fancy cars knows no age
> boundaries. "Every kid, every man of every age loves cars. And nobody
> has seen all these cars in one movie, racing."
> The film is being directed by Andy Cheng, who has worked as a stunt
> coordinator on such films as "The New World," "Collateral," "The
> Rundown" and the "Rush Hour" movies.
> Griffin most recently appeared in "Date Movie" and "Deuce Bigalow:
> European Gigolo."
> Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
