Reno

A young woman adrift. She left home at a young age, knowing somehow that she possessed a strength, an ability to rise above the rest, but hasn’t been able to master it. A smartass, who at her core is a good person, maybe even heroic, but the victim of a culture that tells her in a million cynical ways that in real life only the bad guys get to kick ass, and greed is the only principle that people really fight for. Still young, she buzzes around the lower levels of LA organized crime, in grave danger of being completely lost to the good fight. Until she meets the unlikeliest of mentors; someone who stayed on her path and is finally collapsing under the weight of years that he now begins to realize he should have spent better.

Parker

Seldom the biggest or strongest guy in the room, sometimes the smartest, but somehow, always the best. Parker has worked his way up through the LA underworld until he’s become the bogeyman that other criminals tell their kids about. But now, with little left to achieve, he’s begun to realize that his strength has been spent in the service of principles he never believed in. He knows that his frequent brushes with death will one day – soon, he hopes – finally free him from the world of low-lifes, hate and greed that he’s built for himself. And then, to his great surprise, he meets the low-life he didn’t know he’d been looking for; a version of himself, before he took the wrong path. Young, brave, gifted… a girl. Someone who can maybe be his redemption.

Reggie

An amiable outcast living in the shadow of a haunted road, Reggie has found a unique occupation; salvaging the wreckage of the road’s victims. More than anyone, Reggie knows how the road works, maybe why it exists at all and who gets called to it. He’s been there since the beginning. He’s given his help to the few deserving of it and he’s paid a price. And that’s okay, because he thinks that maybe he deserves this lonely penance. Now, he finally gets a chance to balance the books.

Tony

Devious and funny, outgoing and backstabbing, sweet and bitter – snake and charmer in one basket. Tony has a gift – driving. He’s used that gift to work his way into and up the ranks of the LA underworld, but not as far up as he thinks he deserves. So when he finds diamonds, he steals them. And when he finds a beautiful girl whose skills can take him farther, he takes her under his wing... and smothers her so she doesn’t pass him. Anyone who’s been around can see through Tony, and eventually, so does she.

Randy Vampotic

Director/Producer

Randy Vampotic, writer, director, producer… what could possibly be next? Probably nothing; this part will most likely kill him.

He claims to be a born filmmaker. He lies. Hospital records show that he was born a gooey, slobbery baby like everyone else. 

Sure, after that he went to college (not even right after, it took him like 18 years to get around to it), took some classes, read some books, won some contests, wrote some movies (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus[WTF?!], Face Value). And now he acts like the savior of monster movies. Sure. 

He ran into Star Trek’s Dr. McCoy once. Not the new one either, the OG. Literally ran right into him on the sidewalk. Guy was like a thousand years old, damn near killed him. Hot shot Randy almost punched his ticket out of Hollywood right there. We’re not sure he can be trusted at all after that, but he’s paying for this website, so we have to do a bio of him here.

On the upside, that was the closest he ever came to actually killing anyone, so there’s that. He pats dogs and cats on the head equally. Sometimes kids, depends on their look.

But Speed Demon is gonna rock. Even he can’t screw this up.

Randy Vampotic & Mike Sorrentino

Writers

What can you say about the writing team of Vampotic & Sorrentino… that hasn't already been said at a parole hearing? This unlikely team had its humble beginnings in high school in Buffalo, New York; the city so mediocre they named it after an even-toed ungulate.

Go West, young men. Although on different paths, they reunited in smoggy Los Angeles. Randy, studious enough to manage a scholarship to Whittier College, then finally earning his BA in Psychology with a minor in Film & TV at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Mike, clever enough to land himself in Rob Bottin’s special make up effects underworld.

Blah, blah, blah… fast forward. As a writing team, Randy and Mike have created a deep catalogue of feature screenplays over the past two decades. They’re rangy. Not in a responsibly-raised chicken way, but in versatility. Unafraid to cross genres, they have enjoyed modest success with a family comedy, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and the erotic thriller, Face Value both being produced. Other scripts include a high-concept action, a graphic novel interpretation and even a buddy picture. Along the way they have been hired for various other rewrites and treatments.

All of this leading to their strongest work, Speed Demon. Speedy was the winner of Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s Grand Prize in “The Next Great John Carpenter Movie Contest.” It was then optioned by the legendary effects wizard, Stan Winston. The screenplay currently holds the highest script score for a horror title on Slated.com.

Todd Koerner

Producer

With an aerospace engineering degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Duke University, Todd is the designated grown-up here, the guy whose official job is to keep his eye on the ball.

After rising like a movie villain from the depths of the UTA mailroom, Todd created a successful career as a literary agent in the TV departments of prestigious firms The Kaplan Stahler Agency and Writers & Artists, where he represented (follow along here) Randy Vampotic and Mike Sorrentino. Not to mention Oscar-winning clients and projects like In the Bedroom, Early Edition and State of Grace.

Then, to put an exclamation point on his genius, when he saw the potential of bridging the gap between emerging technologies, creators and content buyers, he started the company e-merge Media long before most people even saw the value.

And now, with Randy Vampotic, Todd brings all his energy, experience, education and considerable phone skills to his new role as producer of Speed Demon.

Speed Demon is already working with some of the greatest artists and cutting-edge FX companies in Hollywood to bring audiences face-to-face with their new nightmare and the twisted desert landscape it prowls.

Legacy Effects, the premier monster makers in Hollywood, will bring the same disturbed genius that they’ve brought to projects like The Shape of Water, Jurassic World, The Mandalorian, Godzilla and a whole pantheon of cinema monsters to the design and creation of your next nightmare, the Speed Demon.

Working with the same bleeding-edge immersive technologies developed for productions like Solo: A Star Wars Story and The Mandalorian, Speed Demon will take audiences on a harrowing thrill ride through the eerie, otherworldly nighttime desert, and put them up close and way too personal with the Speed Demon.