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| Poster Credit: Jonathan Tran |
Lifelong athlete, aspiring actor, stunt coordinator and independent filmmaker Andrew J. Neis is already going viral for a new shortfilm coming this November titled Edge Of Faith. Inspired by the 2008 first person action adventure video game, Mirror’s Edge, Neis‘s shortfilm is based on an old screenplay he wrote titled “Lover’s Leap: A Parkour Love Story”. But instead, Neis wanted to crank it up a notch and chose to make a dual-purpose shortfilm that would further manifest his love for gaming, indie action and film culture, as well as showcase the eclectic talents, ANP Stunts, a multi-faceted drama, movement and screenfighting film team he founded with his brother, Peter Neis.
Filmed in select areas of downtown Los Angeles as his backdrop, Neis and his team sought to replicate the same atmosphere and style in order to create a fan film that pays homage to Mirror’s Edge. More importantly, driven by the admirable efforts of previous filmmakers and parkour athletes whose works can also be viewed online, Neis also felt he had the creative chops to take the source material and deliver something much more fulfilling, telling Film Combat Syndicate “…We set out to make a true to the game Mirror’s Edge fan film. And as we are all professional stunt people, we did all the stunts ourselves and were able to safely re-create many of the scenarios in the game.”. Neis also says, “We tried to take the most of what you do in the game – balance on beams, climb pipes, scale walls, vault fences, and slide under vents. We also featured fighting against the CPF’s and matched the same disarm moves used in the game. And we went for that over-exposed look seen in the game and did everything possible to match the style of the game.”
Edge Of Faith is expected to release before the end of the month, and stars actress, dance choreographer, martial artist and stuntwoman
PeiPei Alena Yuan (
Battle B-Boy, Step Up 3D, Star Trek, Britney Spears “Femme Fatale” Tour, Glee). You can also catch more of
Yuan in action on her
Youtube channel and
official website. The upcoming shortfilm also stars fellow ANP members, actor and producer
Vinicios Silva and co-stunt coordinator
Jonathan Tran, along with
Mami Speede,
Amir Solsky,
Laura M. Beamer and
Lee Squire. The official teaser has already gone viral and can be seen in the embed below.
For more information, visit the official website for
ANP Stunts.
SYNOPSIS:
In a totalitarian society, Faith is a courier for outlawed equipment and information including smartphones. When a thief steals one of her packages, both embark on a thrilling parkour chase where they will try to outsmart and out-perform the other.
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