Fans got a sneak peek at Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week when filmmaker Dave Riggs shared a photo from his encounter with a great white shark on Facebook. Dave Riggs Snaps Close Up Of Great White Shark Riggs, an Australian filmmaker working with Discovery Channel, shared the impressive photo of a great white baring its […]
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- 5/12/2015
- by Olivia Truffaut
- Uinterview
Need some help hanging ten? Boogie-board down to Esperance in West Australia, where the crystal-clear waters are full of surf pros. Filmmaker and shark researcher Dave Riggs caught an entire pod of bottlenose dolphins enjoying the sunny skies and killer waves off the coast. In this video taken from a quadcopter drone, animal lovers get an aerial view of these swimmers' natural skills. The pod attacks the gnarly waves all at once, using the idyllic scene as a background for jumps, flips - even a little bodyboarding. Totally tubular! Make sure your board is waxed before you click play, because...
- 6/16/2014
- by Kelli Bender
- PEOPLE.com
Beijing, Sep 22: Hollywood stunt artist Dave Riggs, who has appeared in "Iron Man" and Bond movie "Casino Royale", was missing. But it is now confirmed that he was killed in a plane crash, reports contactmusic.com
Riggs was missing since Sep 17, when the accident happened in China. The plane which he was flying in preparation for a local airshow, crashed into a lake.
His body was pulled out of the water and Riggs' translater was rescued shortly after the crash, but later died in the hospital.
The accident is currently being investigated.
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Riggs was missing since Sep 17, when the accident happened in China. The plane which he was flying in preparation for a local airshow, crashed into a lake.
His body was pulled out of the water and Riggs' translater was rescued shortly after the crash, but later died in the hospital.
The accident is currently being investigated.
Ians...
- 9/22/2013
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Toronto -- Cam Gigandet, Shane West and Rachael Leigh Cook are in negotiations to star in "Kerosene Cowboys," an action thriller that Mario Van Peebles will direct for Svarog-Afterburner Films.
Based on a novel by Randy Arrington, the tale follows the rough-riding and hard-living pilots of an elite Navy attack squadron. Gigandet will star as a hot-shot pilot, West plays his one-time best friend-turned-nemesis, while Cook will play an investigative journalist and Gigandet's love interest.
First-time scribe Adam Prince wrote the screenplay from a story by Dave Riggs and Nickolai Susby, who are producing via Svarog-Afterburner.
The Collective's Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield packaged the film, and Redick will executive produce. Mansfield is co-producing alongside Afterburner's Sophia Russo. Bob Yari also will executive produce.
The producers are in negotiations with several companies for distribution.
The movie is eyeing shoots in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada in October.
Based on a novel by Randy Arrington, the tale follows the rough-riding and hard-living pilots of an elite Navy attack squadron. Gigandet will star as a hot-shot pilot, West plays his one-time best friend-turned-nemesis, while Cook will play an investigative journalist and Gigandet's love interest.
First-time scribe Adam Prince wrote the screenplay from a story by Dave Riggs and Nickolai Susby, who are producing via Svarog-Afterburner.
The Collective's Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield packaged the film, and Redick will executive produce. Mansfield is co-producing alongside Afterburner's Sophia Russo. Bob Yari also will executive produce.
The producers are in negotiations with several companies for distribution.
The movie is eyeing shoots in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada in October.
- 9/15/2008
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles-based Afterburner Films Inc. has inked a partnership deal with Prague-based special effects house Rebstock Associates to produce special effects for Afterburner productions utilizing a newly developed digital system that allows special effects artists to collaborate creatively across international borders.
“This represents the first time that truly global resources will be utilized (by us) to enhance filmmaking in a cost and time effective manner, ” Afterburner CEO Dave Riggs said in announcing the partnership. Housed on servers in Prague and Kiev, the technology allows artists from different countries to interact with effects supervisors and directors in Hollywood in real time.
“The cost of artists has everybody looking offshore for resources, ” said Riggs, who added that his company spent almost three years developing the “real time” technology with its Prague-based partner. “We were seeking a way to create a digital world and artificial universe for us to communicate in cyberspace.”
The Prague effects staff includes artists from the teams that worked on “XXX, ” “The Bourne Identity” and “Casino Royale” and is supervised from the Afterburner offices in Los Angeles.
“This represents the first time that truly global resources will be utilized (by us) to enhance filmmaking in a cost and time effective manner, ” Afterburner CEO Dave Riggs said in announcing the partnership. Housed on servers in Prague and Kiev, the technology allows artists from different countries to interact with effects supervisors and directors in Hollywood in real time.
“The cost of artists has everybody looking offshore for resources, ” said Riggs, who added that his company spent almost three years developing the “real time” technology with its Prague-based partner. “We were seeking a way to create a digital world and artificial universe for us to communicate in cyberspace.”
The Prague effects staff includes artists from the teams that worked on “XXX, ” “The Bourne Identity” and “Casino Royale” and is supervised from the Afterburner offices in Los Angeles.
- 7/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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