Wednesday June 14, 5:34 pm
Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: IMG Motorsports
Sylvester Stallone's CART-Based
Movie 'Champs' Continues Filming at Tenneco Automotive Grand
Prix Of Detroit
DETROIT, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Franchise Pictures, the production
company for the Champ Car-based film preliminarily entitled ``Champs,''
will continue shooting footage for the feature at this weekend's
19th Annual Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit.
Sylvester Stallone, featured
star and producer of the film, will be at The Raceway on Belle
Isle to continue work on the project. Cast members joining Stallone
at Detroit are supermodel Estella Warren and German actor Till
Schweiger.
The focal points of this
weekend's filming will be post-race celebrations and Victory
Circle activities. This will occur after the formal victory ceremonies
for the CART FedEx Championship Series race on Sunday afternoon.
Additionally, over 200 film crew members will gather aerial footage
from helicopters over Belle Isle, shoot on-track action from
the pace cars, and do work in the pits throughout the race weekend
which is sanctioned by Troy, Mich.-based Championship Auto Racing
Teams.
``Champs'' is scheduled for
release to more than 3,000 movie theaters in the summer 2001.
The film is being distributed by Warner Brothers.
The Tenneco Automotive Grand
Prix of Detroit will be held June 16-18 at The Raceway on Belle
Isle. To order tickets, call 1-800-498-RACE or 313-870-7223 or
visit any TicketMaster location. Anyone interested in being a
part of the race as a volunteer should contact the Detroit Grand
Prix Association at 313-872-3472. For further event and ticket
information, visit www.imgmotorsports.com .
SOURCE: IMG Motorsports
- Craig Zablo (June 14, 2000) |
