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LOGLINE: Hot Rods & Bot Rods!
LOGLINE: Hot Rods & Bot Rods!
PROJECT SUMMARY: Ever wonder what your car does at night, parked in the garage or on the street in front of your house, while you are asleep? Well, wonder no more. Somewhere in Orange County, California, hidden behind the chain-link fences of a salvage yard, FAST EDDIE, a former "hot rodder", and now, "backyard" custom car builder, has, with the help of his daughter-in-law, HOLLY, a computer software programmer, inadvertently developed a new kind of engine with an on-board "smart" computer that allows the "power-plants", of his one-of-kind "street rods" and "muscle cars", as well as, any other discarded vehicle in the yard, to "transform" into walking/talking robots -- and unheralded defenders of justice.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, fasten your seat belts, and welcome to the world of...GEARHEADS! Fast Eddie's cars, a classic hot rod and a 60's muscle car, suddenly became the fastest wheels on the drag strip. On any Sunday, he was winning event after event, accumulating trophies, cash, and notoriety. Speculation about his new engine designs spread like wildfire. The custom car/hot rod community is small, and rumors had spread from car show to car show, until one dark and stormy night, a competitor employed an industrial spy to steal the computer program so that his auto plant could start mass production of this new engine "platform", one that would allow him to introduce a line of cars to the public that would be more fuel efficient and out perform any other car on the road. Meanwhile, Fast Eddie and Holly had no idea of the extent of her software program's unlimited power -- the power to "transform" Fast Eddie's engines into sentient robots, otherwise known as...GEARHEADS. However, unbeknownst to the auto magnate, the disk his spy had liberated had a built-in virus, which affected everyone of his engines, making his cars unsafe and virtually unsellable. But then he quickly discovered the true nature of his new engines. After having spent millions tooling up his new line, and, rather than face bankruptcy, he decided to use his "transforming" engines, now known as ANNIHILATORS, in the pursuit of crime. By selling his cars for less than cost, he was able to ensure that seven out of every ten homes in the country had a Goddard in their garage, and a heinous "criminal" in their family. Now, a "car war" is raging on the "after midnight" streets of Southern California - one that the GEARHEADS must win.
The GEARHEADS are the first, and last, line of defense against an evil that prowls the city streets, under the cover of darkness. Every night, after the stroke of midnight, on the streets of Orange County, California, lurk the halogen-lit "eyes" of a pack of four-wheeled, fuel-injected, but otherwise ordinary looking, family vehicles (sedans, station wagons, and mini-vans) known as...the ANNIHILATORS. Like the GEARHEADS, the ANNIHILATORS' on-board computers allow their engines to "transform" into sentient robots. However, unlike the GEARHEADS, they are programmed to commit nefarious crimes. At the direction of J. PRESTON GODDARD, president of Goddard Motors, and creator of the ANNIHILATORS, they rob banks, break into top-secret military installations, and for kicks, terrorize local teenagers who cruise the late night boulevards of Orange County. And so, the GEARHEADS, at the direction of Fast Eddie, "patrol" these same streets, night after night, until the break of dawn, searching for their sworn enemy, in an effort to prevent harm to the humans and to prevent exposing their true identities.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, fasten your seat belts, and welcome to the world of...GEARHEADS! Fast Eddie's cars, a classic hot rod and a 60's muscle car, suddenly became the fastest wheels on the drag strip. On any Sunday, he was winning event after event, accumulating trophies, cash, and notoriety. Speculation about his new engine designs spread like wildfire. The custom car/hot rod community is small, and rumors had spread from car show to car show, until one dark and stormy night, a competitor employed an industrial spy to steal the computer program so that his auto plant could start mass production of this new engine "platform", one that would allow him to introduce a line of cars to the public that would be more fuel efficient and out perform any other car on the road. Meanwhile, Fast Eddie and Holly had no idea of the extent of her software program's unlimited power -- the power to "transform" Fast Eddie's engines into sentient robots, otherwise known as...GEARHEADS. However, unbeknownst to the auto magnate, the disk his spy had liberated had a built-in virus, which affected everyone of his engines, making his cars unsafe and virtually unsellable. But then he quickly discovered the true nature of his new engines. After having spent millions tooling up his new line, and, rather than face bankruptcy, he decided to use his "transforming" engines, now known as ANNIHILATORS, in the pursuit of crime. By selling his cars for less than cost, he was able to ensure that seven out of every ten homes in the country had a Goddard in their garage, and a heinous "criminal" in their family. Now, a "car war" is raging on the "after midnight" streets of Southern California - one that the GEARHEADS must win.
The GEARHEADS are the first, and last, line of defense against an evil that prowls the city streets, under the cover of darkness. Every night, after the stroke of midnight, on the streets of Orange County, California, lurk the halogen-lit "eyes" of a pack of four-wheeled, fuel-injected, but otherwise ordinary looking, family vehicles (sedans, station wagons, and mini-vans) known as...the ANNIHILATORS. Like the GEARHEADS, the ANNIHILATORS' on-board computers allow their engines to "transform" into sentient robots. However, unlike the GEARHEADS, they are programmed to commit nefarious crimes. At the direction of J. PRESTON GODDARD, president of Goddard Motors, and creator of the ANNIHILATORS, they rob banks, break into top-secret military installations, and for kicks, terrorize local teenagers who cruise the late night boulevards of Orange County. And so, the GEARHEADS, at the direction of Fast Eddie, "patrol" these same streets, night after night, until the break of dawn, searching for their sworn enemy, in an effort to prevent harm to the humans and to prevent exposing their true identities.
Gearheads created by Michael Charles Hill
© 2010 Factory Point Entertainment
[Gearhead art by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth - Used Without Permission]
[Gearhead art by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth - Used Without Permission]
