Set in the future, the world is increasingly reliant on digital devices and one company, Arknight Industries holds the key to its access as they possess the only unhackable code.
A group of motocross riders known as the Moto Nostra and led by their spiritual leader A-Hole X, see the truth for what digital is: An invisible form of control.
So the Moto Nostra chose to live analog, TO LIVE FREE from digital influence, so they can attempt their crazy stunts and tricks, to challenge gravity and express their passion.
They start to organize secret underground events and perform death defying feats of courage that inspire the crowds to disconnect from digital.
Word spreads and a movement starts to gain momentum, and now some within Arknight see them as a potential threat.
GR224 was created as a 5 episode side story and proof of concept. The premise: A-Hole X scattered ancient digital devices, pre Y2K, in areas where digital devices are rendered useless because of unexplainable forces.
Before he mysteriously disappeared, he challenged his followers to find them all, seeding a rumor they hold the key to reset humanity.
Bearclaw, a rider way past his prime, finds a new purpose to be the one to retrieve all the artifacts, while Arknight Industries is afraid if these devices end up in the wrong hands they lose their digital dominance over the entire industry.
They have a special division led by the emotionally cold Agent Packard, who has his own hidden agenda to learn the secrets of these areas.
Moto Nostra is part of a larger content universe around Actions Sports, known as Flirting with Gravity. Modeled after the Star Wars universe, FWG told different types of stories, executed in genres of all types: Anime, horror, scripted, reality, etc. We want to make an open world to capture the action sports lifestyle.
Moto Nostra was the sci-fi/CGI format of this world. It took years to finally complete all the episodes yet the themes of how technology is ruling our lives is so timely and relevant now.
It might have been easier to make a CGI or graphic novel as our proof of concept. But the limitations of production provide a chance to be more creative. I love how each episode uses a different narrative technique. Moto Nostra is its own thing and we had a chance to tell engaging emotional stories and apply a wider range of storytelling techniques through use of music, sound design, visual graphics and a big bag of tricks to make this immersive world come to life.
Is it possible that athletes can inspire and change the world? In 2020, when Kobe Bryant passed away. Los Angeles citizens paid tribute and expressed they too approached life with a “Mamba Mentality” So yeah, watching a man fly on a bike through the air, doing crazy tricks for the sake of doing definitely can be an inspiration. It inspired me to make this series.
Warren grew up in San Francisco and in true deviance said F-U to being a doctor/lawyer or engineer and instead pursued his creative passions. He started as an advertising copywriter and has worked at award winning ad agencies across the country. Brands include, Pepsi, Reebok, General Motors, Kellogg’s and AT&T to name just a few.
Most advertising writers had screenplays in their drawers. Warren had an idea to use new digital cameras and editing software to create a web series. People weren’t doing that back then. After the success of, “The Wendy Channel” he moved west to LA.
He leveraged his editing skills to work on various docu-reality shows as he continued to build his library of original scripts and content. He earned credits on a wide range of shows, documentaries, and branded content.
As an American Asian Writer/Director, Warren is a collective mash-up of various influences, there’s a mixture of Asian auteur filmmakers, like Bong Joon-Ho, Wong Kar Wai, Chan Woo Park. Chris is an industry veteran, an affable chap. He started in US distribution for Tri-Star. He was a talent agent UTA running at independent features division. He then went to work as the VP of development for legendary producer Gerry Weintraub, where he green lit hits like Ocean’s Eleven.
Later became the president for Joss Whedon’s Mutant Enemy, where he managed a staff of writers for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Angel”, and fanboy favorite, “Firefly.”
Chris has launched numerous few start-ups and currently is an Innovative Director at Samsung.
After graduating from the University of Florida, Alyssa moved to New York and landed a job as a copy editor at ESPN The Magazine. One day, an editor walked up to her desk. “I hear you like to snowboard,” he said. Thus began Alyssa’s 10-year stint covering action sports.
She joined The Magazine full time, and went in front of the camera as the broadcast team at ESPN for the Global Rally Cross series and the global expansion of the X Games.
She expanded her broadcasting career by covering the 2012 Summer and 2014 Winter Olympics, and now you can see her on ESPN covering a variety of sporting events. Alyssa is also the author of Travis Pastrana’s autobiography, “The Big Jump: The Tao of Travis Pastrana.”
