BTL Radio Show - 12/15/2025 with guest RYAN FRANCIS talking about SPEED TRAIN

Описание: It's the final BEHIND THE LENS for 2025!!   And this week, we shine a light on a man who’s a producer, director, writer, and actor in his latest film, SPEED TRAIN - RYAN FRANCIS.

I have had the pleasure of knowing Ryan for over two decades.  I reviewed his first short directorial film and multiple feature films thereafter, and interviewed him.  And over the years, he has moved from being an actor in front of the camera to going behind the camera into directing and, most recently, also producing.  And now he brings us a fast-paced, entertaining futuristic film that posits some interesting questions for us as individuals and a society - SPEED TRAIN.

SPEED TRAIN is set in a distant future where tech reigns supreme, and a disgraced tech genius hijacks a bullet train and uses the brain-chipped passengers as weapons. As chaos erupts, rebels, cheerleaders, and an FBI agent must battle AI threats and mercenaries alike. With time running out, they fight not only for survival but to reclaim their freedom from a world slipping into digital control.

Directed by Ryan Francis and written by Ryan Francis and Judah Ray, SPEED TRAIN stars Nicky Whelan, Scout Taylor-Compton, Oliver Masucci, Louis Mandylor, Jade Patteri, Liana Ramirez, Mike Manning, Kristos Andrews, and Devanny Pinn.

In this very candid, fun, and unfettered conversation, writer/director/producer and actor Ryan Francis discusses his career growth from acting to directing, highlighting his recent film SPEED TRAIN, as well as discussing at length some of his prior films of late in which he only acts or serves an Executive Producer versus directing; notably, “Reverence” (in which he has a killer death scene - pun intended), “The Jurassic Games: Extinction”, “Trail of Vengeance”, “The Flood”, and “3 Days in Malay”.  He also discusses two upcoming films he’s excited about, “Bruton” and “Bring the Law.”

As we specifically dig into the making of SPEED TRAIN, Ryan shares the challenges of directing a futuristic sci-fi film in 12 days with a small budget, praising his team, particularly cinematographer Nico De La Fere and editor Austin Nordell, as well as working with producer Daemon Hillin and his Thailand crew.  A large portion of our conversation also discusses the film's themes of AI and human reliance on technology, which is something that plays a major role in SPEED TRAIN.  An interesting aspect of our discussion also revolves around the challenges of the film industry, the importance of maintaining a passion for making movies, and the need to bring audiences back to the theater experience.

Now, mind you.  This is only a 50+ minute portion of our interview.  There is still more that we covered on other cinematic subjects, such as distribution, but I’ll have that for you at a later date on www.behindthelensonline.net.  But right now, take a listen as director/writer/actor/producer RYAN FRANCIS talks all things SPEED TRAIN and more!


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