Let 'The Jurassic Games' begin again: Homegrown sequel premieres at OKC's deadCenter Film Fest

By Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

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While his actors take turns straddling a contraption that resembles a motorcycle chassis crossed with a mechanical bull, writer-director Ryan Bellgardt grabs his bullhorn.

"Here we go — and wind," the Edmond filmmaker cues a crew member, who obliges by switching on a leaf blower and pointing it at actor Bronsonn Taylor. "Good job, Bronsonn, just keep riding. ... Give me a 'whoa!' –— like a big one. You probably just almost got stepped on by a giant dinosaur that just barely missed you."

As the apparatus underneath Taylor bucks and rocks, it's the backdrop of towering trees that seems to be zipping across the high-definition LED screens surrounding the performer inside Boiling Point Media's LED Virtual Production Studio in Oklahoma City.