One of the sites had a 20 question trivia contest about Riley. Smith was a basketball player in high school. He found it ironic to be making a movie at Dana College because he was recruited by the school on a basketball scholarship. Thompson Rogers, a venture capitalist from Omaha, gave Hoeger and Anderson start up money for Oberon Entertainment. Hoeger who also directs the movie, enlisted former Nebraskan Don Winslow to write the screenplay from some memoirs of former UNL football player George Mills.
Mills now lives in Omaha.
Winslow hooked L.A. producer Peter Heller on the idea for the film. Mike Hill, another former Nebraskan, will edit the film at Ron Howard's studio in Connecticut. She now resides in Omaha. Jonathan Wayne Wilson, Robert Lodge, Don Jackson, Bruce Gregory, Vicky J. Sayles, and Mark Famiglietti, are other cast members. Hoeger isn't sure if the movie will hit the big screen or go straight to t.v.