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Beats Per Limit

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Matthew Simpson

STATUS
Developement

PRODUCERS
Calia Brencsons-Van Dyk
Marion Comengre
Ben Wiebe

STORY BY 
Matthew Simpson
River Simpson

LOGLINE
Against all odds, a skinny gym cleaner born with a life-threatening heart defect and living with an ICD, transforms his body and risks everything to compete in the ultimate elimination fitness competition: BPL


 

STORY

The story is inspired by a close friend of mine who was born with a rare heart condition and always said he’d love to go to the gym with me, but it was just too dangerous because of his arrhythmia. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago, and the thought of him wanting to train his whole life stayed with me. That “what if?” is what drives the film.

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Beats Per Limit will be the first film to capture a real physical transformation onscreen in one film. No VFX. No filters. Just real change on screen.

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However, Beats Per Limit is more than just a film. It isn’t something you watch. It’s a story that lives beyond the screen.  The BPL competition featured in the film is being brought to life as a real-world fitness event.

PROJECT OVERVIEW Beats Per Limit (BPL) is a multi-platform story universe anchored by a gr
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