Jason Wayne Trost (born November 15, 1986) is an American director,
actor, producer, special effects artist, and screenwriter. He has
starred in all of the films that he has written and directed. He is
best known for his work on the films The FP and Vs.Jason Trost either
wears an eyepatch on his right eye or has his right eye covered in all
of his movies and public appearances. He has stated that this is done
out of necessity because he is blind in his right eye.Jason Trost
first attained a cult following in 2011 with the film The FP, a movie
which centers around a group of gangs that settle disputes by playing
a video game called "Beat-Beat Revelation" (a very similar game to
Dance Dance Revolution). Trost first got the idea for The FP when he
was 16 years old, and he lived in Frazier Park, California (which the
film is named after). Trost and his high-school friends used to play
Dance Dance Revolution and Def Jam Vendetta, and came up with a
concept for a setting in which urban gang members battled over turf
and pride through arcade dance games. The film also is a sort of
defiance piece, since Trost has claimed that the film's title was
intentionally made to mock The OC. Trost starred in the film as the
main protagonist, JTro.Since the release of The FP, Trost went on to
release the film Vs ("versus", abbreviated) in 2011. During
post-production, Vs went through a name change and was released with
the title All Superheroes Must Die (often seen as ASMD) in order to
make the movie more marketable. In contrast to The FP, ASMD is a more
serious action thriller which focuses on four superheroes who have
been stripped of their powers by an evil supervillain. The heroes then
have to race against the clock while playing sadistic games in order
save a small town from being destroyed. Trost described the film as
being a mixture of Saw and The Running Man. Trost starred in the film
as the superhero, Charge.
actor, producer, special effects artist, and screenwriter. He has
starred in all of the films that he has written and directed. He is
best known for his work on the films The FP and Vs.Jason Trost either
wears an eyepatch on his right eye or has his right eye covered in all
of his movies and public appearances. He has stated that this is done
out of necessity because he is blind in his right eye.Jason Trost
first attained a cult following in 2011 with the film The FP, a movie
which centers around a group of gangs that settle disputes by playing
a video game called "Beat-Beat Revelation" (a very similar game to
Dance Dance Revolution). Trost first got the idea for The FP when he
was 16 years old, and he lived in Frazier Park, California (which the
film is named after). Trost and his high-school friends used to play
Dance Dance Revolution and Def Jam Vendetta, and came up with a
concept for a setting in which urban gang members battled over turf
and pride through arcade dance games. The film also is a sort of
defiance piece, since Trost has claimed that the film's title was
intentionally made to mock The OC. Trost starred in the film as the
main protagonist, JTro.Since the release of The FP, Trost went on to
release the film Vs ("versus", abbreviated) in 2011. During
post-production, Vs went through a name change and was released with
the title All Superheroes Must Die (often seen as ASMD) in order to
make the movie more marketable. In contrast to The FP, ASMD is a more
serious action thriller which focuses on four superheroes who have
been stripped of their powers by an evil supervillain. The heroes then
have to race against the clock while playing sadistic games in order
save a small town from being destroyed. Trost described the film as
being a mixture of Saw and The Running Man. Trost starred in the film
as the superhero, Charge.
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