The Brady organization against gun violence is calling on Hollywood writers, directors and producers to examine onscreen gun violence and depictions of gun safety, asking the creative community to sign a pledge that’s already garnered more than 200 signatures of such names as Judd Apatow, Shonda Rhimes, Damon Lindelof and Jimmy Kimmel and the writers of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The pledge, while noting that the “responsibility lies with lax gun laws supported by those politicians more afraid of losing power than saving lives,” acknowledges that “America’s storytellers” have the power to “effect change.”
“Cultural attitudes toward smoking, drunk driving, seatbelts and marriage equality have all evolved due in large part to movies’ and TV’s influence. It’s time to take on gun safety,” the Brady pledge states, and goes on to ask writers, directors and producers to, whenever possible, to:
Use creativity “to model responsible gun ownership and...
The pledge, while noting that the “responsibility lies with lax gun laws supported by those politicians more afraid of losing power than saving lives,” acknowledges that “America’s storytellers” have the power to “effect change.”
“Cultural attitudes toward smoking, drunk driving, seatbelts and marriage equality have all evolved due in large part to movies’ and TV’s influence. It’s time to take on gun safety,” the Brady pledge states, and goes on to ask writers, directors and producers to, whenever possible, to:
Use creativity “to model responsible gun ownership and...
- 6/13/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
NCIS: Los Angeles Gets Backstopped
Marine Staff Sgt. Nelson Marcos, a combat engineer specializing in demolitions, is driving on the freeway in an SUV when pursuers in a blue sedan remotely set off a car bomb, killing him. The Osp team investigates, but not before Agent Hunter (Claire Forlani) arbitrarily decides to partner Sam with Deeks and Callen with Kensi.
Hunter gave no reason for the shuffle, but again this week, most of the team respected her authority. Callen still didn’t trust her, but his mistrust was based only on a gut feeling. I had been looking forward to “Backstopped” for the character experiment it presented. I wondered what Deeks and Sam, Callen and Kensi might bring out of each other that their usual partners do not. As it turned out, neither new partnership revealed much of anything. The shuffle was played mostly for humor.
Sam and Deeks visited...
Marine Staff Sgt. Nelson Marcos, a combat engineer specializing in demolitions, is driving on the freeway in an SUV when pursuers in a blue sedan remotely set off a car bomb, killing him. The Osp team investigates, but not before Agent Hunter (Claire Forlani) arbitrarily decides to partner Sam with Deeks and Callen with Kensi.
Hunter gave no reason for the shuffle, but again this week, most of the team respected her authority. Callen still didn’t trust her, but his mistrust was based only on a gut feeling. I had been looking forward to “Backstopped” for the character experiment it presented. I wondered what Deeks and Sam, Callen and Kensi might bring out of each other that their usual partners do not. As it turned out, neither new partnership revealed much of anything. The shuffle was played mostly for humor.
Sam and Deeks visited...
- 10/5/2011
- by Gerald So
- Boomtron
Just when you thought it was safe to walk around Tree Hill at night, a killer gets cast for One Tree Hill’s final season. Entertainment weekly reports that Andrew Elvis Miller will be playing an Eastern European assassin with a “flair for the dramatic.” Every inch of me hopes that he uses smoke bombs and glitter to make his escapes, or sings show tunes while he stalks you. Of course, that might be the wrong kind of dramatic. He’s probably more along the lines of using horror movie clichés to get to his victims, like stepping out of the shadows with a machete when you leave your friends to go pee in the woods. That’s pretty dramatic I’d say.
One Tree Hill Season 9 Cast Updates
The most obvious question that should be on everybody’s mind when a show introduces a trained killer is “Who is going to die?...
One Tree Hill Season 9 Cast Updates
The most obvious question that should be on everybody’s mind when a show introduces a trained killer is “Who is going to die?...
- 8/23/2011
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Actor Andrew Elvis Miller has been cast as a dangerous killer for the final season of The CW's One Tree Hill. Miller will appear in a recurring role as an Eastern European assassin throughout the 13-episode ninth and final season of the long-running drama when it returns next year. Miller has previously enjoyed minor roles in shows such as The Sopranos, The Gate and Criminal Minds. The CW officially ordered a final season of One Tree (more)...
- 8/20/2011
- by By Tom Ayres
- Digital Spy
Andrew Elvis Miller has landed a killer role on One Tree Hill.
The character actor - who has enjoyed small parts in Criminal Minds, Miami Medical and The Gates, among other programs - will recur throughout the final season of One Tree Hill as an Eastern European assassin.
How the heck does he come into play? Who might he whack? Viewers will need to wait until January for some answers.
The character actor - who has enjoyed small parts in Criminal Minds, Miami Medical and The Gates, among other programs - will recur throughout the final season of One Tree Hill as an Eastern European assassin.
How the heck does he come into play? Who might he whack? Viewers will need to wait until January for some answers.
- 8/19/2011
- by matt@tvfanatic.com (TV Fanatic Staff)
- TVfanatic
Who’s the hit man coming to One Tree Hill?
Character actor Andrew Elvis Miller will play a deadly killer in the upcoming ninth and final season of CW’s veteran soap.
Miller’s character is a Eastern European assassin with a flair for the dramatic (and, from the looks of things, rather nice teeth). Miller has previously appeared in episodes of The Sopranos, Ugly Betty and Criminal Minds.
Especially since it’s the final season, the presence of hit man on the show could mean some serious stuff is about to go down … who would you like Miller to whack?...
Character actor Andrew Elvis Miller will play a deadly killer in the upcoming ninth and final season of CW’s veteran soap.
Miller’s character is a Eastern European assassin with a flair for the dramatic (and, from the looks of things, rather nice teeth). Miller has previously appeared in episodes of The Sopranos, Ugly Betty and Criminal Minds.
Especially since it’s the final season, the presence of hit man on the show could mean some serious stuff is about to go down … who would you like Miller to whack?...
- 8/19/2011
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV News
Although 'One Tree Hill' started off as a typical high school drama about two half-brothers who didn't get along (but were both good at basketball, awwww), it soon turned into one of my favorite soapy guilty pleasures.
I actually liked even better after the five-year flash forward, when everyone had a super awesome job and Nathan played slam ball, which is normal basketball but with trampolines and is actually a real thing. Also Nanny Carrie kidnapped Jamie and Deb killed her after a chase through a cornfield. And Dave Navarro showed up for a condom water balloon fight!
Anyway, this is all to say that I couldn't be more excited about today's news that 'Oth' has cast Andrew Elvis Miller to play an Eastern European assassin, according to Entertainment Weekly. Just to remind you, this is small-town North Carolina we're talking about, a...
Although 'One Tree Hill' started off as a typical high school drama about two half-brothers who didn't get along (but were both good at basketball, awwww), it soon turned into one of my favorite soapy guilty pleasures.
I actually liked even better after the five-year flash forward, when everyone had a super awesome job and Nathan played slam ball, which is normal basketball but with trampolines and is actually a real thing. Also Nanny Carrie kidnapped Jamie and Deb killed her after a chase through a cornfield. And Dave Navarro showed up for a condom water balloon fight!
Anyway, this is all to say that I couldn't be more excited about today's news that 'Oth' has cast Andrew Elvis Miller to play an Eastern European assassin, according to Entertainment Weekly. Just to remind you, this is small-town North Carolina we're talking about, a...
- 8/19/2011
- by Jean Bentley
- Aol TV.
They.ve been hiding out for ten years, but now a group of murderous cannibals are back. Lookout if you.re in Maine. Author Jack Ketchum.s novel is turned into a bloody mess but it.s not much of a movie unless you.re into gore. In Dead River, Maine a brutal killing brings the local authorities to the door of former police officer George Peters (Art Hindle) as he investigated similar killings a decade ago. Meanwhile David (Andrew Elvis Miller), Amy (Amy Hargreaves), and their infant daughter are expecting a visit from their friend Claire (Ahna Tessler) and her son Luke (Tommy Nelson). Clair is going through a messy divorce and the couple is horrified to learn that her violent husband...
- 10/13/2009
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Modernciné just sent over word that the trailer for its new Jack Ketchum-based shocker Offspring has hit the web. You can have a look at it below the cut.
Directed by Andrew van den Houten from Ketchum’s screenplay adaptation of his own novel, Offspring is about a small town beset by a tribe of vicious, feral cannibals living in the surrounding woods. Genre vet Art Hindle, Pollyanna McIntosh, Ahna Tessler, Amy Hargreaves, Eric Kastel, Andrew Elvis Miller and Spencer List star. Van den Houten reports that the film is nearly complete, and that he and the Modernciné team are already discussing a sequel. He also asks fans to contribute to his cancer charity “P.A.M.’s Run”; which you can do here.
You can see a webisode with Ketchum discussing Offspring (in which he also has a small acting role) here and our exclusive first set visit here,...
Directed by Andrew van den Houten from Ketchum’s screenplay adaptation of his own novel, Offspring is about a small town beset by a tribe of vicious, feral cannibals living in the surrounding woods. Genre vet Art Hindle, Pollyanna McIntosh, Ahna Tessler, Amy Hargreaves, Eric Kastel, Andrew Elvis Miller and Spencer List star. Van den Houten reports that the film is nearly complete, and that he and the Modernciné team are already discussing a sequel. He also asks fans to contribute to his cancer charity “P.A.M.’s Run”; which you can do here.
You can see a webisode with Ketchum discussing Offspring (in which he also has a small acting role) here and our exclusive first set visit here,...
- 2/3/2009
- Fangoria
Beyond the break you can now watch the first trailer for Andrew van den Houten's Offspring, the latest Jack Ketchum adaptation, which was actually written by Ketchum. Survivors of a feral flesh-eating clan are chowing their way through the locals. Amy Halbard and Claire Carey strive to survive their abduction by the cannibals and save their children. A subplot involving Claire's despicable husband, Steven, gives an opportunity to cleverly compare predatory civilized folk to the appetite-driven primitives. Art Hindle, Pollyanna McIntosh, Ahna Tessler, Amy Hargreaves, Eric Kastel, Andrew Elvis Miller, Spencer List, Tommy Nelson, Jessica Butler and Rachel White all star.
- 2/3/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
Director/producer Andrew van den Houten sent along another exclusive webisode documenting the production of his new horror film Offspring that you can see below the cut. This one features none other than veteran horror author Jack Ketchum, who also scripted from his book and makes a cameo appearance in the film.
Offspring, based on the sequel to Ketchum’s gory groundbreaker Off Season, stars Black Christmas and The Brood star Art Hindle along with Pollyanna McIntosh, Ahna Tessler, Amy Hargreaves, Eric Kastel, Andrew Elvis Miller and Spencer List in the story of a cannibal tribe that goes after the residents of a small town—particularly two women who previously survived capture by the flesheaters. Click here to see another clip and here for an exclusive set report, and visit Offspring’s official website here.
Offspring, based on the sequel to Ketchum’s gory groundbreaker Off Season, stars Black Christmas and The Brood star Art Hindle along with Pollyanna McIntosh, Ahna Tessler, Amy Hargreaves, Eric Kastel, Andrew Elvis Miller and Spencer List in the story of a cannibal tribe that goes after the residents of a small town—particularly two women who previously survived capture by the flesheaters. Click here to see another clip and here for an exclusive set report, and visit Offspring’s official website here.
- 2/2/2009
- Fangoria
Maximum Vacuum
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A video-shot effort that all too readily reveals its stage origins, "Fixing Frank" is nonetheless a thought-provoking and involving film that is a natural for gay-oriented film fests and eventual cable and video distribution. This drama about a psychotherapist who purports to cure gay people of their homosexual leanings, previously produced onstage in New York and Los Angeles, features compelling dialogue and a trio of strong performances from leads Dan Butler, Andrew Elvis Miller and Paul Provenza. It was recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Frank Johnston (Miller) is a free-lance writer who has been encouraged by his boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza), a psychotherapist, to pose as a new patient of Dr. Apsey (Butler), who specializes in converting gays to heterosexuality. Frank, pretending to be desirous of such a change, starts having sessions with the doctor, who he initially assumes is a quack. But the doctor's nonjudgmental and nonconfrontational approach starts to rattle Frank, who begins questioning both his own motives and the true state of his relationship with his lover.
Director Michael Selditch is ultimately hampered both by the poor quality of the video format and the extremely talky script, which appears to have been very closely adapted from the original play. Thus, most of the film consists of intense conversation shot in extreme close-up, which quickly generates feelings of claustrophobia. Fortunately, however, the dialogue is provocative, intelligent, natural sounding and well-delivered by the three lead actors, who inhabit their characters with a compelling mixture of fearlessness and sensitivity. Butler is particularly effective, easily conveying the astute intelligence that enables the doctor to manipulate his new patient with such ease.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A video-shot effort that all too readily reveals its stage origins, "Fixing Frank" is nonetheless a thought-provoking and involving film that is a natural for gay-oriented film fests and eventual cable and video distribution. This drama about a psychotherapist who purports to cure gay people of their homosexual leanings, previously produced onstage in New York and Los Angeles, features compelling dialogue and a trio of strong performances from leads Dan Butler, Andrew Elvis Miller and Paul Provenza. It was recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Frank Johnston (Miller) is a free-lance writer who has been encouraged by his boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza), a psychotherapist, to pose as a new patient of Dr. Apsey (Butler), who specializes in converting gays to heterosexuality. Frank, pretending to be desirous of such a change, starts having sessions with the doctor, who he initially assumes is a quack. But the doctor's nonjudgmental and nonconfrontational approach starts to rattle Frank, who begins questioning both his own motives and the true state of his relationship with his lover.
Director Michael Selditch is ultimately hampered both by the poor quality of the video format and the extremely talky script, which appears to have been very closely adapted from the original play. Thus, most of the film consists of intense conversation shot in extreme close-up, which quickly generates feelings of claustrophobia. Fortunately, however, the dialogue is provocative, intelligent, natural sounding and well-delivered by the three lead actors, who inhabit their characters with a compelling mixture of fearlessness and sensitivity. Butler is particularly effective, easily conveying the astute intelligence that enables the doctor to manipulate his new patient with such ease.
- 12/3/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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