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‘Citizen Gangster’ trailer up

Posted on: April 10th, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

Citizen Gangster (formerly titled Edwin Boyd) has released a trailer
for the film, in which I play a detective tracking Edwin. 

IFC releases the film on VOD on April 27, with a theatrical release in May.

Posted in Acting Projects, Film

WIGS AGAIN

Posted on: March 27th, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

During breaks in shooting a short film last night, I tried to catch up on 
my New Yorkers. Damn efficient crew moved too fast for me to get through more than two, grrr..  The upside:  one issue had a great piece by John Seabrook about YouTube commissioning original content for the site, and the future of television in general.  Wigs, the webisode I just wrapped, and rapped about, is part of this initiave.

Posted in Acting Projects, Tech, TV, Video (Online & Home)

William in Wigs

Posted on: March 25th, 2012 by wmapother 1 Comment

Google is very good at making offers we can’t refuse (e.g., Gmail, Google Maps,
searches for “all-night pizza delivery,” etc.).  I received mine via the prolific director-producers Rodrigo Garcia and Jon Avnet.  They’ve been commissioned—along with a number of Hollywood heavyweights—to create scripted content for YouTube (which is owned, of course, by Google).  They’ll be added to the site’s current channels of original content, most of which are unscripted.

The series is called Wigs, and they feature, predominantly, stories about women.  Rodrigo (the director of last year’s Oscar nominee Albert Nobbs) has spoken about the series to the LA Times and the magazine for the Directors Guild.

Actors in the series include Alfred Molina, Alison Janney, America Ferrara, Jennifer Garner.  Real slouches.  Mine was about speed dating.  Surprisingly, it’s not a horror flick. Melonie Diaz plays a women who suffers through a series of five-minute dates, poor thing.  I’m one of the guys, poor thing x 2.  The release, er, upload date is not yet known.  Stay tuned.

Posted in Acting Projects, News & Events, Tech, Video (Online & Home)

‘Scuzzball verisimilitude’

Posted on: February 22nd, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

That’s the high praise from TV Guide’s piece on my Justified ep.  They tossed out that bone
right after noting that I’m a Kentucky native.  Hmmm.

Television Without Pity tossed me their bone of the ‘Lost Alumnus of the Week’ for the same ep.

I am awash in glory.

Posted in Acting Projects, Louisville & KY, Photos of Wm, Press, TV

OK! from AICN

Posted on: February 21st, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

Ain’t It Cool News loooooves my upcoming episode of Justified. (Set in Harlan, KY, ‘natch.)
Sounds as if, y’all, that they had almost as much fun watching it as I did shooting it.  Almost.

Posted in Acting Projects, Louisville & KY, Photos of Wm, Press, TV