Interview:
Mike Elliott,
director,
"American Pie Presents: Girls Rules"
Directed by Mike Elliott, the American Pie franchise returns after an 8-year absence with a new direct-to-video sequel, Girls Rules. The fifth in the American Pie Presents DTV spinoff series, the gender-reversed Girls Rules finds four high school seniors making a pact to pursue their inner-most desire before they head off to college. Unbeknownst to each other, the friends target new boy at school Grant (Darren Barnet) to fulfill their needs. The cast is headlined by Madison Pettis as Annie, Piper Curda as Kayla, Natasha Behnam as Michelle, and Lizze Broadway as Stephanie, a Stifler by name and a Stifler by nature. American Pie Presents: Girls Rules is now available on digital and DVD. Mike Elliott began his career working for Roger Corman before shifting to producing such DTV sequels as 1997's Casper: A Spirited Beginning and 2008's WarGames: The Dead Code through the company he co-founded, Capital Arts Entertainment. Elliott has produced many DTV franchise titles for Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, beginning with Timecop: The Berlin Decision, Beethoven's 5th, and the American Pie Presents series. Over the past decade, Elliott has worked with UPHE and its production arm Universal 1440 Entertainment to produce such DTV franchise offerings as Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, Death Race 2, Death Race: Inferno, Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy, The Little Rascals Save the Day, The Scorpion King: Book of Souls, Kindergarten Cop 2, Honey 3: Dare to Dance, Honey: Rise Up and Dance, Bigger Fatter Liar, Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack, Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, Unbroken: Path to Redemption, How High 2, Undercover Brother 2, and this year's Bulletproof 2. In addition to American Pie Presents: Girls Rules, Elliott has directed the DTV sequels Beethoven's Big Break, Blue Crush 2, and The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power as well as A Warden's Ransom and November Rule. He also produced Halloween II, The Devil's Rejects, 31, and 3 From Hell for director Rob Zombie. Aired: Oct. 22, 2020 Web sites: https://www.uphe.com/movies/american-pie-presents-girls-rules |
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