There’s a huge marine base called Twentynine ... He challenged her to write the script for “Atropia” in only four weeks. “It was my most romantic writing experience because I was writing ...

But there’s just so many precious moments in the script, and it’s compiled with uncertainty and comedy. Gilberto Ortiz, who plays Private iPod in "Atropia" sports a brown zip-up jacket and ...

By occasionally breaking character, switching roles and manipulating plans for their own gain, the characters meddle with Atropia’s military plans. Gates offers bits and pieces about the backstories ...

“There are multiple levels of it. She can just push her performance a little too much just to sell it. My mom saw ‘Shako Mako’ [Gates’ short film that serves as the basis for ‘Atropia ...

Atropia takes place at a military role-playing facility when ... and are inhabited by role-players that dress the part of Iraqi civilians. During battles, there are pyrotechnics involved, fake blood, ...

So we went out there with a friend, a camera and sound, and we shot two days and we made this little thing and we sort of looked at each other. We were like, ‘why aren’t we doing this?

There's a huge marine base called Twentynine ... He challenged her to write the script for "Atropia" in only four weeks. "It was my most romantic writing experience because I was writing directly ...