{"id":5111,"date":"2014-05-08T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T20:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=5111"},"modified":"2014-05-08T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T20:46:00","slug":"video-interviews-the-cast-of-moms-night-out-including-sarah-drew-sean-astin-on-making-a-faith-themed-family-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/05\/video-interviews-the-cast-of-moms-night-out-including-sarah-drew-sean-astin-on-making-a-faith-themed-family-comedy.html","title":{"rendered":"Video interviews: The cast of &#8220;Moms&#8217; Night Out&#8221; (including Sarah Drew &amp; Sean Astin) on making a faith-themed family comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399568096388_11087\">\n<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Moms&#039; Night Out: Extended Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZTmFa-2l4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><strong>My talk show.<\/strong> As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/05\/kevin-and-sam-sorbo-speak-out-in-support-of-gosnell-movie-ragamuffin-biopic-tells-story-of-late-christian-singersongwriter-rich-mullins.html\">I previously mentioned<\/a>, I spent last week hanging out in Hollywood where I attended the red carpet premiere of <em>Moms&#8217; Night Out<\/em>, the new Erwin Brothers&#8217; faith and family-friendly comedy about the challenges and importance of motherhood that is perfectly timed to open wide in theaters this Mother&#8217;s Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/05\/patricia-heaton-plays-a-pastors-wife-in-the-big-screen-family-comedy-moms-night-out.html\">my conversation with Patricia Heaton<\/a> about\u00a0about her role as a mother and pastor&#8217;s wife in the film (which, BTW, I&#8217;ll review tomorrow). Today, I chat (on video no less!) with the rest of the cast, including Sarah Drew (<em>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/em>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/08\/sean-astin-talks-about-his-eclectic-faith-journey-his-love-of-animals-and-his-role-in-an-upcoming-christian-comedy-from-the-erwin-brothers.html\">Sean Astin<\/a> (<em>Lord of the Rings, Rudy<\/em>) who play the parents at the center of the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>[bcvideo vid=&#8217;3546489454001&#8242; pid=&#8217;96582452001&#8242; height=&#8217;410&#8242; width=&#8217;480&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p>I also had the opportunity to chat with the <em>Courageous<\/em> trio of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/07\/courageous-filmmaker-alex-kendrick-branches-out-with-a-new-book-a-new-erwin-brothers-comedy-and-a-new-production-company.html\">Alex Kendrick<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/07\/courageous-buddies-kevin-downes-and-robert-amaya-join-forces-again-for-moms-night-out.html\">Robert Amaya and Kevin Downes<\/a> who reunited for this film. Downes, BTW, is also one of the producers of <em>Moms&#8217; Night Out &#8212; <\/em>along with Jon and Andy Erwin, Patricia Heaton and her husband David Hunt (who plays a cabbie in the movie) and Pure Flix mogul David A.R. White (<em>God&#8217;s Not Dead<\/em>). <br id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399568096388_11067\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399568096388_11091\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399568096388_11095\">[bcvideo vid=&#8217;3546639761001&#8242; pid=&#8217;96582452001&#8242; height=&#8217;410&#8242; width=&#8217;480&#8242;]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Abbie Cobb (left, of ABC&#8217;s <em>Suburgatory<\/em>), Sammi Hanratti (middle, of the online series <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chosen_%28TV_series%29\"><em>Ch:os:en<\/em><\/a> seen via Crackle) and Andrea Logan White (right, of Pure Flix&#8217;s <em>Revelation Road<\/em> movies), round out the female members of the cast. White, who plays Amaya&#8217;s newly-pregnant wife in the film, is in real-life married to David A.R. White.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399568096388_11081\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399568096388_11085\"><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399568096388_11084\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/b>[bcvideo vid=&#8217;3546730058001&#8242; pid=&#8217;96582452001&#8242; height=&#8217;410&#8242; width=&#8217;480&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p>And, as a bonus, here are directors Jon and Andy Erwin who say they chose the project as a change of pace from their sleeper hit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/03\/compelling-october-baby-arrives-in-movie-theaters-the-erwin-brothers-talk-about-bringing-the-story-of-a-child-who-survived-an-abortion-to-the-mainstream-movie-audiences.html\"><em>October Baby<\/em><\/a> (which dealt with the serious theme of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theabortionsurvivors.com\/\">abortion survivors<\/a>) and as a sort of bow of appreciation to their wives (and mother of their children).\u00a0 I should note that Jon co-wrote the script for <em>Moms&#8217; Night Out<\/em> with Andrea Gyertson Nasfell (UP TV&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/12\/review-scarecrow-and-huggy-bear-team-for-silver-bells-tonight-on-up.html\"><em>Silver Bells<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/11\/touched-by-a-christmas-angel-della-reese-talks-about-her-role-in-a-new-gmc-tv-movie-and-the-ongoing-legacy-of-her-classic-tv-series.html\"><em>Christmas Angel<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399577850590_2653\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399577850590_2647\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399577850590_2651\"><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399577850590_2650\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/b>[bcvideo vid=&#8217;3546594293001&#8242; pid=&#8217;96582452001&#8242; height=&#8217;410&#8242; width=&#8217;480&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow:<\/strong> My review of <em>Moms&#8217; Night Out<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1399568096388_11082\">\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><b>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. My talk show. As I previously mentioned, I spent last week hanging out in Hollywood where I attended the red carpet premiere of Moms&#8217; Night Out, the new Erwin Brothers&#8217; faith and family-friendly comedy about the challenges and importance of motherhood that is perfectly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,1257,24,31,1],"tags":[35,6671,3507,6673,6670,6667,5183,6672,5114,2433,399,6669,6668,6656,5243,6666],"class_list":["post-5111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-feminism","category-movies","category-television","category-uncategorized","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-abbie-cobb-abcs-suburgatory-and-sammi-hanratti-of-the-online-series-chosen-seen-via-crackle","tag-abortion-survivors","tag-andrea-gyertson-nasfell-up-tvs-silver-bells-and-christmas-angel","tag-andrea-logan-white-of-pure-flixs-revelation-road-movies","tag-courageous-trio-of-alex-kendrick","tag-david-hunt","tag-directors-jon-and-andy-erwin","tag-moms-night-out","tag-october-baby","tag-patricia-heaton","tag-pure-flix-mogul-david-a-r-white-gods-not-dead","tag-robert-amaya-and-kevin-downes","tag-rudy","tag-sarah-drew-greys-anatomy","tag-sean-astin-lord-of-the-rings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video interviews: The cast of &quot;Moms&#039; Night Out&quot; (including Sarah Drew &amp; Sean Astin) on making a faith-themed family comedy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Video interviews: The cast of &quot;Moms&#039; Night Out&quot; (including Sarah Drew &amp; Sean Astin) on making a faith-themed family comedy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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