HBO’s ‘DMZ‘ starring Rosario Dawson is now casting and hiring actors for acting jobs in Atlanta, Georgia.
Casting directors and producers are now hiring various HBO acting jobs in Atlanta, Georgia. Rose Locke Casting is currently hiring background actors, stand-ins, and photo doubles for the new HBO series ‘DMZ’ by Ava Duvernary and starring Rosario Dawson.
Casting directors are now looking for the following talent:
- Actors
- Background Actors
- Stand-ins
- Extras
- Photo Doubles
About HBO’s ‘DMZ’:
Deadline reports Rosario Dawson will star in the HBO Max Pilot ‘DMZ’ from Ava DuVernay. The Warner Bros. Television series is based on the DC comic book series from Brian Wood and will be directed by Ava DuVernay who will executive produce and show run the show. Writer Roberto Patino will write the series.
The comic book series is published by the Vertigo franchise and it takes place in the future where America is stuck in a bitter civil war, leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. Rosario Dawson will play Alma Ortego, a medico who goes on a journey of saving lives while looking for her son. She fights with gangs, militias, warlords, and influencers who control the is new world order, she becomes the hope that the world is missing.
‘DMZ’ is DuVernay’s second DC project. She is currently working on a movie adaptation of Jack Kirby’s ‘New Gods’. DMZ will be produced by DuVernay’s Array Filmworks in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Dawson recently finished working on the USA Network series ‘Briarpatch‘, which filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is expected to have a one-year deal for the ‘Briarpatch’ series.
This is not Dawson’s first comic book production. She appeared in the ‘Sin City’ movies. She also appeared in the Netflix Marvel series including ‘Daredevil‘, ‘Iron Fist’, ‘The Defenders’, and ‘Luke Cage’. She is also the voice of Wonder Woman on several DC animated productions, the voice of Batgirl in The Lego Batman Movie. Most recently, she appeared int he final season of The CW’s ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’, which also filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.
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HBO’s ‘DMZ’ acting auditions:
According to IMDB, Alexis Booth and Mike Page are the executives in charge of casting for the ‘DMZ’ HBO series. Alexis Booth is most known for working on the casting department for several hit movies including ‘X-Men: First Class’, ‘Jack and Jill’, and ‘Wrecked’. According to Mike Page’s biography, Page worked ABC’s ‘Brothers & Sisters’ and in pre-production for the feature film ‘Twilight’. Casting credits include working on hit shows such as Weeds, Community, Arrow, Raising Hope, My Name is Earl, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, The Defenders, The Ex List, Alcatraz & Fringe. Page also managed casting at TNT & TBS and later for TruTV and HBO Max as Director of Casting, working on pilots & series such as Animal Kingdom, Claws, Wrecked, Angie Tribeca, Love Life, Station Eleven, Search Party, etc.
For a TV series this big, casting directors are contacting talent through talent agencies. If you are interested in a speaking role in the upcoming new season contact your talent agent for an audition. If you do not have an agent, check out our guide to landing an acting agent here. Check out our list of talent agencies you should know below:
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Extras Casting Calls
To audition for a background acting job in the upcoming HBO series ‘DMZ’, check out the Atlanta casting calls below:
How to apply:
HBO’s ‘DMZ’ Extras Casting Call
- Hispanic Man or Woman to portray photographer
- Ages: 18+
- Asian men & women to portray Chinatown citizens of DMZ
- Ages: 18+
- Asian children to portray Chinatown kids of DMZ
- Ages: 8-13
- Hispanic Man or Woman to portray a Tattoo Artist – MUST have real experience!
- *higher rate*
- Ages: 18+
- Hispanic Men and Women to portray Spanish Harlem King and Queens
CURRENTLY SEEKING FOR “DMZ”
Mini-series for MAJOR network filming in the ATL area!
Pay rate: $80/8 + $25 COVID bump (per test)
(TWO PCR test required – 3rd party testing also accepted)
FRIDAY 7/16 AND SATURDAY 7/17
***TWO DAY BOOKING, OVERNIGHT****
CITY HALL
- Men & women of all ethnicities to portray various groups of DMZ
- Ages: 18+
COVID TESTING DAYS:
WED 7/14 AND THURS 7/15
CURRENTLY SEEKING FOR “DMZ”
Mini-series for MAJOR network filming in the ATL area!
Pay rate: $80/8 + $25 COVID bump (per test)
(TWO PCR test required – 3rd party testing also accepted)
FRIDAY 7/16 AND SATURDAY 7/17
***TWO DAY BOOKING, OVERNIGHT****
“LATIN X”
- Latin Men and Women to portray DMZ group “Latin X”
- Ages: 18+
COVID TESTING DAYS:
WED 7/14 AND THURS 7/15
CURRENTLY SEEKING FOR “DMZ”
Mini-series for MAJOR network filming in the ATL area!
Pay rate: $80/8 + $25 COVID bump (per test)
(TWO PCR test required – 3rd party testing also accepted)
***TWO DAY BOOKING, OVERNIGHT****
- HASIDIC JEWISH MEN
- Caucasian men with FULL beards to portray Hasidic Jewish men of the DMZ!
- Ages: 18+
COVID TESTING DAYS: WED 7/14 AND THURS 7/15
- Women of all ethnicities to portray DAUGHTERS OF LILITH
- Ages: 18+
- Men & women to portray ASIAN citizens Ages: 18+
HOSPITAL
- Men & women of all ethnicities to portray clinic patients, workers, & visitors
- Ages: 18+
- Men & women to portray citizens of DMZ!
- Ages: 18+
- All ethnicities & types of people – seeking diversity!
See below for current needs, more to come!
CURRENTLY SEEKING FOR “DMZ”
- Woman to portray teenager
- Ages:18-25
- YOUNG looking
- COVID testing days:
- WEDNESDAY 6/16 OR THURS 6/17
- *1 PCR test required – proof of testing from elsewhere accepted
“SH KING CORE”
CURRENTLY SEEKING FOR “DMZ”
See below for current needs, more to come!
- African American or mixed ethnicity female
- Ages: 18-50
- Dark hair, similar skin tone
- 5’6″-5’8″
- Male with olive skin tone
- Ages: 18-50
- Dark hair
- 6′-6’2″
- Men & women to portray medics
- Ages: 18+
- COVID testing days FRI 6/11 & SAT 6/12
- *Two tests required – proof of testing from elsewhere accepted
- Men & women to portray soldiers
- Ages: 18+
- COVID testing days FRI 6/11 & SAT 6/12
- *Two tests required – proof of testing from elsewhere accepted
- Men & women to portray detainees
- Ages: 18+
- COVID testing days FRI 6/11 & SAT 6/12
- *Two tests required – proof of testing from elsewhere accepted
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