Georgia’s film industry is now ranked 3rd in the world.
With over 30 movies and TV shows currently filming in Georgia, it is hard to deny that Georgia has one of the biggest film industries in the world.
On Tuesday, SCAD held a panel discussion on the current state of the film industry in Georgia and many of the panelists agreed that are going well for the Peach State.
“The incentive program started in 2008 and it has been a landslide,” said Craig Miller from the Georgia Production Partnership.
Miller says it’s resulted in the building of 13 film studios. He says in 2015, 240 films, television programs and music videos were all produced in Georgia, putting the state behind only New York and Los Angeles in terms of the number of productions.
In comparison, Louisiana’s once thriving film industry is struggling to compete with Georgia. According to Louisiana Film Industry website, LouisianaEntertainment.gov, there are only five movies and TV shows filming in Louisiana.
Meanwhile, North Carolina, a state that used to be Georgia’s biggest competition, only features four TV shows and movies.
But, Georgia’s feature film industry may be in trouble. Recently, Australia granted a 40% tax incentive to feature films that decide to film in Queensland, Australia. Since that announcement, Marvel’s Thor and several other feature films are expected to film on the Gold Coast. It is important to keep in mind that Thor was supposed to film in Georgia.
Chipotle shuts down 40 restaurants after feeding people E.Coli loaded burrito bowls.
Chipotle restaurant chain closed more than 40 stores after an outbreak of E. coli in Washington and Oregon, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Health.
About 30% sent people to the hospital.
A spokesperson for Chipotle said in a statement that people who got sick ate at six different Chipotle restaurants.
“After being notified by health department officials in the Seattle and Portland, Ore. areas that they were investigating approximately 20 cases of E. coli, including people who ate at six of our restaurants in those areas, we immediately closed all of our restaurants in the area out of an abundance of caution, even though the vast majority of these restaurants have no reported problems.”
It’s been a pretty bad year for Chipotle’s food safety record. Earlier this year, two lawsuits were filed in Minnesota and California claiming Chipotle food caused salmonella and norovirus outbreaks.
In fact, according to the Food Poison Journal, there have been at several outbreaks linked to Chipotle’s food over the past seven years.
Have you eaten Chipotle lately? Well, here are the symptoms associated with E.coli infection, according to the Mayo Clinic:
Among the many strains of E. coli, only a few trigger diarrhea. One group of E. coli — which includes O157:H7 — produces a powerful toxin that damages the lining of the small intestine, which can cause bloody diarrhea. You develop an E. coli infection when you ingest this strain of bacteria.
Unlike many other disease-causing bacteria, E. coli can cause an infection even if you ingest only small amounts. Because of this, you can be sickened by E. coli from eating a slightly undercooked hamburger or from swallowing a mouthful of contaminated pool water.
Actor Billy Bob Thornton (Our Brand is Crisis) was a passenger in a car accident and was taken to the hospital on Friday, October 30th.
Apparently, Billy Bob Thornton was a passenger in a car that crashed into another car in West Hollywood, according to TMZ.
Multiple outlets report that the car accident was only minor. Thornton checked out of the hospital on the same day and resumed working on his latest feature film by noon that same day.
Billy Bob Thornton’s latest movie, Our Brand is Crisis bombed in the box office. It was so bad it is reportedly Sandra Bullock’s worst movie in her acting career.
Hollywood is turning Atlanta’s Public School cheating scandal into a movie.
According to the New York Times, Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler, the team behind Fruitvale Station and Creed are turning the standardized cheating scandal that rattled Atlanta’s education system two years .
The project is still in development so details are not clear, but according to the New York Times, Michael B. Jordan will star in “Wrong Answer.”
Michael B. Jordan is currently playing the real-life lawyer Bryan Stevenson in “Just Mercy” a drama directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from Short Term 12.
Back in 2013, five teachers a principal and five educators were indicted following years of cheating. The indictment came as Atlanta students drastically improved their scores on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test, a standardized test administered by the state of Georgia.
Recently, 11 of the 12 educators were convicted of racketeering, a felony that can put these Atlanta educators behind bars for 20 years in prison. Many were convicted of other charges that could even lengthen their sentences.
It all started when the AJC began publishing articles in 2009 about the standardized test scores, which prompted Governonr Sonny Perdue to open an investigation into the matter. Two years later, the investigation found that cheating took place in at least 44 different schools and that one of Georgia’s major school districts had been seriously affected with “organized and systemic misconduct.”
Michael B. Jordan is expected to play an Atlanta schoolteacher caught in the middle of the scandal, according to the New York Times.
“The last thing Harvey needs is a boycott that will scare off Oscar voters and hurt the box office,” said one insider.
“Harvey is desperate to find a solution,” said my source. “He’s angry that Tarantino needlessly created a controversy that has nothing to do with the movie. It’s so pointless and unnecessary.” And bad for business.
Quentin Tarantino began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release ofReservoir Dogs in 1992. Quentin Tarantino’s work on Reservoir Dogs is regarded as a classic and cult hit, it was called the “Greatest Independent Film of All Time” by Empire. Its popularity was boosted by the release in 1994 of his second film, Pulp Fiction, a crime film that became a major critical and commercial success and judged the greatest film of the past 25 years by Entertainment Weekly.
Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, The Hateful Eight centers around a post-Civil War Wyoming, where bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. The Hateful Eight features Channing Tatum,WaltonGoggins,Jennifer Jason Leigh and SamuelL. Jackson.
Katie Holmes is demanding an apology from ABC following the 20/20 segment on Leah Remini controversial interview on Scientology.
Katie Holmes’ rep bashed ABC and accused the network of using the star’s name to boost the show’s ratings.
Last Friday on “Good Morning America”, ABC correspondent Dan Harris promoted a tell-all from Leah Remini and a comment from Katie Holmes. However, when the episode finally aired Holmes appearance was a brief 17-word statement.
In the interview, Remini, who’s new book, “Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology,” told Harris what it was like being a Scientology. “Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself . . . You are a person who is against the aims and goals of Scientology, you are evil.”
But, Katie Holmes was not too happy with the special.
But after ABC said viewers would “hear from” Holmes, her rep told Page Six, “The reporter seemed very overzealous — don’t use [my client] to [get] numbers on your show. Katie is 100 percent not appearing unless they magically superimposed her. They owe her an apology.”
An e-mail blast later Friday from the network said: “Katie Holmes declined to be interviewed by ABC News for their reports on Leah Remini’s new memoir . . . but her representatives provided this statement on her behalf.”
Sandra Bullock will star in an all-female Ocean’s Eleven reboot.
According to EW, Sandra Bullock has just confirmed the lead role in an all-female reboot of Ocean’s Eleven, with Hunger Games director Gary Ross to take over Steven Soderberg.
Development for the Ocean’s Eleven reboot started last year with producers George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh.
With Sandra Bullock landing the lead role, the question now becomes, who will fill out the rest of cast. Many fans of the Hunger Games are petitioning for Jennifer Lawrence to join the cast. Which may happen since, Lawrence worked extensively with Gary Ross in the past. However, Jennifer Lawrence is pretty busy. She is currently filming Passengerswith Chris Pratt in Atlanta and she is in talks to star in a Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For a Dream).
This news comes as Bullock’s latest movie, Our Brand is Crisis, bombed in the box office.
A Change.org petition has gone viral calling for ABC to remove Raven Symone from the View.
A Change.org petition titled “Petition to Remove Raven Symone from the View”, calls on Barbara Walters to replace the former Cosby Show child star from her position on the ABC talk show.
In three days since the petition went live, over 100,000 people have signed the petition.
The petition was started by Che Scott-Heron from the UK and the letter reads, “Raven Symone has been spouting her ignorant and self hating spiel on the view for Long enough, from stating that she wouldn’t hire somebody for having a ghetto name, to openly complaining about reverse racism, the final straw was her comment about the recent viral video of the school police officer assaulting the student, where Raven Symone said “get off your phone in school then”. African Americans and black people around the diaspora need a voice representative of their views and not a voice representative of what white people want us to say. We need strong black rolemodels in prominent positions on television an Raven Symone cannot provide that. That is why I ask that we petition to remove her from The View.”
With so many people upset with Raven Symone, an ABC spokesperson issued a statement responding to the critics. “We love Raven. She is confident, genuine and opinionated, all qualities that make her a great addition to the panel,” according to a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter.
The petition comes after Raven Symone’s recent controversial comments about the recent assault of a high school student by a South Carolina deputy:
“I used to be scared of my teachers, I was scared to go to the principal,” Raven-Symone continued. “And now, there’s so much ‘oomph’ or gusto in younger people — lack of respect — they feel like they can pop off at the mouth at an adult.”
AMC’s hit TV series ‘TURN: Washington’s Spies’ is now casting several new co-starring roles for Season 3, episode 2.
Arvold Casting is now casting speaking roles for season 3, episode 2 of the hit AMC TV series Turn: Washington Spies. Casting directors are looking for Caucasian male actors between the ages of 20 to early 50s.
Filming will take place between November 11th through November 20th. Auditions start November 2nd or through video auditions.
AMC’s television series Turn: Washington’s Spies is filming in the Central Virginia area, and Arvold Casting is seeking actors who look authentically from the Revolutionary War period for speaking roles. TURN is adapted from the nonfiction book Washington’s Spies by Alexander Rose. The story is centered on a band of young soldiers and civilians who were part of the secret spy ring during the Revolutionary War.
Seeking the following co-star (speaking) roles for episode 302:
[WILLIAM TRYON] Male, Late 40s – Early 50s, Caucasian. The Royal Governor of New York. Authentic British accent required.
[DAVID MATTHEWS] Male, 30s - 40s. Caucasian. The mayor of New York and friend of Tryon. His accent should have a British flavor to it, somewhere between an English and an American accent, reminding us that the colonies were still very tied to England and that these families had only been here for a few generations.
[BISHOP] Male, 30s, Caucasian. A vicious Redcoat. Authentic British accent required.
[COLONEL] Male, 40s 50s, Caucasian. A high ranking British officer. Authentic British accent required.
[SENTRY] Male, 20s 30s, Caucasian. He announces the arrival of a visitor. Authentic British accent required.
[YOUNG RANGER] Male, 20s, Caucasian. A Queen’s Ranger. Authentic British accent required.
To audition for a role on AMC’s Turn: Washington’s Spies click here.
Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.
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Here’s the reason why casting directors never cast non-white actors for lead roles.
In an interesting interview with some of the biggest casting directors in Hollywood, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg’s top choice for choosing actors to appear in the movies revealed some of the biggest secrets behind casting actors.
During the 23rd Hamptons International Film Festival, three of the industry’s biggest casting directors shared secrets and offered tips during a panel called “The Art of Casting: Casting Society of America.”
The panelists included Ellen Lewis, who has worked with Martin Scorsese for the past 25 years as well as several other major casting directors.
During the hour-long discussion, casting directors shared several casting stories but, also revealed some of Hollywood’s biggest secrets behind casting.
One of the topics casting directors discussed was the lack of diversity in movies and TV shows. Casting directors were asked why so few non-white actors appear in front of the screen and this is what they said:
“If they’ve written an all white cast, you can usually open their minds to some of the roles. It’s getting easier now but it’s always been hard to have a blended family or interracial romance because the producers or directors may think that drives the story some way and that’s not the way they want to go. You end up getting the doctors, the shrink and the nurse with color. It’s a struggle we all work on all the time.”
Ultimately, producers and directors believe that by casting non-white actors for movie roles it will distract the audience from the movie’s storyline.
According to , the number of non-white actors appearing in TV shows and movies has “flat lined” and lead to non-white actors playing stereotypical roles.
If you’re a black man, you are allowed to be a rapper, a bouncer, a drug dealer, a convict, a gang member, a rapist or a wife-beater. You can be a noble slave, the normcore best friend, a duplicitous merchant or space-pirate. You also get to die first. If you’re a black or Hispanic woman, you can be a prostitute, a maid, a nanny, a crack addict, a stripper or a dead body. If you’re an east-Asian woman you can be a geisha, a witch, a concubine, a submissive wife, a waitress in your father’s restaurant or a kidnap victim. Middle Eastern men can be terrorists or local peasants, and east-Asian men can be sadistic enforcers with martial arts skills.
In fact, in a study by the University of Southern California, examining over 700 movies in the past seven years, 75% of all movie characters were white. In addition, only 17% of the top 100 films featured a lead or co-star as a non-white actor.
Diversity Report from UCLA.edu
In the words of Viola Davis, winner of an Emmys earlier this year: “The only thing that separates a woman of colour from anything else is opportunity.”
It is important to highlight the fact that a study concluded a diverse cast actually improves TV ratings and leads to a bigger box office. For example, “films with casts about 30 percent diverse did best at the worldwide box office.”
Bradley Cooper’s Burnt fails to heat up in the box office.
Despite having Bradley Cooper, Burnt is burning in the box office as the feature film cannot compete with The Martian and Goosebumps.
According to Variety, Bradley Cooper’s chef drama Burnt is a box office flop. Having only made $1.8 million from over 3,000 movie theaters across the country. Variety reports that Burnt will only made $5 million in the box office.
But, this should not come as a surprise. Rotten Tomatoes reports that “Burnt offers a few spoonfuls of compelling culinary drama, but they’re lost in a watery goulash dominated by an unsavory main character and overdone clichés.” And, the movie currently has a 29% rotten rating on their website.
Burnt centers around Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) who has it all and then loses it. The former culinary chef was one of the best chefs in the world. But, Chef Jones is forced to take his cooking skills to a new level in order to land his own kitchen.
Burnt is directed by John Wells and is written by Steven Knight, Michael Kalesniko.
Leah Remini bashes Scientology and Tom Cruise in an exclusive 20/20 interview.
Leah Remini has become extremely critical of the religion she spent a large part of her life practicing. But, since her departure from Scientology in 2013, the actress appeared in an episode of 20/20, to share her experiences and reveal some of the mysteries behind the Church of Scientology.
It is important to point out that Dan Harris reported that representatives of the Church of Scientology delivered a package containing statements about Remini to ABC News.
But, she started off the show confirming several accusations about her. “You say, ‘I am an apostate. I have lied, I have cheated,’” Dan Harris said. “You then go on to admit that you have been selfish, that you’ve physically threatened people and been a horrible wife and mother.”
“Correct,” said Remini. “I know what my former church…how they deal with people who tell their story, and so I wanted to be the one to say it.”
Lea Remini did not hold back. She spent a large amount of the time bashing Scientology’s most famous member, Tom Cruise. She described her early experiences by saying it was “very effusive” and “very loving”.
Leah Remini then told a story about being invited to personally hang out with Tom Cruise by church official, who told her that Cruise wanted her to teach him salsa dancing. At Cruise’s home, she said she saw several “high-ranking Scentiology officials” along with his then-girlfriend Katie Holmes. “He was, like, forcibly kissing Katie,” recalls Remini. “I said, ‘hey get a friggin’ room.'” Remini then says one of the officials wrote up a “knowledge report” on her and then forced to go to an audit.
“If you say something critical to the church, you will be written up,” she says.
But, Leah Remini never decided to bag down and remained critical of Tom Cruise. “Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are a person who is anti the aims and goals of Scientology. You are evil.”
Scientology leader David Miscavige, Remini claims, attended Tom Cruise’s wedding to Katie Holmes. It was there that Leah Remini was critical of the church’s leader. This led to another “knowledge report” with Katie Holmes bashing Remini’s behavior in a private letter.
Remini read from what she said was Holmes’s letter: “I was dismayed at the behavior of Leah Remini during the events leading up to our wedding and our wedding. The behavior as a guest, a friend, was very upsetting.”
In multiple reports, Remini was charged with being late, loud and rude at the wedding. She was also accused of upgrading her hotel rom and switching seats at the wedding reception.
Katie Holmes wrote to ABC News earlier this week saying that does not confirm or deny writing the quoted knowledge report but, she does “regret having upset Leah in the past and wish her only the best in the future.”
Katie Holmes Statement (ABCNews.com)
But, she didn’t only reveal what it was like working with Tom Cruise in the Church of Scientology. Remini also explained how strict the church was to her.
Remini’s mother introduced her to the religion when she was a child and she told 20/20 that Scientology’s mission is to save the planet. But, she points out that while it sounds like a good idea, it has negative consequences because it children are not treated like kids therefore “your ego becomes extremely inflated.”
However, Remini felt that she was expoited as a kid forced to work in a youth labor camp while living in rundown conditions, 20/20 reported.
But, the Church of Scientology did not hold back.
Church of Scientology shot back at Remini’s allegations with a statement criticizing Remini for blaming others for her own weaknesses.
“She needs to move on with her life instead of pathetically exploiting her former religion, her former friends and other celebrities for money and attention to appear relevant again,” the church said in a statement.
A giant Pumpkin balloon bounces through Arizona terrifying children and ruining Halloween.
Halloween isn’t the same without candy, costumes and pumpkins. But, one pumpkin has gone wild in Peoria, Arizona.
According to multiple reports, a 25-foot tall, 350 pound inflatable pumpkin got on the loose “bouncing like a basketball”.
“I was so shocked to see that it was like bouncing like a basketball all the way down the road,” Patrick Sparkes with Big AZ Promotions, the pumpkin’s owner, told local 12News.
The pumpkin was to be used for a local party but, it broke free after storm winds. Following nearly hour long search, the pumpkin was found in a park. The pumpkin was later deflated.
This is not the first time an inflatable balloon got loose. Just a few days ago the JLENS blimp broke free of its tether in Maryland and floated all the way to Pennsylvania where it finally collapsed onto the ground.
I smell a movie idea…the rise of the haunted balloons.
The boycott against Quentin Tarantino is getting worse and worse day by day as more and more police unions join together to boycott Quentin Tarantino movies.
According to reports, the Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York police departments have all vowed to boycott all of Quentin Tarantino movies. And in an industry where money talks Quentin Tarantino may be in trouble.
The Chicago police force has just announced that they will be joining the five largest police department unions in the country in their battle against Quentin Tarantino.
This all started after comments Quentin Tarantino made during a Saturday rally protesting police brutality in New York City.
Chicago Fraternal Order of Police president Dean Angelo tells The Hollywood Reporter, The Chicago police union “joins with others from coast to coast moving to boycott anything and everything, including his new release [The Hateful Eight].”
“He has an obligation to be more responsible,” according to a similar statement from the New Jersey State Police union, which has also joined the boycott. “This is not a movie, this is real life where police officers lives are impacted by his words.”
Earlier this week, the Houston Police Officer’s union called Quentin Tarantino’s comments “sickening”.
“To use inflammatory rhetoric and imply that police officers are murderers does nothing to repair the fractured relationships with the community,” according to the Houston police union. “It simply makes things more difficult and only deepens the divide.
“We ask officers to stop working special assignments or off-duty jobs, such as providing security, traffic control or technical advice for any of Tarantino’s projects,” the organization said in a statement. “We need to send a loud and clear message that such hateful rhetoric against police officers in unacceptable.”
“I’m a human being with a conscience,” said Tarantino at the Saturday rally. “And if you believe there’s murder going on, then you need to rise up and stand up against it. I’m here to say I’m on the side of the murdered.”
But, Quentin Tarantino’s comments may make his next movie a major Box Office disaster. With well over a hundred thousand people associated with these major police department unions, the new rally against Quentin Tarantino can eventually impact his movie career.
However, based on upon Quentin Tarantino’s comments during the NYC rally, don’t expect him to easily back down.”When I see murders, I do not stand by. … I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers,” according to multiple reports.
Former N.W.A manager Jerry Heller wants you to know that he is not a bad guy and he’s doing this by suing ‘Straight Outta Compton’.
Another day, another lawsuit in Hollywood. In a city that is plagued with lawyers and lawsuits, Jerry Heller is added to the long list of celebrities upset about a feature film. According to reports, Jerry Heller has filed a $110 million defamation lawsuit on Friday.
Heller claims the hit feature film inaccurately portrayed him as the the one responsible for breaking up N.W.A. If you cannot recall, Heller was played by the award winning actor Paul Giamatti.
According to Jerry Heller, he alleges that he did not take advantage of the artists and did not withold the $75,000 check from Ice Cube. In addition, Heller argues that he wasn’t fired by Eazy-E.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Heller is not backing down either. In fact, Heller is now working with Michael Shapiro, one of Hollywood’s biggest attorneys who has worked on some of the biggest cases in recent years including a lawsuit over music used in The Steve Harvey Show.
But, the latest Jerry Heller lawsuit is putting Shapiro against some big league attorneys including NBCUniversal, Legendary Pictures, Comptown Records, director F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Eazy-E.
In addition to defamation, Heller is alleging “misappropriation of likeness, tortious interference, breach of a settlement agreement and copyright infringement.”
With regards to that settlement, said to have come in 1999, Heller and parties connected to Eazy E are said to have come to an agreement they “shall not make any statements, directly or indirectly in writing, orally, or in any other form, which disparage in any way the other.”
Heller also says through the lawsuit that he entered into an oral contract with various parties to collaborate on a book, and that those parties prepared at least four screenplays, with two being titled “Straight Outta Compton.” In 2006, his book was published by Simon and Schuster. The former N.W.A. manager is now asserting that this year’s film was based on those screenplays. He contends that key scenes like police forcibly detaining N.W.A. members at the studio trace back to his works.
You can read the full complainthere. But, the lawsuit alleges the film failed to give his consent, didn’t pay him a single dollar, and stole his likeness and image. The defendants are planning on using the First Amendment to fight this lawsuit.
Want to appear in a movie with Owen Wilson? Owen Wilson’s Bastards is now casting a ton of featured roles in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rose Locke Casting, the extras casting director for Bastards, are looking for cars, cops, hitchhiker kids, and extras for a wedding scene filming on November 2nd. Filming will take place between Monday, November 2nd through November 11th in Atlanta, Georgia.
Bastards centers around “two brothers whose eccentric mother has fabricated the story that their father had died when they were young. When they find out the story is false, they make it their mission to find their real father.” Bastards features Ed Helms, Owen Wilson, and J.K. Simmons.
To audition for a role on Bastards, check out the casting call details below:
Bastards Open Casting Call
Bastards
1 DAY CARS No red or white
Date: Monday Nov 2nd
Location: Social Circle
Rate: 64/8 + 25 Car Bump
Subject: 1 DAY TRAFFIC JAM
Send pics of yourself and car
list the cars yr, color, make and model
HITCHHIKERS KIDS Seeking African American Brother and Sister
One Girl and One Boy
Will take singles but hoping for a real set of siblings
Ages 5-9 Works: Tuesday Nov 3rd
Rate: 120/8
Location: Monroe
Subject: HH KIDS
Cops / EMT / Firemen
Seeking Men and Women
Ages 23 and over / All Ethnicities
If you have experience in any roles then please list in body of the email
Rate: 64/8
Date: Thursday Nov 5th and Friday Nov 6th
Must be available for both days
Location: Social Circle
Subject: TRAIN WRECK
TINKLERS WIFE Seeking Female
Caucasian Women Age: 60 or older
Rate: 64/8
Date: Nov 10th and Nov 11th
Must be available both days
Location: Midtown
Subject: TINKLER WIFE
WEDDING Seeking Men and Women
Ages 18 and over / All Ethnicities
Date: Nov 10th and Nov 11th
Rate: 64/8
Location: Midtown
Must be available both days
Subject: WEDDING
WEDDING WITH CAR
Seeking Men and Women
Ages 18 and over / All Ethnicities
No Red/ Blk or White Cars
Please send pictures of your car and yourself
List yr, color, make and model of car
Dates: Nov 10th, 11th, 13th and 16th
Must be available all 4 days
Rate: 64/8
Location: Midtown
Subject: WEDDING WITH CAR
If you are interested in the above opportunities then please email [email protected]
Include 3 pictures (head, body and profile) age, ht, wt and all contact info.
Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.
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Middle School: Worst Years of My Life casting call for kid actors and real families in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rose Locke Casting is looking for actors, models, and talent to appear in the upcoming feature film Middle School: Worst Years of My Life now filming in Atlanta, Georgia.
Casting directors are looking for background actors to play middle school students, and other featured roles such as family members.
Filming will start mid November and will continue through January.
Based on the children’s book, “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life” centers around Rafe. Rafe is starting middle school and boy does he ever start off with a bang. He sets out to break every rule in the Hills Village Middle School Code of Conduct book, starting on day one! Rafe and his friend Leo assign points to each rule, based on the level of difficulty for breaking the rule, and Rafe starts checking them off and collecting points. He also starts acquiring many hours of detention, spends a lot of time in the principal’s office, faces suspension and possibly even expulsion!
To audition for a role on Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, check out the casting call details below:
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Open Casting Call
MIDDLE SCHOOL : WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE
This feature will be shooting in the Atlanta Area
Starts Mid – Nov through January
There will be 29 days at the school
We ONLY need middle school age kids. No younger or older!!
HOME SCHOOL KIDS
We want to begin the process with any homeschool kids as this will be a multiple day gig. You won’t work all 29 but it well be a lot
Grades 6th 7th and 8th
Ages 11-14
All ethnicities
Rate: 64/8
Subject: HOME SCHOOL
If you already submitted please do not resubmit
SIBLINGS
I will be seeking siblings like I did for Hunger Games
Those families that have 3 or more kids within the age group
Grades 6th 7th and 8th
Ages 11-14
All ethnicities
Rate: 64/8
Subject: SIBLINGS
If you already submitted please do not resubmit
FAKE FAMILY
If you have friends that you would like to create a family with then please submit together.
We are trying to cut down on the amount of adults that we have.
So if you have a friend that is willing to take your kids with their kids
then please submit but understand it means only one adult per fake family!
Grades 6th 7th and 8th
Ages 11-14
All ethnicities
Rate: 64/8
Subject: HOME SCHOOL
Subject: FAKE FAMILY
If you DO NOT fit the above description then please DO NOT SUBMIT!
We will send out other casting notices soon.
This is all I am asking for now.
If you do fit the above description then please email [email protected]
Include 3 pics (head, body and profile)
Child(s) Name
Parents Name
Age and Grade
Height / Weight / All Sizes
Please list all info for each sibling!
Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.
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‘Passengers’ starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence is now casting extras to play pod passengers in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rose Locke Casting is looking for a ton of people to play pod passengers for a scene filming on November 3rd, 5th and 6th in Atlanta, Georgia. Producers are looking for men and women between the ages of 20 to 55 to work on the scene. Casting directors for Passengers are looking for women between 5’4 to 5’10. In addition, casting directors are looking for men 5’7 to 5’10.
All actors must attend a fitting on November 2nd in Fayetteville, Georgia.
Passengers is about a man, played by Chris Pratt, who is among thousands of passengers on a colony ship on an interstellar journey. Awakened early from a cryogenic sleep by a system malfunction, he finally makes the decision to wake another sleeping passenger, to be played by Jennifer Lawrence, to avoid spending decades alone on the ship.
To audition for a role on the upcoming feature film, Passengers, check out the casting call details below:
Passengers Casting Call
JIM’S POD **DATE CHANGES AND NEW SPECS** We need people of ALL ethnicities
form all around the world
Men and Women
Ages 20-55
Women – 5’4″ – 5’10”
Men – 5’7″ – 5’10”
Must have fit bodies
No visible tattoos
Rate: 64/8+ 15 Gas bump
Fitting rate: $16
Date: Nov 3rd, 5th and 6th
Must be available all 3 days
Must attend a fitting Nov 2nd in Fayetteville
location: Nov 2nd in Fayetteville
If you are available and interested then please email [email protected]
Include 3 pics (head, body and profile) age, ht, wt, and all contact info.
Subject: NEW JIM POD If you submitted for the last Jim pod and still fit the description and are available then please resubmit
Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.
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USA Network’s new TV series ‘Queen of the South’ open casting call in Dallas, Texas.
Legacy Casting is now casting background actors to work on the new USA Network series Queen of the South filming in Dallas, Texas. Producers are looking for college students and hispanic men and women to work on the new TV series.
Queen of the South is based on best-selling book La Reina Del Sur by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Queen Of The South centers around the story of Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga).
According to deadline, “When her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico, Teresa is forced to go on the run and seek refuge in America, where she teams with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the very drug trafficking ring that has her on the run. In the process, she learns the tools of the trade and strategically positions herself to become the leader of the Cartel.”
To audition for a role on ‘Queen of the South’, check out the casting call details below:
Queen Of The South Open Casting Call
College Students! We are looking for more 20-somethings to be background actors for our show, “Queen of the South.” It is an all day commitment but you will be paid. If you are interested you can email us at: [email protected] and send us an email with a photo and your height, weight, and contact information. Thanks! We hope to work with you soon!
LATINO MEN AND WOMEN If you’re in Dallas or willing to travel there we have LOTS of good scenes for you on our tv show Queen of the South for the USA Nework! No experience necessary. You won’t have a speaking role but we can cast you in a background role, sometimes very featured ones too. We need More Latino daily. If you want to be considered please email us at [email protected]
Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.
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Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle season 2 is looking for rich types to play upscale donors in New York City.
Grant Wilfley Casting is looking for men and women to play upscale wealthy donor types for the Amazon TV series Mozart in the Jungle filming on Monday, November 11th in Purchase, New York City. Producers are looking for actors, models, and talent between the ages of 45 and older. Mozart in the Jungle is looking for very rich and fashionable types to attend the symphony concert scene.
The project is based on the memoir Mozart in the Jungle by Blair Tindall. Mozart in the Jungle is all about sex, drugs—and classical music—and shows that what happens behind the curtains at the symphony can be just as captivating as what happens on stage.
To audition for a role on Amazon’s Original Series ‘Mozart in the Jungle’, check out the casting call details below:
‘Mozart in the Jungle’ Casting Call
Seeking NON UNION Men and Women ages 45+ to portray Upscale Wealthy Donors for the Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle. Works Monday 11/2 in Purchase, NY. Must live in the tri-state area.
MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING WARDROBE: Should look very rich and fashionable to attend the symphony concert. Men should wear a dark sleek suit, dress shirt, tie, and dress shoes. Think Upper East Side. Women should wear a lovely jewel-tone cocktail dress (navy, burgundy, deep green, deep purple, dark orange, etc), skirt suit or pant suit and blouse, nice heels or beautiful flats. Complete your look with bold jewelry and pops of color with scarves/accessories/foundation garments/hosiery/etc. Please bring an appropriate upscale trendy purse and lightweight jacket. The season is spring.
If interested, please email [email protected] and change the subject line to: “Facebook, Name, NONUNION, WEALTHY DONOR.” Please include in the BODY of your email: Phone #, avail 11/2, if you can self report or if you will need the courtesy van from Manhattan, confirm you have the proper wardrobe, a few clear, current, candid snaps of yourself.
Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.
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