Feature Film 'What's Wrong With Virginia' seeing extras in South Haven, Michigan

*** Extra Casting has been completed ***

TickTock Studios extra casting directors are seeking numerous background actors of all ages, types and sized to work on a feature film Monday, October 26, 2009. The movie extras are needed to create a crowd for a beach boardwalk scene for the film 'What’s Wrong With Virginia' starring Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Emma Roberts, Amy Madigan and Harrison Gilbertson.

The film is written and directed by Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award-Winning screenwriter of "Milk," and is being produced by TicTock Studios of Holland.

Rather than using a limited number of movie extras for this scene, the opportunity is open to anyone interested in participating. Filming will take place on October 26 in South Haven, Michigan, weather permitting.

To register for the extra casting, visit www.ticktockstudios.com and click on “casting.”

Production Company:

TicTock Studios
433 Columbia Avenue
Columbia Avenue Art District
Holland, MI 49423

in association with

Killer Films
526 West 26th Street
Ste. 715
New York, NY 10001

Principal Actor Casting (Los Angeles):

Kerry Barden
Barden/Schnee Casting
150 West 28th Street
Suite 402
New York, NY 10001

Executive Producers:

Gus Van Sant
Yeardley Smith
Jay Froberg

Director:

Dustin Lance Black

Story:

Jennifer Connelly - Virginia
Emma Roberts - Jessie Tipton
Ed Harris - Sheriff Dick Tipton

Story:

A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decades-long affair.

Robert Redford Film 'The Conspirator' still needs extras through December, 2009

The feature film 'The Conspirator,' directed by acclaimed actor and director Robert Redford, is still conducting extra casting for filming set to begin in late-October and continuing into December. The extra casting department is still seeking men and women of all ages and types, but there is a specific need for the following movie extras:

● Women sizes 0-4­ with no obvious highlighted or frosted hair.

● Men of all types, ages 18-70, particularly those with facial hair and/or slight builds.

● Historical re-enactor types of all ages.

● Any men who have already applied to be extras are encouraged to continue letting their hair grow in length as well as growing facial hair.

To apply for the extra casting, please send a non-returnable photograph, height and weight measurements, clothing sizes, daytime phone number and email to the following address:

Conspirator Productions
c/o Movie Extras Casting
12020 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA31419

Or email a digital picture along with height and weight measurements, clothing sizes, daytime phone number to:

conspiratorcasting@gmail.com


This movie extra casting call is for people who live and can work near the Savannah, GA area. Production Companies do not pay for plane tickets, accommodations, and transportation to and from the set.

Story:

Set against the ominous backdrop of post-Civil War Washington, The Conspirator follows the extraordinary trial of Mary Surratt, the lone woman among those charged with conspiring to kill Abraham Lincoln. Idealistic young war hero, Frederick Aiken reluctantly defends Surratt, eventually coming to believe in her innocence while struggling to find justice in a city bent on retribution

HBO Open Casting Call in Nova Scotia for new series 'Meet Phil Fitz'

The extra casting directors of a new HBO series titled 'Meet Phil Fitz' are holding an open casting call for background actors in Nova Scotia, Canada. There will be 13 weeks of shooting through mid-January and many TV extras are needed. Filming will take place entirely in and around the town of New Minas, just outside of the Kentville area. All ages and types of TV extras are needed. Both ACTRA and non-union TV etras are being considered. The series will air on HBO, Movie Network, and Movie Central, is 2010.

In addition, due to the number of workers (actors, film crew, and so on) who will be converging on the area, MPF Productions is looking for rented rooms and apartments for them to live while the shooting is going on. They have set up a Rental Hot Line (300-9387) for anyone who might have a room or an apartment to rent.”

Anyone interested in the TV extras casting call is asked to bring along a recent photo (snapshot in fine) of themselves that can be kept on file. There is no need to call ahead or book an appointment, just show up with your picture in hand.


Open Extra Casting Call Details

Where:

Cornwallis Inn Ballroom
325 Main Street
Kentville, NS B4N, Canada‎
Click Here for directions.

When:

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
11:00am - 7:00pm


If you cannot make it to the open casting call, you can send a photo with contact information to the following (only people local to the New Minas and Kentville areas):

Meet Phil Fitz TV Extra Casting
MPF Productions
325 Main Street
Kentville, NS B4N 1K5


Production Company:

Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies (they will most likely end up in the trash can), they do not cast the films. They hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.

E1 Entertainment
1801 Century Park East
Stuite 1910
Los Angeles CA 90067

in association with

Amaze Film and Television
6 Pardee Avenue
Suite 101
Toronto, ON M6K 3H5

and

MPF Productions
325 Main Street
Kentville, NS B4N 1K5

Producers:

Michael Souther
Teza Lawrence
Sheri Elwood

Principal Actor Casting (Completed)

Libby Goldstein
1041 N Formosa
Room 94
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Filming Location:

Halifax, Nova Scotia (New Minas)

Starring:

Jason Priestley
Ernie Grunwald
Kathleen Munroe
Tracy Dawson

Story:

Set against the backdrop of a family-owned car dealership, the series focuses on the exploits of Phil Fitz who, after he botches a test drive and puts a customer in a coma, finds himself faced with a new salesman on the lot. A do-gooder named Larry who claims to be Phil’s conscience.

New ABC series casting featured extras in the Dallas, TX area

The extra casting department for a new ABC television series 'The Deep End', starring Billy Zane, will be casting 20 regular television extras to appear in the background of each episode. The series will film through mid-November, 2009. This show is under AFTRA contract, however both AFTRA and non-union people are being considered. The series was formerly called 'David Hemingson Legal project' and 'The Associates.'

Some of the regular television extras will be aged 25-35, very pretty-handsome, Harvard/Yale types and a sprinkle of 35-40 professional/distinguished types. They will all play lawyers.

They will be selected by the extra casting director also producer Garry Brown as regular featured television extras and work 5-6 days of each episode. The pay will be $58 over 8 hours and time and a half for over-time.

They will also be casting stand-ins ($105 over 12 hours) and featured individual types ($105) as well.

Please email pictures to debi_cinematek@msn.com along with contact info and days of availability.


TEXAS RESIDENTS ONLY

Television Extra Casting (Dallas):

Debi Michaelis
4101 International Pkwy.
Carrollton, TX 75007
debi_cinematek@msn.com

Principal Actor Casting (Los Angeles):

Gilmore/McConnell Casting
10201 W. Pico Blvd
Bldg. 214, Room 2
Los Angeles, CA 90035


Production Company:

20th Century Fox Television
10201 W Pico Blvd
Bldg 103, Rm 5286
Los Angeles, CA 90035

in association with

ABC Productions
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-4551

Story:

The illusions of law school grads are blown when they join a prestigious law firm.