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Feature film 'Sleeping Around' casting hundreds of extras in Charlotte, NC

Indie Film Sleeping Around Charlotte Casting Call

"Sleeping Around" is filming in the Lake Norman, NC area.
AB Media Publishing, LLC

The independent feature film "Sleeping Around" in currently in production in the Charlotte, North Carolina area and the extras casting director is currently seeking several hundred people to work as background artists on the film. This is for a big party scene to be filmed Friday September 2nd, 2011 at Lake Norman, which is just north of Charlotte. There could be a few additional days of filming also.

"Sleeping Around" is billed as being a comedy "with a hip, funny dialogue… set at a beach house in the Hamptons, immersed in the wacky social world of the rich and playful". Starring in the film is Australian actress Tammin Sursok, who has been a series regular on such shows as "Home and Away," "The Young and the Restless," "Pretty Little Liars," and had recurring role on Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana". She also has a handful of film roles under her belt.


Casting Call Details

• You MUST be within driving distance of Lake Norman, North Carolina.

• Transportation and accommodations are not provided for extras.

• The casting director is only seeking people 18 years of age and older.

If you fit the above, submit a recent color snapshot and contact information to the extras casting director, Alissa, at the following ASAP:

sleepingaroundextras@gmail.com

Put "Party Scene Extras" in the subject line of your email.

Please read the following before working as a background artist:

Film and Television Extras Guidelines


Principal Actor Casting

See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.

Please submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.

Los Angeles:

Fern Champion
Helen McCready
10203 Santa Monica Blvd.
4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Extras Casting

North Carolina:

Alissa - sleepingaroundextras@gmail.com

Production Companies:

Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies, as they will most likely end up being thrown away. They do not cast the films, rather they hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.

"Sleeping Around"
Prodiction Office
817 Hamilton Street
Charlotte, NC 28206

The Greif Company
11050 Santa Monica Blvd
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Thinkfactory Media, Inc.
11050 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Producers:

Herb Nanas
Muhammed Gohar
Leslie Greif
Vince P. Maggio

Director/Writer:

Leslie Greif

Starring:

Tammin Sursok
Virginia Williams
Jesse Bradford
Wendi McLendon-Covey
Reid Ewing
Bryan Callen
Lucial Solla
Jamie Renee Smith
Molly McCook

Story:

A screw ball sex comedy following two couples experiment with cheating, all while trying to crash a posh party to talk to an important potential client.

HBO comedy series 'Eastbound & Down' seeking 300 extras in Myrtle Beach, SC

HBO Eastbound and Down Myrtle Beach Casting Call

This third season is the last for HBO's "Eastbound & Down".
AB Media Publishing, LLC

The HBO comedy television series "Eastbound & Down" will be needing close to 300 people for Friday, August 26, 2011. They will be shooting in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. People of all ages and types are needed who are local to the Myrtle Beach areas only.

The series tells the story of a burned-out major league ballplayer who returns to teach physical education at his old middle school years after he turned his back on his hometown. While not based on the life of former Major League Baseball relief pitcher John Rocker, the show's creators do cite him as an inspiration.

Producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay received an order for six episodes for the first season from HBO. The series was produced by Will Ferrell's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions. The show premiered February 15, 2009. Its second season, consisting of seven episodes, began on September 26, 2010. On October 27, 2011 HBO announced they were renewing the show for a third and final season. Star and co-creator of "Eastbound & Down" Danny McBride stated, “We never really had an interest in turning the show into anything traditional, we approach each season like it’s one long movie".

People who are located near the North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and would like to work on "Eastbound & Down" can submit a recent color snapshot with name, number, age and contact number to the following:

MBextras@gmail.com

Put "Eastbound and Down Extras" in the subject line of your email.

Principal Actor Casting

See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.

Please submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.

Los Angeles:

Allison Jones
"Eastbound & Down" Casting
601 N. Larchmont Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Extras Casting

North Carolina and South Carolina:

Vanessa Neimeyer
Fincannon & Associates, Inc.
c/o "Eastbound & Down" Extras Casting
1235 North 23rd Street
Wilmington, NC 28405

Production Companies:

Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies, as they will most likely end up being thrown away. They do not cast the films, rather they hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.

Home Box Office
2500 Broadway
Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Gary Sanchez Productions
1710 N La Brea Avenue
2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Enemy Migs Productions, Inc.
1223 N 23rd Street
Wilmington, NC 28405

Producers:

Stephanie Laing
Jody Hill
Danny McBride
Will Ferrell
Adam McKay
Chris Henchy

Director:

David Gordon Green
Jody Hill

Starring:

Danny McBride - Kenny Powers
Steve Little - Stevie Janowski
Ana de la Reguera - Vida
Katy Mixon - April Buchanon
Andrew Daly - Terrence Cutler
Jennifer Irwin - Cassie Powers

Story:

"Eastbound & Down" is an American comedy television series broadcast on HBO, starring Danny McBride as Kenny Powers, a former professional baseball pitcher, who after an up and down career in the major leagues is forced to return to his hometown middle-school in Shelby, North Carolina as a substitute physical education teacher.

Columbia Pictures 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' casting highly featured extras

Rooney Mara Lisbeth Salander Dragon Tattoo

Filming on "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" began in Stockholm, Sweden in September 2010.
AB Media Publishing, LLC

Filming is currently taking place in Los Angeles on the Columbia Pictures feature film "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". The extras casting director is currently casting several very featured background artist roles, including Swedish, Spanish, and European looking types. Also sought is a very good long haired guitar player. This is for Los Angeles area talent only, no exceptions.

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a thriller film that is the second film based on the Swedish novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. The first film was the 2009 Swedish-language adaptation. Two-time Academy Award nominated David Fincher is directing from an adapted screenplay written by Academy Award winning writer Steven Zaillian.

If it performs well, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" will in all likelyhood be the first film in a trilogy with the next two films titled "The Girl Who Played with Fire," and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara both have options in their contracts to reprise their roles in the next two films.

Steven Zaillian is executive producer for Film Rights, Mikael Wallen and Anni Faurbye Fernandez will executive produce for Yellow Bird Films, and Relativity Media Founder and CEO Ryan Kavanaugh will co-executive produce. Søren Stærmose, who produced the 2009 Swedish version of the film, will produce "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" along with Academy Award winning producer Scott Rudin and Yellow Bird Film's Ole Søndberg.

Here is what the Los Angeles extras casting director is seeking:

• Males and Females, 18-60 years of age, Swedish looking, blonde or dark haired, blue eyes. Highly featured extras.

• Males, Age 25-40 years of age, To play Swedish police, blonde or dark hair, blue eyes. Highly featured extras.

• Males and Females, 18-80 years of age, To play Spanish and European onlookers, light-skinned, upscale, artsy types. Highly featured extras.

• Males, Age 25-40 years of age, To play Spanish and European police, light-skinned. Highly featured extras.

• Male or female, 18-28 years of age. MUST be a very good guitar player w/long hair or dreadlocks. Highly featured extra.

• Works starting Wednesday, August 31, 2011

To be considered, you MUST be located in the Los Angeles area. Registration is at the following location Mondays through Fridays from 11:00am to 3:00pm:

Sande Alessi Casting
13731 Ventura Blvd.
Top Floor
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Registration Info Line - (818) 623-7040

ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS! Register ASAP.

Please read the following before working as a background artist:

Film and Television Extras Guidelines

Principal Actor Casting

See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.

Please submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.

Los Angeles:

Laray Mayfield
5620 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Extras Casting

Los Angeles:

Kristan Berona
Sande Alesai Casting
13731 Ventura Blvd.
Top Floor
Sherman Oaks, CA 91316

Production Companies:

Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies, as they will most likely end up being thrown away. They do not cast the films, rather they hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.

Columbia Pictures
10202 W Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

Scott Rudin Productions
120 W 45th Street
10th Floor
New York, NY 10036

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
10250 Constellation Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Yellow Bird Films
Box 270 34
Stockholm 102 51
Sweden

Producers:

Scott Rudin
Ole Sondberg
Søren Stærmose
Mikael Wallen
Anni Fernandez
Steven Zaillian
Ryan Kavanaugh
Ceán Chaffin

Director:

David Fincher

Starring:

Rooney Mara - Lisbeth Salander
Daniel Craig - Mikael Blomkvist
Christopher Plummer - Henrik Vanger
Robin Wright - Erika Berger
Stellan Skarsgård - Martin Vanger
Embeth Davidtz - Annika Blomkvist
Joely Richardson - Anita Vanger
Joel Kinnaman - Christer Malm
Embeth Davidtz - Annika Blomkvist
Geraldine James - Cecilia Vanger
Yorick van Wageningen - Nils Bjurman
Goran Visnjic as Dragan Armansky
Moa Garpendal - Young Harriet Vanger

Story:

Harriet Vanger (Moa Garpendal), a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pieced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.

Starz open casting call in Miami for TV series 'Magic City' extras

Starz Magic City Open Casting Call

"Magic City" is shooting in Miami through November 9, 2011.
AB Media Publishing, LLC

Production is underway in Miami, Florida on the Starz Originals series, Magic City. The extras casting director for the show is holding an open casting call seeking Miami area locals to work as paid background artists. These are for core extras that will work 3 - 4 days per episode through the end of production on November 9, 2011. Principal actors are being cast in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami, and the extras are cast in Maimi.

In the 10-episode drama, set to debut exclusively on Starz in 2012, Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrays Ike Evans, the cool, visionary force behind Miami Beach’s newest hotel and a man with dangerous secrets. Olga Kurylenko plays Ike’s wife Vera, a former showgirl who is deeply loyal to her husband and family, and Danny Huston as Ben Diamond, Miami’s most dangerous mobster. Producer Mitch Glazer's wife Kelly Lynch also stars in the series playing the role of Meg.

Magic City was conceived by writer-director-producer-Mitch Glazer, who grew up in the glamorous, ominous world of late ‘50’s Miami Beach. He serves as Executive Producer on the project along with Media Talent Group, with CEO, Geyer Kosinski, Co-Executive Producer Ed Bianchi and Producer Dwayne Shattuck.

Open Casting Call Details

• Seeking classic 60’s looks and ALL TYPES ages 18 and over.
• Cover any tattoos with makeup before coming.
• Be willing to have hair colored to a natural color.
• Men: No facial hair, and hair length must be 1 ½- 2 inches.
• Women: Arrive with hair/makeup done. Be willing to get a 60’s era haircut
• They will be booking PAID fittings and workdays ON THE SPOT.
• They are seeking "CORE" extras to work 3 / 4 days per episode
• Know your wardrobe sizes.
• It is strongly suggested to attend the open call for immediate work!
• MIAMI ONLY actors/extras inquire: magicmiamiextras@gmail.com

Where:

Marinella Casting Inc.
3663 NW 21st Street
Miami, FL 33143
Click Here for directions.

When:

Saturday August 27th, 2011
9:00am - 3:00pm

Please bring two forms of legal ID with you. (Passport or Drivers License and Social Security Card), headshots and/or zed cards.

Principal Actor Casting

See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.

Please submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.

Los Angeles:

Cathy Sandrich
Mackey/Sandrich Casting
3000 W Olympic Blvd
Bldg 3, Rm 2323
Santa Monica, CA 90404

New York:

Amanda Mackey Johnson
Mackey/Sandrich Casting
3000 W Olympic Blvd
Bldg 3, Rm 2323
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Extras Casting

Miami:

Bill Marinella
Marinella Casting Inc.
3663 NW 21st street
Miami, FL 33143

Production Companies:

Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies, as they will most likely end up being thrown away. They do not cast the films, rather they hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.

Starz Miami Entertainment, LLC
3663 NW 21st Street
Miami, FL 33142

Ensemble Development
10675 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite B
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Media Talent Group
9200 Sunset Blvd.
Suite 550
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Producers:

Geyer Kosinski
Tony To
Geyer Kosinski
Mitch Glazer

Directors:

Mitch Glazer
Simon Cellan Jones

Note: Additional directors work various episodes. In television shows composed of individual episodes, the television director's role differs from that of a film director in that he or she may work only on some television episodes as opposed to the director of an entire film production. In episodic television productions, the major creative control resides with a producer of the show. The television producer with creative control is called the showrunner.

Starring:

Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Ike Evans
Olga Kurylenko - Vera Evans
Christian Cooke - Danny Evans
Steven Strait - Stevie Evans
Taylor Blackwell - Lauren Evans
Danny Huston - Ben Diamond
Jessica Marais - Lily Diamond
Elena Satine - Judi Silver
Kelly Lynch - Meg
Seymour Cassel - Arthur
Dominque Garcia-Lorido - Mercedes

Story:

A period drama series that captures the collision of mobsters, politicians and entertainers at a posh Miami hotel just as Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba and shuts down Havana as a gambling haven. The drama unfolds on New Year’s Eve 1958, with Frank Sinatra ringing in the new year in the grand ballroom of the Miramar Hotel. The elite guests are dealing with the ramifications of Castro’s moves. The hotel’s owner, Ike Evans, walks a tightrope in dealing with the mob, his own complicated family, racial tensions and a city that is about to blow up as a destination for decadence.