The upcoming feature film Men In Black III is currently in pre-production and the extras casting director is holding an open casting call for background performers to appear in the film. Sony Pictures Inc., has announced that the film will be released in 3D on May 25, 2012.
Men In Black III will be directed and co-produced by Primetime Emmy Award winning director Barry Sonnenfeld, who has helmed such film as Get Shorty, Wild Wild West, and of course the first two installments of Men In Black. Steven Spielberg is also on board to co-produce with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald of the Los Angeles based Parkes/MacDonald Productions. Etan Cohen has penned the script, and rumors of him being replaced by David Koepp are untrue, although Koepp did some brief work on the script. Cohen's writing credits include Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and Tropic Thunder.
Open Casting Call Details
The extras casting directors are seeking the following in New York:
● Men and women with professional-level skills as contortionists and/or mimes to play aliens. They are looking for people who have training in body movement and are comfortable wearing prosthetic makeup.
● Men and women who are less than 4'10 or more than 6'5 in height to play aliens, Must be comfortable wearing prosthetic makeup.
● Men and women to play late 1960s New Yorkers — hippies, conservative businessmen and secretaries, bikers, blue-collar types, etc… Men must be willing to get their hair cut/styled to fit the time period.
● People with 1960s era cars in good to mint condition. When submitting, send a picture of yourself and the car. List the make, model, year, and color.
Please email a recent picture of yourself and contact information to the following:
Write the role for which you are submitting in the subject line of your email.
Shooting will take place from September 13, 2010 through December 31, 2010 in New York.
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.
Principal Actor Casting:
Ellen Chenoweth Casting
161 6th Ave.
11th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Extras Casting:
Grant Wilfley Casting
123 West 18th Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Production Companies:
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.
Columbia Pictures
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
Right Coast Productions
289 Springs Fireplace Road
East Hampton, NY 11937
Parkes/MacDonald Productions
1663 Euclid Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Men In Black 3 Production Office
Kaufman Astoria Studios
34-37 36th Street
Astoria, NY 11106
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Barry Sonnenfeld
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement
Story:
The MIB duo of Agent Jay and Agent Kay are back in action. When the world is threatened by an evil alien, Agent Jay travels back in time to 1969, where he teams up with the younger Agent Kay to stop an evil villain named Boris from destroying the world in the future.
