Open casting call for feature film 'Machete Kills' in Austin, Texas

"Machete Kills" begins filming on June 14, 2012.

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The sequel to the 2010 action film "Machete" titled "Machete Kills" is set to go before the cameras on June 14, 2012 in Austin, Texas. The film's casting directors are auditioning actors for co-starring and supporting roles in Los Angeles, and additional casting will take place in Austin. The extras casting director is holding an open casting call for all types of people to work as paid general background performers on the film.

Returning for the sequel from the first film is Danny Trejo as Machete Cortez, the ex-federale who went on a rampage for revenge; Golden Globe Award nominated Jessica Alba as the beautiful Immigrations Officer Sartana Rivera; and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Michelle Rodriguez as the taco truck lady Luz. New cast members include two-time academy award winner Mel Gibson, who will play a "James Bond type" villain; two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Sofia Vergara, who will play a leather-clad mistress whose prostitutes have information for Machete; Teen Choice Award winner and "Avatar" star Zoe Saldana in an unspecified role; and the stunning beauty Amber Heard will play an assassin named Miss San Antonio.

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will direct "Machete Kills" from a screenplay written by Kyle Ward. Rodriguez shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet Terror, and Machete. He is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. Rodriguez and producer Elizabeth Avellan own one of the film's production companies, Troublemaker Studios based in Austin, Texas. Immediately following completion of "Machete Kills", Rodriguez will start shooting "Sin City: A Dame to Kill" - which will also be filmed in Austin Texas.

Also producing "Machete Kills" is Rick Schwartz, owner of Overnight Productions; Sergei Bespalov and Alexander Rodnyansky of RF Releasing; Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who are producing under the banner of their production company The Weinstein Company; Aldamisa Entertainment, the sibling company of RF Releasing, is the film's worldwide sales representative. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation will distribute ""Machete Kills" domestically in the United States.

Open Casting Call Details

The casting director is seeking all types, 18 years of age and older to work as paid extras in Austin, Texas. The following open casting call is free to attend.

Where:

Austin Studios
Red Building Production Offices
1901 E 51st Street
Austin TX 78723
(Use Gate 2 by the water tower)
Click Here for directions.

When:

Saturday June 2, 2012
10:00am - 6:00pm

If you are unable to attend the open casting call and are located near the Austin, TX area you can submit a recent color snapshot, full name, age, all clothing sizes including hat and shoe, physical stats, and contact information to the following:

thirdcoastextras@gmail.com

Put "Machete Kills Extras" in the subject line of your email.

Minors and foreign talent must be legally eligible to work in the state of Texas and in the United States.

The 2012 Austin Actors Resource Guide eBook includes the following information and documents for adults, minors, and foreign talent who would like to work as an actor or extra on film and television productions in Texas and the United States:

• Child Labor Laws in Texas
• Summary of the Texas Child Labor Law
• Texas Child Labor Law FAQ
• Texas Limitations on Employment of Child Actors
• Texas Application for Child Actor - Performer Authorization
• Texas Application Exceptions for Child Extras
• Texas Workforce Commission Teen Application for Certificate of Age
• Texas Child Labor Complaint Form
• USA Child Actor Work Permit Requirements
• USA Immigration Work Permits and Visas
• Non-Immigrant Visa Application

In addition to the following Austin Actors Resources:

• Audition Tips
• How To Make an Audition Video
• Austin Casting Directors List
• Austin Extras Casting Directors List
• General Talent Agent Information
• Austin Talent Agents List
• Austin Acting Coaches, Classes, and Schools List
• Austin Headshot Photographers List
• Headshot Mass Printing Photo Labs
• Actors Unions
• Sample Actors Resume
• Sample Beginning Actors Resume
• Sample Cover Letters
• Entertainment Industry Terminology
• Miscellaneous Austin Resources
• PDF Users Guide

The 2012 Austin Actors Resource Guide eBook is available here.

Principal Actor Casting

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

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

Los Angeles:

Mary Vernieu
Betty Mae Casting
13375 Beach Avenue
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292

Austin, TX:

Beth Sepko Casting
501 North IH-35
Austin, TX 78702

Extras Casting

Austin, TX:

Third Coast Extras
501 North IH-35
Austin, TX 78702
thirdcoastextras@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.

Quick Draw Productions
920 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701

Troublemaker Studios
4900 Old Manor Road
Austin, TX 78723

Aldamisa Entertainment
15760 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 1450
Encino, CA 91436

A.R.Films
127006, 3/2, Uspensky,
Moscow, Russia

The Weinstein Company
375 Greenwich Street
Floor 3
New York, NY 10013

Overnight Films
15 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10013

Dimension Films (distributor)
345 Hudson Street
13th Floor
New York, NY 10014

Producers:

Alexander Rodnyansky
Robert Rodriguez
Sergei Bespalov
Aaron Kaufman
Iliana Nikolic
Rick Schwartz

Director:

Robert Rodriguez

Starring:

Danny Trejo - Machete Cortez
Jessica Alba - Sartana Rivera
Amber Heard - Miss San Antonio
Sofia Vergara - Madame Desdemona
Mel Gibson - "James Bond" style Villain
Michelle Rodriguez - Luz/Shé
Zoe Saldana - TBA

Story:

Machete is back in Robert Rodriquez's "Machete Kills" starring the ultra-cool Danny Trejo as the former Mexican Federale - this time he is hired by the President of the United States and must take on a "James Bond" style villain (Mel Gibson). There is a space element and Machete will have a much bigger playground. Machete must take on an army in an effort to dismantle a plan for global anarchy.

Sony Pictures feature film 'Grown Ups 2' casting calls for kids and adults

"Grown Ups 2" will shoot in Marblehead, Swampscott, Salem and Peabody, Massachusetts.

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Happy Madison Productions and Sony Pictures Entertainment are set to begin filming "Grown Ups 2" starting mid-May, 2012 in Massachusetts. The casting directors are holding two open casting calls seeking a very large number of kids, teens, and adults of all ages and types to work as extras in the movie. Anyone in Boston, New Hampshire or Rhode Island can attend. Shooting will continue through August 9, 2012. No prior experience is required, and both union and non-union extras are welcome.

"Grown Ups 2" is a follow up to the 2010 comedy about a group of childhood friends who reunite years later, and Adam Sandler's first ever sequel. The first "Grown Ups" film was a box office success with a worldwide gross of over $271 million. Dennis Dugan returns to direct from a script once again written by Fred Wolf. Allen Covert will executive produce with Barry Bernardi. Adam Sandler and Jack Giarraputo will produce for Sandler's company Happy Madison Productions.

The main cast are all returning - Adam Sandler as Lenny "Hollywood" Feder; Kevin James as Eric Lamonsoff; Chris Rock as Kurt McKenzie; Rob Schneider as Rob Hilliard; David Spade as Marcus "Higgy" Higgins; Salma Hayek as Roxanne Chase-Feder. Also joining the cast is Shaquille O'Neal, who will play a Town Cop; The Twilight Saga's Taylor Lautner and Wizards of Waverly Place star David Henrie will play collage frat boys who go head to head against Adam Sandler and his buddies.

The open casting calls are taking place in the Boston, MA area. There will be at least 17 days of the film being shot in the town of town Marblehead, including at several schools, both while school is in session and after summer vacation starts. Additional filming will take place in the nearby towns of Swampscott, Salem and Peabody. Some of the first "Grown Ups" movie was also filmed in Marblehead.

Originally, Adam Sandler wrote and was set to release "Grown Ups" in the mid-1990s with actor Chris Farley in the role now played by Kevin James. However, Farley's tragic passing in 1997 halted production plans and the film was shelved for more than a decade. After the "Grown Ups" premiered on June 25 2010, Adam Sandler bought each of his fellow cast members (Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and David Spade) a brand new Maserati.

Open Casting Call Details

The extras casting director for "Grown Ups 2" is seeking the following:

• All ages of kids and adults.
• Any ethnicity, all shapes and sizes.
• Both SAG-AFTRA union members and non-union people.
• Especially need kids and teens 12-17 years.
• Anyone in Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Rhode Island.
• Everyone who wishes to be cast MUST go to the open call.

Please bring a pen and a current, 4x6 color snapshot. Photo must NOT be professional and it must look like you. Please do not bring headshots. No experience needed. They will not be taking photos of you, so please make sure you arrive with a photo. The casting directors are fast and efficient, so you will be seen fairly quickly.

Where:

Carson Place (near the Bayside Expo Center)
The Boston Teacher’s Union Hall
180 Mt. Vernon Street
Dorchester, MA 02125
Click here for directions.

When:

Saturday May 12, 2012
10:00am - 4:00pm

Sunday May 13, 2012
10:00am - 4:00pm

Do NOT call the casting directors or Carson Place.

Please come to the open call even if you went to the one that Sande Alessi Casting had last summer in Boston. This is a different movie and they are not using files from last summer.

Note: If you did not make it to the open call, you can still register for extra work. Click the link below and it will automatically download our registration card.

Grown Ups 2 Extras Registration Card

Print it out, fill it out completely and write neatly please. If cards are not filled out completely, they will not be able to cast you. Once your card is filled out, please staple a current, color photo of yourself to it. Mail it (do not email, do not stop by, etc) to:

Extras Casting
45 Congress Street
Suite 4120
Salem, MA 01970

Minors and foreign talent must be legally eligible to work in the state of Massachusetts and in the United States.

The 2012 Boston Actors Resource Guide eBook includes the following information and documents for adults, minors, and foreign talent who would like to work as an actor or extra on film and television productions in Boston and the United States

• Child Labor Laws in Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Application for Waiver of Child Labor Restrictions
• Massachusetts Child Entertainment Contract Application
• Massachusetts Child Entertainment Contract Approval Instructions
• Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Locations
• Massachusetts Child Labor Complainant Form
• Massachusetts Teen Work Permit Application
• USA Child Actor Work Permit Requirements
• USA Immigration Work Permits and Visas
• Non-Immigrant Visa Application

In addition to the following Boston Actors Resources:

• Audition Tips
• How To Make an Audition Video
• Boston Casting Directors List
• Boston Extras Casting Directors List
• General Talent Agent Information
• Boston Talent Agents List
• Bostin Acting Coaches, Classes, and Schools List
• Summer Performing Arts Camps
• Bostin Headshot Photographers List
• Bston Headshot Duplication Photo Labs
• Miscellaneous Boston Actors Resources
• Actors Unions and Organizations
• Sample Actors Resume
• Sample Beginning Actors Resume
• Sample Cover Letters
• Entertainment Industry Terminology
• PDF Users Guides

The 2012 Boston Actors Resource Guide eBook is available here.

Principal Actor Casting

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

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

New York:

Beth Bowling
Kim Miscia
609 Greenwich Street
6th Floor
New York, NY 10014

Los Angeles:

Roger Mussenden
5933 W. Slauson Avenue
Culver City, CA 90230

Extras Casting

Boston:

Kristan Berona
Sande Alessi Casting Boston
SandeAlessiCastingBoston@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.

Happy Madison Productions
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Judy Garland Building
Culver City, CA 90232

Sony Pictures Entertainment
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

Producers:

Barry Bernardi
Allen Covert
Adam Sandler
Jack Giarraputo

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Starring:

Adam Sandler - Lenny Feder
Salma Hayek Pinault - Roxanne Chase-Feder
Maya Rudolph - Deanne McKenzie
Rob Schneider - Rob Hilliard
Kevin James - Eric Lamonsoff
Chris Rock - Kurt McKenzie
David Spade - Marcus Higgins
Melanie Hutsell - Penny
Shaquille O'Neal - Town Cop
Taylor Lautner - Frat Boy Andy
David Henrie - Frat Boy Zac

Story:

In "Grown Ups 2" the boys are back, this time squaring off with a group of cocky hard-partying Phi Beta Delta frat boys from Parkmore College who show no respect for Lenny Feder and his childhood friends. To make matters worse, Lenny's teen son Greg accidentally gets caught up with the frat boys and their chicks, being mistaken for frat boys themselves. And to add more to Lenny's problems is his childhood sweetheart Penny - who still has the hots for Lenny - getting a job at his wife's childrens clothing boutique.

Open casting call for major feature film 'Promised Land' near Pittsburgh

"Promised Land" will shoot in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.

AB Media Publishing, LLC

The Matt Damon starring vehicle "Promised Land" is holding an open casting call for extras in the Pittsburgh area. The casting director also needs volunteers to help out at the open casting call, which is expected to have a large turnout. Filming will take place in Apollo, Avonmore and other surrounding areas in Pennsylvania from late April to early June, 2012. Email submissions are also being accepted for people who can not attend the open casting call. This casting director loves casting people who are new to the business, so there is no concern about not having any acting experience.

"Promised Land" is a tale of ethics and political arguments over the controversial practice known as "fracking" or "hydraulic fracturing" - a drilling process for extracting natural gas from shale rock. The process involves pumping a mixture of water, sand and chemicals into a well to fracture rock and thereby release natural gas. Proponents of fracking insist that the practice can create new income and jobs for suffering communities, but critics declare that the chemicals injected into the wells for drilling may taint nearby drinking water and cause cancer.

Two-time Academy Award nominated filmmaker Gus Van Sant is directing "Promised Land" from a screenplay written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski, based on a draft by Dave Eggers. Van Sant's Best Director Oscar nods came for his 1997 film "Good Will Hunting" and his 2008 film "Milk," both of which were also nominated for Best Picture. He will next be directing an untitled film produced by and starring Taylor Lautner.

"Promised Land" is being produced by Focus Features, which is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures. Focus is the art house films division of NBCUniversal, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films. Also backing the project is Gramercy Productions, LLC which has an office at Universal Studios in Hollywood, and another on Alpha Drive in Pittsburgh. Chris Moore, Matt Damon, and John Krasinski will oversee daily production duties.

Open Casting Casting Call Details

The casting director is seeking all ages and types including children, teens, adults, and seniors to work as general background extras. Here are some additional specific needs:

• Male piano player - don't need to be an expert.
• Great character faces.
• People with farmer looks.
• Baseball and basketball players.
• Cheerleaders.
• Waitresses and restaurant patrons.
• People attending a big town hall meeting.
• Upscale men and women with formal wear.

It is recommended that you download the following registration form, fill it out, attach a recent color snapshot, and bring it with you to the open call:

"Promised Land" Extras Registration Form

Where:

Tiger Gym & Fitness
(the old Apollo High School)
400 North 2nd Street
Apollo, PA 15613
Click Here for directions.

When:

Saturday April 21, 2012
11:00am to 4:00pm

If you are located in the greater Pittsburgh or surrounding areas and can not attend the open casting call, you can still be considered by submitting a recent color snapshot, height, weight, all clothing sizes, and contact information to the following:

promisedlandextras@gmail.com

Put "Promised Land Extras" in the subject line.

Upscale men and women are needed for the first day of shooting on Monday April 23, 2012. If you are located in the greater Pittsburgh or surrounding areas and would like to be considered, submit ASAP via email. Please include your height and weight and phone number and e-mail a recent color snapshot photo to:

promisedlandextras@gmail.com

Put "Upscale 23rd" in the subject line.

Open Casting Call Volunteers

Casting director Joan Philo needs volunteers to help with the casting call on Saturday, April 21st. If you are available, send Joan an e-mail ASAP to promisedlandextras@gmail.com and put "Volunteer" in the subject line. In the body of the e-mail let Joan know why you would like to volunteer and send her a picture so she can see your smiling face!

For any Los Angeles filming, minors and foreign talent must be legally eligible to work in the state of California and in the United States.

The 2012 Los Angeles Actors Resource Guide eBook includes the following information and documents for adults, minors, and foreign talent who would like to work as an actor or extra on film and television productions in Los Angeles and the United States:

• USA Child Actor Work Permit Requirements
• California Child Actor Permit Application
• California Minors Summary Chart
• Child Actor Coogan Trust Deposit Instructions
• California Division of Labor Standards Offices
• Immigration Work Permit Information
• Non-Immigrant Visa Application

In addition to the following Los Angeles Actors Resources:

• Audition Tips
• How To Make an Audition Video
• Los Angeles Casting Directors List
• Los Angeles Extras Casting Directors List
• Los Angeles Talent Agents List
• General Talent Agent Information
• Los Angeles Acting Classes List
• Acting Classes for Young Actors in Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Headshot Photographers List
• Sample Actors Resume
• Sample Beginning Actors Resume
• Sample Cover Letters
• Entertainment Industry Terminology
• Miscellaneous Los Angeles Resources
• Actors Unions
• PDF Users Guides

The 2012 Los Angeles Actors Resource Guide eBook is available here.

Principal Actor Casting

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


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

Los Angeles:

Francine Maisler & Associates
10202 W Washington Blvd.
Building 3200
Culver City, CA 90232

Extras Casting

Pittsburgh:

Joan Philo Casting
c/o Gramercy Productions LLC
260 Alpha Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15238

promisedlandextras@gmail.com

Crew Members

Pittsburgh:

Experienced film crew members in Pittsburgh can send a resume to the following:

promiselandpgh@gmail.com

Put "Promised Land Crew" in the subject line.

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.

Focus Features
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608

Participant Media
331 Foothill Road
3rd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Gramercy Productions LLC
260 Alpha Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15238

Producers:

Chris Moore
Matt Damon
John Krasinski

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Starring:

Matt Damon
John Krasinski
Frances McDormand
Rosemarie DeWitt
Hal Holbrook
Scoot McNairy
Sara Lindsey

Story:

Damon plays a businessman whose entire perspective on life is thrown into disarray after moving into a small town. The story centers around the practice and dangers of hydraulic fracturing — the controversial practice of pumping a mixture of sand, water and chemicals into a well to break up rock and help extract natural gas. Krasinski will star as a rival corporate executive, and Frances McDormand plays a character who prefers to follow the rules as opposed to breaking protocol. Rosemarie DeWitt is a schoolteacher caught between Damon's and Krasinski's character and Hal Holbrook will play an engineer who lives in the town and opposes a corporate takeover being led by Damon.

Final open casting call scheduled for Michael Bay feature film 'Pain and Gain'

Note: The casting director in Miami is also seeking a child bodybuilder - "a little hercules". Must be local to the Miami area, 7 - 13 years of age. Parents submit recent color snapshot and contact information ASAP to paininmiami@gmail.com and put "Childbuilder" in the subject line.

"Pain and Gain" is based on a true story that took place in Miami in 1994.

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The Paramount Pictures star studded major comedy thriller feature film "Pain and Gain" is beginning production in Miami, FL and the final open casting call is scheduled for all types of people ages 25 and over who are interested in working as extras on the film. The story is based on true events surrounding a group of bodybuilders who engage in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida during 1994. Also needed are pre-1999 vehicles, any color, make or model.

Directors Guild of America DGA Award winning filmmaker Michael Bay has done it again. First it was the super sexy Megan Fox lighting up the big screen in Transformers 1 and 2 - later replaced by the intensely seductive Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers 3, and now Bay has cast the astonishingly ravishing treasure Bar Paly. She will play a lead role as Sabrina Petrescu. It can be said with absolute certainty that Micheal Bay has a terrific eye for beauty and talent. Paly is an international supermodel and actress who is from Tel Aviv, Israel and now has the attention of the entertainment industry as well as fans world wide. She has appeared on shows like "CSI: NY," "How I Met Your Mother," and "The Starter Wife". Film credits include DreamWorks "The Ruins," "Stiletto," and Roman Coppola's "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III".

Bay will produce and direct "Pain and Gain" from a screenplay written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Two-time Writers Guild of America WGA Award nominee Scott Rosenberg was brought in to make final script revisions. Rosenberg’s writing credits include "Con Air," "High Fidelity," "Gone in Sixty Seconds," "Impostor," "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead," "Kangaroo Jack," and the upcoming Michael Bay film "The Hauntrepreneur" starring Russell Brand. "Pain and Gain" is scheduled to hit theaters in 2013.

Also starring in "Pain and Gain" are two-time Academy Award nominated Mark Wahlberg as Daniel Lugo; Teen Choice Award winner and WWE Superstar Wrestler Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson as Adrain Doorbal; four-time Academy Award nominated Ed Harris plays private eye Ed Du Bois; and Golden Globe Award winner Tony Shalhoub portrays Marc Schiller. Dwayne Johnson will next star opposite Liam Hemsworth and Emma Roberts in another true story feature film "Empire State". Auditions and casting information for that film is posted here:

"Empire State" Casting Calls and Auditions

Aside from studio interiors and various locations around Miami, filming for "Pain and Gain" Sun Gym scenes will take place inside and outside of a building at 8000 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. The three-story, 38,937-square-foot office/industrial space has been painted with teal-colored "Sun Gym" logos to the building's eastern and northern facades, while a half-dozen crew members have assembled thousands of dollars worth of 90s era Nautilus weightlifting and exercise machines in the glass-encased top story. The location is also a favorite of Michael Bay's. Ten years ago, he transformed the building into a bank for one of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's Shoot'Em Up scenes in "Bad Boys II".

Extras Open Casting Call Details

This is for fully paid background talent who are located within reasonable driving distance of the Miami area.

Here is what the casting director is seeking:

• All types, looks, any ethnicity.
• Talent must be ages 25 and over.
• Professional business types.
• Hip and trendy clubbers.
• Active seniors.
• Pre-1994 vehicles - any color, make or model.

Please come to the open casting call with hairstyles, makeup and clothing from the mid-1990's era if possible. If you have a vehicle that fits the description, bring photos of vehicle exterior and interior. Also bring two forms of legal ID with you. (Passport or Drivers License and Social Security Card)

Where:

The Harvey Center Building
10200 NW 25th Street
Doral, FL 33172
Click Here for directions.

When:

Saturday, April 21, 2012
10:00am - 4:00pm

If you are in the Miami area but can not attend the open casting call, you can submit 3 recent color snapshots, height, weight, along with wardrobe, availability, and contact number to the following:

paininmiami@gmail.com

Minors and foreign talent must be legally eligible to work in the state of Florida and in the United States.

The 2012 Miami Resource Guide eBook includes the following information and documents for adults, minors, and foreign talent who would like to work as an actor or extra on film and television productions in Miami and the United States:

• Links for Child Labor Information
• Florida Child Labor Laws
• Employment of Minors by the Entertainment Industry
• USA Child Actor Work Permit Requirements
• USA Immigration Work Permits and Visas
• Non-Immigrant USA Visa Application

In addition to the following Chicago Actors Resources:

• Miami Casting Directors List
• Miami Extras Casting Directors List
• South Florida Talent Agents
• Florida Talent and Modeling Agency Information
• General Talent Agent Information
• Miami Acting Schools and Classes List
• Miami Headshot Photographers List
• Miami Performers Unions
• Miscellaneous Miami Resources
• Miami Sound Stages
• Audition Tips
• How To Make an Audition Video
• Sample Actors Resume
• Sample Beginning Actors Resume
• Sample Casting Director and Talent Agents Cover Letters
• Entertainment Industry Terminology
• PDF Users Guides

The 2012 Miami Actors Resource Guide eBook is available here.

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:

Ania Kamieniecki-O'Hare
Denise Chamian Casting
1438 N. Gower Street
Building 35, Suite 270
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Extras Casting

Miami:

Bill Marinella Casting

Miami Online Extras Registration Form

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.

Platinum Dunes
631 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401

De Line Pictures
4000 Warner Blvd.
Building 66, Room 147
Burbank, CA 91522

Paramount Pictures
5555 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Producers:

Michael Bay
Andrew Form
Bradley Fuller
Donald De Line
Ian Bryce

Director:

Michael Bay

Starring:

Mark Wahlberg - Daniel Lugo
Dwayne Johnson - Adrain Doorbal
Bar Paly - Sabrina Petrescu
Ed Harris - Ed Du Bois
Tony Shalhoub - Marc Schiller
Rob Corddry - John Mese
Tony Plana - Capt. Al Lopez

Story:

"Pain and Gain" centers on the true story of Miami's Sun Gym gang, led by the general manager Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) and Adrian Doorbal (Dwayne Johnson) in Miami during the mid-90s. In the beginning, they established ten phony medical companies and mailed fraudulent bills to the government for nonexistent medical services, making a fortune in the process. Then the two local bodybuilders developed a penchant for steroids, strippers, and quick cash. And they became expert in the use of a peculiar motivational tool: Torture. They obtained merchandise designed to electrocute, incapacitate, imprison, and eavesdrop. Other members of the Sun Gym gang were Carl Weekes, Stevenson Pierre, corrupt corrections officer John Raimondo, Jorge Delgado, and John Mese. The police could have stopped them before they killed somebody. But they didn't. The gang botched their first kidnapping/torture/murder for extortion by failing to kill their victim, Marc Schiller (Tony Shalhoub), who hires crack private detective Ed Du Bois (Ed Harris) after the Metro-Dade Police do not believe his story. Danny Lugo then lures in a stunning illegal immigrant stripper named Sabina Petrescu (Bar Paly) under the guise of being a C.I.A. agent. She was a 25-year-old Romanian born dancer who'd modeled for Penthouse. Petrescu became lovers with the married Lugo as well as an unsuspecting participant in his next crime. After the disappearance of wealthy couple Frank Griga and Krisztin Furton, the slumbering Metro-Dade Police Department awakens and the Sun Gym gang is in their sights.