New open casting calls for Sony Pictures film 'Here Comes the Boom'

UPDATE: New open casting calls scheduled.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is in the casting stage on the upcoming feature film "Here Comes the Boom" starring Kevin James and Salma Hayek. There are auditions for principal actors taking place in Los Angeles, and also in Boston. Open casting calls for extras are scheduled throughout March, 2011 in Greater Boston area locations where filming will take place beginning on March 28, 2011.

"Here Comes the Boom" is about a physics teacher named Scott (Kevin James) who participates in UFC mixed martial arts competitions to save his school's music program.

Kevin James and Jeff Sussman's production company, Hey Eddie, is producing along with Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, Todd Garner's Broken Road Productions, and Columbia Pictures - a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Todd Garner will direct from a script by Allan Loeb. Garner directed the surprise hit "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," and due to that success, the same production team has made the upcoming film "Zookeeper," as well as the currently filming the Adam Sandler comedy "Jack and Jill".

It is looking like this combination of producers/directors/actors has become a revenue machine for Sony.

Open Casting Call Details

They are seeking looking for all types and all walks of life, however you MUST be 18 years or older and live in the areas where the open casting calls are taking place to attend. You only need to attend ONE of the following open casting calls. This is paid, extra work.

Sarurday March 12, 2011
10:00am - 3:00pm
Quixote Studios
184 Everett Street
Boston, MA 02134
Click Here for directions.

Sunday March 20, 2011
10:00am - 2:00pm
Burlington Mall
75 Middlesex Turnpike
Burlington, MA 01803
Click Here for directions.

Sunday March 20, 2011
10:00am - 3:00pm
VFW Lowell
190 Plain Street
Lowell, MA 02852
Click Here for directions.

Saturday, March 26, 2011
10:00am - 3:00pm
South Shore Casting Studio
Hanover Mall
1775 Washington Street
Hanover, MA 02339
Click Here for directions.

Please DO NOT call the open casting call venues directly, as they have no additional information. Please direct all inquiries to Ashly at Boston Casting: (617) 254-1001 ext 3.

Please bring a recent color snapshot and a pen.

Extras Casting

If you can't attend an open call, you can send a recent color snapshot and your contact information to the following:

Boston/Quincy:

Angela Peri
Ashley Skomurski
"Here Comes the Boom" Extras
c/o Boston Casting
129 Braintree Street
Boston, MA 02134

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:

Attn: Freya Krasnow
Justine Baddeley/Kim Davis Wagner Casting
c/o "Here Comes the Boom"
11835 Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Boston:

Hilary Missan
Aaron Kahl
"Here Comes the Boom" Casting
129 Braintree Street
Boston, MA 02134

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.

Broken Road Productions
1608 Pacific Avenue
Suite 204
Venice, CA 90291

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

Hey Eddie Productions
15374 Dickens Street
2nd Floor
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

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

Producers: Todd Garner, Jeff Sussman, Adam Sandler, Kevin James

Director: Frank Coraci

Starring:

Kevin James
Salma Hayek

Story:

James will play a physics teacher named Scott whose school faces drastic cutbacks. In an attempt to save his best friend's job and the music program his students love, he moonlights in the octagon as a mixed martial arts fighter, ultimately leading to brawling in the UFC.

National Talent Search for starring role in New Line Cinema film 'Rock of Ages'

Update 4-4-2011: Mexican star Diego González Boneta has been cast to play the role of singer-guitarist Drew Boley. Boneta is a Mexican singer and actor. He is best known for playing Rocco in the Mexican soap opera Rebelde and recurring character Javier Luna in the spin-off series 90210.

Two time Primetime Emmy award nominated Adam Shankman will serve as Producer, Director, and Choreographer on the upcoming feature film version of the Broadway production of "Rock of Ages". The film's casting directors are conduction a nation talent search (including Canada) for the lead role of Drew Boley. Both unrepresented talent, and talent signed with agents can submit to be considered.

The character of Drew Foley is a young, handsome rocker. He has great comedic timing, a rocker tough exterior edge, boyish quality, charm, vulnerability, is a potential huge rock star. Drew desperately wants to be a rocker, but works as a bar back at the famous “Rock of Ages” club on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood until his dreams, however unrealistic, come true.

The actor can be any ethnicity, but MUST be able to play an early 20's aged singer and guitarist with a rocker voice. They are not looking for a contemporary musical theatre pop voice, but a pure, gritty rock sound. Should also should be a good mover on stage.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin on May 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. Other shooting locations being scouted are Miami and New York.

Talent in the United Sated and Canada can submit themselves, or have their agent/manager submit them at the following online open casting call website:

ActorCast "Rock of Ages" Video Audition Upload Page


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.

Juel Bestrop
Seth Yanklewitz
"Rock of Ages" Casting
4000 Warner Blvd.
Building 133
Room 104
Burbank, CA 91522

Extras Casting:

Central Casting
220 S Flower Street
Burbank, CA 91502
Registration Information: (818) 562-2755
Do not send photos to Central, you must register in person.

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.

New Line Cinema
116 N. Robertson Blvd.
Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Warner Bros. Pictures
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522

Material Pictures
9220 Sunset Blvd.
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90069

Offspring Entertainment
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

Corner Stone Entertainment
9615 Brighton Way
Suite 201
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Producers:

Matthew Weaver
Scott Prisand
Jennifer Gibgot
Carl Levin
Tobey Maguire
Hillary Weaver
Jenno Topping
Janet Billig

Director:

Adam Shankman

Starring:

Diego González Boneta
Julianne Hough
Tom Cruise
Mary J. Blige
Alec Baldwin
Russell Brand

Story:

The storyline takes place at a Sunset Strip rock club called Rock of Ages, where a man and woman fall in love but get torn apart by the rock lifestyle. The show is propelled by signature '80s rock anthems popularized by Journey, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Bon Jovi and REO Speedwagon.

Note: The Broadway live theatre production of "Rock of Ages" opens on March 24, 2011 at Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 W. 44th Street, NY and has an open ended run.

ABC Family open casting call for TV movie 'Teen Spirit' in Wilmington, NC

Wilmington, NC will be the shooting location for the upcoming ABC Family made-for-TV movie titled "Teen Spirit". The lead roles are being cast in Los Angeles, and additional principal actor roles and extras will be cast in Wilmington. There will be an open casting call in Wilmington, NC on March 5th, 2011.

The story follows Amber, the most popular - and mean spirited - girl in school. Amber is fatally electrocuted, and she's charged with helping the most unpopular girl in school, a music nerd named Lisa, become prom queen in order to enter through the pearly gates of heaven. But when Amber's makeover of Lisa becomes far more than adequate, Lisa ends up dumping her old true friends in favor of the in-crowd and she becomes self-absorbed in her new found popularity.

The Ladder Program Board of Advisors members Steven Gary Banks and James Middleton will produce "Teen Spirit". The Ladder Program is an intensive internship experience that combines working in the real world of entertainment with an academic framework that teaches the skills needed to have a future career in entertainment.

Steven Gary Banks is a prolific screenwriter having sold 11 feature screenplays to the major film studios including Disney, Miramax, New Line, Sony/Columbia Pictures, Paramount, Revolution Studios and Warner Brothers. Mr. Banks also works in television creating new series and has written five different pilots for the Fox and ABC networks.

James Middleton has worked as SVP Production and Development of C2 Pictures and Vice President of Development at United Artists. He has been featured on CNN and NBC newscasts concerning the entertainment industry and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America.

Open Casting Call Details

Casting directors from Fincannon and Associates are seeking young adults who can pass for all types of teenagers - popular kids, jocks, nerds, goth, hipsters, etc., to fill the student body of an All-American stereotypical high school. Producers are also looking for background actors of all ages to play teachers, parents, senior citizens, restaurant patrons, etc.

Where:

Community Arts Center
120 South 2nd Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Click Here for directions.

When:

Saturday March 5, 2011
10:00am - 5:00pm

Please bring a recent color snapshot of yourself smiling, preferably a 3"x5" print. If you don't have a photo, they will take one for you at no charge.

People who can't make it to the open casting call and are interested in working on "Teen Spirit" as a stand-in, extra, or photo double can download the following registration form and submit it to the address below:

"Teen Spirit" Extras Registration Card

Fill the form out and send a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope to:

Fincannon and Associates, Inc.
c/o "Teen Spirit" Extras Casting
1235 North 23rd Street
Wilmington, NC 28405

When they receive your SASE and registration card, they will mail to you a Background talent form which you should fill out completely, attaching a recent photo of yourself and returning by mail to the same address above.

"Teen Spirit" begins filming late March, 2011 and will air on ABC Family in Summer, 2011.

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:

Alyson Silverberg
"Teen Spirit" Casting
121 W. Lexington Drive
Glendale, CA 91203
teenspiritcasting@gmail.com

Wilmington:

Lisa Mae Fincannon, CSA
"Teen Spirit" Casting
1235 N. 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.

"Teen Spirit" Production Office
c/o Screen Gems Studios
1223 23rd Street North
Wilmington, NC 28405

ABC Family
3800 W. Alameda Avenue
Burbank, CA 91505

Producers:

Steven Gary Banks (Writer)
James Middleton

Director: Gil Junger

Starring:

Cassie Scerbo - Amber
Lindsey Shaw - Lisa

Story:

When the meanest most popular and most feared girl in school, Amber (Cassie Scerbo), is electrocuted at the prom, she has one week to turn the least popular girl in school, Lisa (Lindsey Shaw), into the next Prom Queen or her afterlife fate is sealed... in hell.

New VH1 series 'Single Ladies' open casting call in Atlanta, GA

Casting Director Bill Marinella, a 17-year industry veteran, announced today that he is in search of background talent and specialty bit players for the premiere season of Single Ladies, executive produced by Flavor Unit and POPfilms and shooting exclusively in Atlanta, GA. All positions are paid!

The open call is open for ages 18 and up only please. Arrive with two forms of valid I.D. 

Open Casting Call Details

Where:

Gwinnett Place Mall
Center Court
2100 Pleasant Hill Road
Duluth, GA 30096

Click Here for directions.

When:

Saturday, February 19, 2011
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Specifically seeking: 

• Very chic and trendy persons who appear to be “30-somethings”  

• Upscale patrons with a polished look, so ladies bring your Chanel and Dolce & Gabbana handbags, Prada sunglasses etc... 

• Anyone with cool/ funky hairstyle, eyeglasses, tattoos, or “Art Gallery” look.

• Everyone, please come relaxed and dress your best to impress our wardrobe department!  

• Casting ages 18 and over for “ALL LOOKS”

 Wardrobe notes:

• ABSOLUTELY NO RED, NO WHITE and NO BUSY PRINTS/PATTERNS

• Colors we love for the professional looks are navy  grey, black, olive, tan, maroon, beige, charcoal - think “GQ “ magazine type.

• For “Nightlife” scenes - Think “Sex and the City” type dresses, spaghetti straps, and stylish jeans for women, tops with jewel tones and color are good! 

• Men with that “Entourage” feel, overdyed or dark upscale jeans and shirts with peak or  notch collars and sport jackets and soft soled rubber dress shoes, and handsome, “chic suits” for play.

• Please come in style, simple jewelry is best, with hair and make up  camera ready

Free parking. Please bring a pen and headshots if you have them. Please know your wardrobe sizes (height, waist, inseam, shoe, etc.).

About VH1

SINGLE LADIES

Single Ladies is a comedic drama about Val, Keisha, and April - three best friends with different philosophies on sex and relationships. Val (Stacey Dash) is an ambitious aspiring fashion mogul who wants to find a true partner. Keisha (LisaRaye McCoy), on the other hand, is a former video dancer just looking for a rich man to keep her in style. April (Charity Shea) has supposedly found the perfect man and the perfect marriage - but is learning that marriage isn’t necessarily a happy ending. Single Ladies is a modern, sexy series set in the world of Atlanta fashion, music, and celebrity that will constantly explore which woman has the right approach to relationships.