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Nu-Image star studded film 'The Expendables 2' auditions and casting calls

The Expendables 2 Auditions and Casting Calls

"The Expendables 2" will film almost entirely in Bulgaria.
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The sequel to the mega-hit ensemble action film "The Expendables" is nearing the start of filming in October, 2011. The casting director is currently casting supporting roles and smaller speaking roles, and the extras casting company is registering extras to work on the film. The original film had a budget of $80 million and made over $274 million dollars at the box office.

"The Expendables 2" has a lineup of major action movie veterans that includes Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Wills, John Travolta, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Chuck Norris, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. It also has some more recent stars such as Randy Couture, Jason Statham, Terry Crews, and Steve Austin.

Sylvester Stallone has decided not to direct or write the script this time around, and stick to acting only. Simon West will direct "The Expendables 2" from a screenplay written by David Agosto and Ken Kaufman. Jason Constantine and Jon Feltheimer will executive produce for Lionsgate. Boaz Davidson will executive produce for Nu-Image Films while Avi Lerner will produce for Nu-Image. John Thompson will oversee production for Millennium Films, and Kevin King Templeton will co-produce.

The vast majority of the 14-week production for "The Expendables 2" will take place in and around Bulgaria, in addition to locations in Paris, Moscow and China. Nu Boyana Film Studios, which is owned by Nu Image Films, will be the main filming location and is the largest film production studio in Bulgaria, 14 stages and outdoor sets from NY to Paris and ancient Rome. 180 feature films have been made there. Cast and crew who do not hold Bulgarian or European Union passports require a work permit which is easy to obtain. Apply at your nearest Bulgarian Embassy:

Unites States of America
United Kingdom

"The Expendables 2" will hit theaters on August 17, 2012


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.

Bulgaria:

Mariana Stanisheva
"The Expendables 2" Production Office
c/o Nu Boyana Film Studios
Cinema Center
84 Kumata Street
Sofia, 1616, Bulgaria, Boyana

Extras Casting

Bulgaria:

Alexander Kossev
Talent Partners Casting
100 Evlogi Georgiev Blvd
Sofia 1505
Bulgaria

Click Here to register with Talent Partners.

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.

"The Expendables 2" Production Office
c/o Nu Boyana Film Studios
Cinema Center
84 Kumata Street
Sofia, 1616, Bulgaria, Boyana

Nu Image Films
6423 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Millennium Films
6423 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Simon West Productions
3450 Cahuenga Blvd. West
Suite 510
Los Angeles, CA 90068

Lionsgate
2700 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Producers:

Jon Feltheimer
Jason Constantine
Avi Lerner
John Thompson
Kevin King
Trevor Short
Boaz Davidson
Robert Earl

Director:

Simon West

Starring:

Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tamara Ecclestone
Bruce Wills
Jason Statham
Dolph Lundgren
Mickey Rourke
Terry Crews
Scott Adkins
Jet Li
Chuck Norris
John Travolta
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Liam Hemsworth

Story:

The Expendables are back and this time it's personal. After Tool (Mickey Rourke), the heart and soul of the Expendables, is brutally murdered on a mission, his comrades swear to avenge him. They're not the only ones who want blood. Tool’s beautiful young and wild daughter Fiona (Tamara Ecclestone) embarks on her own revenge mission, complicating matters when she is captured and ransomed by a ruthless dictator plotting to destroy a resistance movement. Now Barney and the Expendables must risk everything to save her and humanity.

Casting calls for 'The Frozen Ground' starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and Vanessa Hudgens

The Frozen Ground Auditions Casting Calls

"The Frozen Ground" will be hiring speaking roles and hundreds of extras in Alaska.
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The feature film "The Frozen Ground" will begin shooting in Anchorage, Alaska on October 17, 2011. The casting director is hiring as many as 45 Alaska actors for speaking roles, as well as several hundred background extras. They are especially seeking state troopers and members of the police department who are interested in acting and extras roles. The film's main starring roles are being cast out of Los Angeles.

Written by New Zealander Scott Walker, who will also make his directing debut, the film is based on the true story of Alaska's most notorious serial predator, Robert "butcher baker" Hansen, who abducted some two dozen women and flew them into the Alaskan wilderness where he released and then hunted them. John Cusack plays the role of Robert Hanson, Nicolas Cage plays the State Trooper who hunts Hanson, and Vanessa Hudgens plays a victim of Hanson's who survives and helps bring him to justice.

Brandt Andersen will executive produce with a $27 million budget for Emmett/Furla Films while George Furla and Randall Emmett will produce for the company. Jane Fleming and Mark Ordesky will produce for Amber Entertainment. Curtis "50 cent" Jackson has come onboard to play a substantial role as a 1980s-era pimp, and will also executive produce the film with Envision.

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 or email only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.

Los Angeles:

Anne McCarthy
"The Frozen Ground" Casting
c/o Engine Media Group
PO Box 1859
Venice, CA 90291
(casting lead and supporting roles only)

Alaska:

Deborah Schildt
"The Frozen Ground" Casting
11050 Cange Street
Anchorage, AK 99516

Frozen Ground is asking that those interested in auditioning first e-mail an acting resume and headshot, plus contact info. IF you match the description of who is being cast, you will be given lines to memorize and a specific appointment to audition (about a 15 to 30 minute process). They are auditioning those with acting resumes first.

The casting e mail is: frozengroundcasting@gmail.com

Write "Actress" or "Actor" in the subject line.


Extras Casting

Alaska:

Deborah Schildt
"The Frozen Ground" Extras Casting
11050 Cange Street
Anchorage, AK 99516

If anyone wants to be an extra - you do not need to audition. In that case, you still need to send an e-mail with a current snapshot and contact information. Again, if you match the look of the extras they need AND have a very flexible schedule and availability of at least 12 open hours in a day (not weekends), then you MAY be called in for extras work.

The casting e mail is: frozengroundcasting@gmail.com

Write "Extra" 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.

"The Frozen Ground"
Production Office
1001 Northway Drive
2nd Floor
Anchorage, AK 99508

Voltage Pictures
662 N. Crescent Heights Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Amber Entertainment
6030 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Emmett/Furla Films
8200 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 300
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Producers:

Randall Emmett
George Furla
Jane Fleming
Mark Ordesky
Curtis Jackson

Writer/Director:

Scott Walker

Starring:

Nicolas Cage
John Cusack
Vanessa Hudgens
Curtis Jackson

Story:

Based on true events surrounding Alaska's most notorious serial predator, Robert Hansen (John Cusack), a respected family man, who over the course of twelve years abducted, tortured and raped over twenty four women, flying them to the Alaskan wilderness and hunting them down before killing them. Story will follow an Alaska State Trooper (Nicolas Cage) who finds one of Hansen's victims (Vanessa Hudgens) alive on the street who becomes the key in an unlikely partnership that brings Hansen to justice. Hansen was arrested in 1983 and charged with four murders and, as part of a plea bargain, agreed to show police where the graves of the murdered women were. He was sentenced to 461 years in prison and is currently imprisoned at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Alaska.