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Casting calls for Sony Pictures film 'The Kitchen Sink' starring Vanessa Hudgens and featuring vampires, zombies, and aliens

The Kitchen Sink Casting Calls

"The Kitchen Sink" is scheduled to hit theaters October 17, 2014.
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Matt Tolmach Productions and Circle of Confusion are getting ready to begin production on the Sony Pictures comedy feature film "The Kitchen Sink" and casting directors are holding auditions for starring, co-starring, supporting, and day-player roles. The stand-ins and photo-doubles for the principal actors, as well as general extras and featured background actors are also now being cast. Shooting will take place in Los Angeles beginning on August 5, 2013 and will continue through September 15, 2013. "The Kitchen Sink" will hit theaters on October 17, 2014.

"The Kitchen Sink" is about the unlikely alliance between a high school-aged vampire, zombie and human as they try to save their town from invading aliens. Think "Breakfast Club" meets "Zombieland", you get an idea of the title in an early scene where two kids are running from zombies. Those zombies suddenly are attacked by vampires. Just when they are all facing off, there's a bright light overhead. You realize the aliens have landed and these groups have to band together, suppress the urge to kill each other, and it becomes thematically the enemy of my enemy is my friend. That makes it different than your usual zombie, vampire, or alien movie.

Starring in "The Kitchen Sink" is two-time Teen Choice Awards winner Vanessa Hudgens playing the role of a popular teen who finds herself in danger when aliens invade her small town of Danville. The former Disney Channel star recently starred opposite Nicolas Cage and John Cusack in the feature film "The Frozen Ground". She also starred with Amber Heard in "Machete Kills", and just completed voicing the role of Janis in the animated feature film "The Great Migration". Also starring in "The Kitchen Sink" is two-time Golden Globe Awards nominee Denis Leary playing a wealthy and smart resident of Danville. Young Artist Awards nominee Nicholas Braun, The Amazing Spider-Man's Chris Zylka, Mackenzie Davis, and Josh Fadem have also joined the cast.

Independent Spirit Awards nominee Robbie Pickering will direct "The Kitchen Sink" from an original screenplay written by Oren Uziel, who is also writing the screenplay for "22 Jump Street," "Mortal Kombat," and "Men in Black 4". Matthew Tolmach will produce with Kate Checchi under the banner of his production company Matt Tolmach Productions. Tolmach produced "The Amazing Spider-Man," and the upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man 2". VP of Production Lauren Abraham will oversee production for Sony Pictures.

All talent, including minors and foreign talent must be legally eligible to work in the state of California and in the United States.

The 2013 Los Angeles Actors Resource Guide eBook comes with free quarterly updates and 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 2013 Actors Resource Guide eBooks are 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:

Jeanne McCarthy
Nicole Abellera
1750 Ocean Park Blvd.
Suite 208
Santa Monica, CA 90405

Extras Casting

Los Angeles:

Central Casting
220 S. Flower Street
Burbank, CA 91502
Registration Info: (818) 562-2755
Do not send photos to Central Casting, 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.

"The Kitchen Sink"
Production Office
1600 Rosecrans Avenue
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Matt Tolmach Productions
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Stage 6
Culver City, CA 90232

Circle of Confusion
8548 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

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

Producers:

Matthew Tolmach
Kate Checchi
Lauren Abraham

Director:

Robbie Pickering

Starring:

Vanessa Hudgens
Denis Leary
Nicholas Braun
Mackenzie Davis
Josh Fadem
Chris Zylka

Story:

When aliens invade a town of vampires, zombies and humans, partisan warfare results.

Talent search continues for boy to star in feature film 'Crazy For The Storm' directed by Sean Penn

Crazy For The Storm Child Actor Talent Search

"Crazy For The Storm" begins shooting in January, 2014.
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Gerber Pictures is now in pre-production on the Warner Bros. Pictures true-story action survival feature film "Crazy For The Storm" based on the bestselling novel "Crazy For The Storm: A Memoir Of Survival" by Norman Ollestad. A massive talent search has been taking place since February, 2013 for a boy who can play 11 year-old Norman Ollestad. The talent search included online video submissions accepted through Cast It Talent. However, the right boy was not discovered and new casting director information is now available.

"Crazy For The Storm" tells the story of Norman Ollestad, who at eleven years old was riding in a Cessna in a blizzard through California's San Gabriel Mountains in 1979, on his way to pick up a trophy he won in a skiing competition. The plane crash that followed killed his father and the pilot, also badly wounding his father's girlfriend Sandra, who with young Norman was savagely thrown onto the top of an 8,600-foot mountain in the freezing, February chill. After Sandra dies, Norman endures a grueling nine-hour life-or-death journey down the mountain during a blizzard. On the descent, Norman recounts in flashbacks how his father infused his love for extreme sports in him as a boy, pressing him to become a competitive surfer and skier, experience that allowed him to survive the ordeal.

Starring in "Crazy For The Storm" is Academy Award nominee Josh Brolin playing the role of young Norman's father Norman Ollestad Sr. Two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn is directing from an adapted screenplay written by Will Fetters. This will be the third time that Sean Penn and Josh Brolin have worked together on a feature film. For the film "Milk," Penn won an Academy Award and Brolin was nominated for an Oscar. In the Warner Bros. Pictures feature film "Gangster Squad", Penn played the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen while Brolin portrayed the determined Sgt. John O'Mara. Penn recently starred in Ben Stiller's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", while Brolin starred in the upcoming "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For".

Primetime Emmy Award nominee Bill Gerber will produce for Gerber Pictures. His producing credits include "The In-Laws" starring Michael Douglas and Ryan Reynolds, "Gran Torino" starring Clint Eastwood, and the upcoming "Grudge Match" starring Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro. Also producing is Norman Ollestad's literary manager Rob Weisbach, and Fonda Snyder. Ollestad will executive produce. Warner Bros. will handle domestic distribution.

The following is what the original casting call was seeking:

[NORMAN OLLESTAD] Male, 9-11 years of age, Caucasian. Must have surfing experience to play this lead role. The boy should be mentally tough and comfortable with sensitive and difficult scripted material.

All talent, including minors and foreign talent must be legally eligible to work in the state of California and in the United States.

The 2013 Los Angeles Actors Resource Guide eBook comes with free quarterly updates and 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 2013 Actors Resource Guide eBooks are 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:

Tineka Becker
4000 Warner Blvd.
Building 138
Suite 1205A
Burbank, CA 91522

Extras Casting

TBA

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.

Gerber Pictures
4000 Warner Blvd.
Building 138
Suite 1205A
Burbank, CA 91522

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

Executive Producer:

Norman Ollestad

Producers:

Bill Gerber
Fonda Snyder
Rob Weisbach

Director:

Sean Penn

Starring:

Josh Brolin - Norman Ollestad Sr.

Story:

From the age of three, Norman Ollestad was thrust into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing by the intense, charismatic father he both idolized and resented. While his friends were riding bikes, playing ball, and going to birthday parties, young Norman was whisked away in pursuit of wild and demanding adventures. Yet it were these exhilarating tests of skill that prepared "Boy Wonder," as his father called him, to become a fearless champion—and ultimately saved his life. Flying to a ski championship ceremony in February 1979, the chartered Cessna carrying Norman, his father, his father's girlfriend, and the pilot crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains and was suspended at 8,200 feet, engulfed in a blizzard. "Dad
and I were a team, and he was Superman," Ollestad writes. But now Norman's father was dead, and the devastated eleven-year-old had to descend the treacherous, icy mountain alone.

Feature film 'Mahjong and the West' open casting calls in Jackson, Wyoming

Mahjong and the West Wyoming Open Casting Calls

"Mahjong and the West" will film in Jackson Hole July through August, 2013.
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BCDF Pictures is now in pre-production on the upcoming feature film "Mahjong and the West", and an open casting call has been scheduled for both adult and child actors. The project will shoot in the Jackson Hole valley area of Wyoming from July through August, 2013. Local people who are interested in working on the film as background performers are also welcome to attend the open call. Both SAG-AFTRA members and non-union talent will be considered.

"Mahjong and the West" tells the story of a young woman named Maddy Linden who suffers the tragedy of her mother, Diane, being killed in a hit-and-run. After Maddy’s grandmother Shirley, a Wyoming native, reveals that Diane wanted to be buried in the family plot, Maddy returns to Wyoming for the first time since she was 12. Kate Bennett, Maddy’s childhood friend, reunites with her after fifteen years, and the two are forced to revisit a shared trauma from their past - an incident that Kate refuses to acknowledge ever happened. Maddy finds solace in the form of a summer fling with Kate’s cousin Jack, a rugged bull rider. Ultimately Kate and Maddy rely on each other to get their lives back on track.

The beautiful and talented duo of Alyssa Carpenter and Jannette Bloom are set to star in the film. The two previously collaborated on the film "Narcissa", which was a 2012 Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist. Jannette Bloom has appeared on the television shows "The Big Bang Theory," "Big Time Rush," and "Portlandia". She directed and starred in the 2012 short film "Sadie and Kella: Lethal Ladies". Alyssa Carpenter graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in French and English. She recently played the lead role Samantha in the thriller feature film "Scarf".

Filmmaker Joseph Muszynski will direct "Mahjong and the West" from an original screenplay written by Alyssa Carpenter and Jannette Bloom. Muszynski served as executive producer and writer on the 2011 indie comedy-drama film "Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding" which starred two-time Academy Award winner Jane Fonda, two-time Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener, Golden Globe Award winner Kyle MacLachlan, Golden Globe Award nominee Rosanna Arquette, and Independent Spirit Awards nominee Elizabeth Olsen. That film's production company, BCDF Pictures, will also produce "Mahjong and the West".

Open Casting Call Details

Where:

70 East Hansen Avenue
Jackson, WY 83001

Click Here for directions.

When:

June 16, 2013 - 4:00 pm
June 17, 2013 - 9:00 pm

The following types are needed:

• Male roles ages 20-35
• Female roles ages 40-80
• Male roles ages 40-80
• 2 Female child roles (Caucasian only, blond or dark brown hair, ages 9-12)
• Chinese Male and Female roles. Ages 40-80, must speak Mandarin or Cantonese or any language of China.

ALL ages and ethnicities welcome for other small roles and extras. Please bring a headshot or recent photo, union and non-union actors welcome. Shooting will take place in the Jackson Hole area July – August, 2013.

If you are located near Jackson, WY and are unable to attend an open casting call, you may also send headshots and acting reels to the following:

MahjongAndTheWest@gmail.com

Production Company:

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.

BCDF Pictures
9 E 97th Street
Suite 3C
New York, NY 10029

Producers:

Claude Dal Farra
Brice Dal Farra
Lauren Munsch
Paul Prokop

Director:

Joseph Muszynski

Starring:

Jannette Bloom
Alyssa Carpenter

Story:

"Mahjong and the West" centers on Maddy Linden, who runs a New York interior design firm with her mother Diane. The two work together like yin and yang, tackling modern Brooklyn lofts and traditional Manhattan brownstones. When Diane dies in a tragic hit and run, Maddy’s grandmother Shirley, a Wyoming native, reveals that Diane wanted to be buried in the family plot. Maddy returns to Wyoming for the first time since she was 12. At Shirley’s beautiful home at the base of the Teton Mountains, Maddy is reacquainted with a tradition Shirley has upheld for thirty years—donning festive Chinese attire, drinking wine, and playing Mahjong weekly with her girlfriends. Kate Bennett, Maddy’s childhood friend, plays with the ladies sometimes, and the two of them reunite after fifteen years. Maddy works on selling her mother’s assets which include a ranch that Kate works on, a situation that creates a lot of tension between them. On top of that, Maddy tries to bring up the traumatic incident that both girls experienced before Maddy moved away, but Kate refuses to acknowledge that it even happened. Maddy finds solace in the form of a summer fling with Kate’s cousin Jack, a rugged bull rider. Ultimately Kate and Maddy rely on each other to get their lives back on track.

Major feature film 'Laggies' casting extras in Seattle

Anonymous Content is in pre-production on the upcoming major indie feature film "Laggies" starring Chloe Moretz, Sam Rockewell, and Keira Knightley. Filming will take place in Seattle, WA beginning June 3, 2013. Seattle native Lynn Shelton will direct from a screenplay by Andrea Seigel. Casting directors in Los Angeles and New York are auditioning talent for lead and supporting roles. The extras casting director in Seattle is hiring background actors, and will continue casting extras throughout production.

"Laggies" centers on a woman named Megan who has been living in perpetual adolescence, as she never switched over to the formality that adulthood imposes. Unsure of how to respond to her photographer boyfriend Anthony's marriage proposal, Megan pretends to go on a work retreat out of town, but ends up spending a week with her new 16-year-old pal Annika and all of her friends. Megan helps Annika to attempt a reconciliation with her mother Bethany, who chose a career as a lingerie model and left Annika and her father Craig. During the week, Megan and Annika bond and experience everything from stealing a beer keg from a party, to skateboarding, and toilet-papering a parent's house. When Megan unknowingly begins to have feelings for Annika's father, things get complicated.

Despite widespread reports that Anne Hathaway is starring in "Laggies", two-time Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley has been cast to play the starring role of Megan. Hathaway was in negotiations at one point, however Keira Knightley was cast after an agreement could not be reached with Ms. Hathaway. People's Choice Awards winner Chloë Grace Moretz is playing the role of 16-year-old pal Annika. Two-time Screen Actors Guild Awards nominee Sam Rockwell has joined the cast playing the role of Annika's lonely single father Craig. Rounding out the top four roles is Mark Webber playing Megan's boyfriend Anthony.

Directing "Laggies" is the highly respected and accomplished indie film director and writer Lynn Shelton. Among the films that Shelton has directed are "We Go Way Back" starring Amber Hubert and Maggie Brown, which is about a 23-year old actress, Kate, confronted by her 13-year old self; "Humpday" starring Joshua Leonard and Mark Duplass, about two college buddies who decide to have sex on-camera as part of an art project; "Your Sister's Sister" starring Mark Duplass and Emily Blunt, a comedy about doing the right thing with the wrong person; and "Touchy Feely" starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Ellen Page, and Allison Janney. Lynn Shelton's films have won multiple film festival awards. Academy Award nominee Steve Golin of Anonymous Content will produce alongside Alix Madigan and Rosalie Swedlin.

Extras Casting Calls

The extras casting director for the feature film "Laggies" is seeking the a large amount of following types located near Seattle, WA:

Males and Females, 18-19 years of age to play high school students. To portray students attending a prom.

MUST be legal to work in the U.S.
MUST have reliable transportation.

Submit your name, contact information, recent photos along with height, weight, dress size, and all wardrobe sizes. Please state if you own a prom dress and/or a suit or tuxedo. If you do own a prom dress, suit, or a tuxedo include a current picture of you wearing it. Preferably a non-professional snapshot.

Submit all information ASAP to: foregroundbackground@gmail.com

Put "Laggies Extras" in the subject line.

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:

Lauren Bass
Liz Dean Casting
4705 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
Suite 301
Valley Village, CA 91607

New York:

Jodi Angstreich
Laura Rosenthal Casting
401 Broadway
Suite 711
New York, NY 10013

Extras Casting

Seattle:

Denise Gibbs
Foreground Background LLC

Extras will be cast just prior to the start of shooting, which begins on June 3, 2013.

Details will be posted here.

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.

Production Office
2203 Airport Way S.
Ste. A402
Seattle, WA 98134

Anonymous Content
3532 Hayden Avenue
Culver City, CA 90232

Seashel Pictures LLC
342 NW 84th St
Seattle, WA 98117

Producers: Steve Golin, Rosalie Swedlin, Alix Madigan

Director: Lynn Shelton

Starring:

Megan - Keira Knightley
Annika - Chloe Moretz
Craig - Sam Rockwell
Anthony - Mark Webber

Story:

A woman stuck in permanent adolescence lies to her fiancé about going on a retreat and spends the time hanging out with friends instead.