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French actress and model Olga Kurylenko co-stars opposite Tom Cruise.
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Universal Pictures is currently holding an open casting call for extras to work on a major feature film with a $100 million dollar budget starring Tom Cruise. Background performers who wish to be considered should attend the casting call, however emailed submissions are being accepted also. Shooting will take place mostly in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Additional filming will take place in Los Angeles, New York, and the country of Iceland. Principal photography will begin on March 19, 2012 and continue through August 12, 2012.


 
 
Leonardo DiCaprio Calvin Candie

Leonardo DiCaprio plays sadistic Francophile plantation owner Calvin Candie.
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The star-studded major feature film "Django Unchained" is currently in production and an open casting call for African American men, women, and children in being held near New Orleans, Louisiana on February 15, 2012. Additional casting calls will take place for other ethnic groups and types at a future date. "Django Unchained", which has been shooting in Mammoth Lakes and Santa Clarita, California and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will be moving to New Orleans for the duration of filming. Principal photography will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana through April 27, 2012.

 
 
John Cusack Hillary Van Wetter The Paperboy

John Cusack will play death row inmate Hillary Van Wetter.
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Lee Daniels Entertainment and Nu Image / Millennium Films are beginning production on the feature film "The Paperboy" in the New Orleans, LA area and the extras casting director is seeking male and female children and adults to work on the film as featured extras and general background extras. Shooting begins August 1st, 2011 and runs through the end of September, 2011.

 
 



Television show auditions are now underway for a 1 hour pilot episode of a TNT series titled "Delta Blues". The show is being produced by George Clooney and will begin filming in New Orleans on December 6, 2009. Auditions are being held in both Los Angeles and New York.


 
 



Casting directors for the HBO syndicated series "Treme" are conducting an open casting call on November 7, 2009. They are seeking local talent to work as background extras, stand-ins, and possible day-player speaking roles. David Simon co-created the project with longtime New Orleans resident Eric Overmyer, after the two former "Homicide" writers had discussed doing a show set in the Big Easy for years.