James Franco stars with Disney Beauties Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens. Creative Commons
The upcoming independent dark teen comedy feature film "Spring Breakers" is currently auditioning actors in Los Angeles for lead roles and supporting roles. Smaller roles and extras will be cast in Florida where shooting will take place beginning in February, 2012. The movie is about four female college students who attempt to pay for their spring break trip by robbing a restaurant, and end up getting busted. Academy Award nominated actor James Franco plays a rapping drug dealer who bails the girls out and persuades them to help him kill his rival dealer.
Plus size model Chloe Marshall has proven an amazing role-model for UK girls. Creative Commons
Online retailer AboutCurves.com, a provider of plus size lingerie and accessories, is seeking aspiring plus-size models to help spread the message of size acceptance and beauty at any size throughout the fashion industry. An upcoming photo shoot for the lingerie retailer will show off a wide variety of new plus size lingerie products. These photo shoots allow the retailer to challenge the idea that women have to fit into a certain mold in order to be attractive and that women of varying body types have limited options with respect to lingerie.
New Line Cinema in association with Warner Bros. Pictures are currently filming "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" in the Wellington, New Zealand area through late March, 2012. The casting directors are holding an open casting call for folks who live within reasonable driving distance of Wellington and would like to appear in the film as paid background performers. Shooting will take place at Stone Street Studios and various locations around Wellington.
The sultry young Emma Roberts plays an Ivy League grad in "Adult World". Creative Commons
Treehouse Pictures in association with Anonymous Content are getting ready to begin filming the comedy feature film "Adult World" starring Emma Roberts. Casting for co-starring and supporting roles is taking place in New York City. However shooting will take place in Syracuse, New York where an open casting call is scheduled for the film's extras and stand-ins.
Super sexy Helena Bonham Carter stars opposite Johnny Depp in "The Lone Ranger". Creative Commons
Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Walt Disney Pictures are set to begin principal photography on the star studded feature film "The Lone Ranger" on February 3, 2012. Shooting will take place in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and other areas of New Mexico through July 20, 2012. The film's remaining supporting players are still being cast in Los Angeles, and smaller speaking roles, extras, stand-ins, and photo-doubles for the film's stars are being cast in New Mexico throughout filming. The casting director is seeking Caucasian, Hispanic, Native American, Asian men to work as extras.
The extremely beautiful and amazingly talented Niki Caro is directing "McFarland". Creative Commons.
Mayhem Pictures in association with Walt Disney Pictures are set to begin filming the biopic feature film "McFarland" in February, 2012. After an open casting call last December, 2011 in Bakersfield failed to discover the film's stars and supporting roles, auditions will take place in Los Angeles. The studio and production company are open to new talent for the starring roles, which will go to teen and young Latino males.
Mark Wahlberg plays a former cop turned private investigator in "Broken City".
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation’s feature film “Broken City” is currently shooting in the New Orleans area and the extras casting director is seeking people to work on the film in January, 2012. This is fully paid work and no prior experience working as a background performer is necessary. Candidates must be located within reasonable driving distance of New Orleans.
The average income for Screen Actors Guild Members is less than $5,000 annually. AB Media Publishing, LLC
The number of people who "dream" of being a professional actor are in the millions. There are no official statistics published regarding the number of people who actively pursue acting jobs over the course of a given year, however the number is likely in the upper hundreds of thousands worldwide. This is a staggering number considering that there are roughly 50,000 acting jobs in a year, mostly comprising of small one-day roles. This figure also includes actors who worked on cruise lines, theme parks, summer festivals, and other non film and television jobs.
The National Harley-Davidson TV Commercial is casting Male and Female riders. Creative Commons
Casting calls will be taking place to interview potential candidates Monday and Tuesday, January 16th and 17th, 2012 for a national Harley-Davidson television commercial. Interviews and filming will take place in Austin, TX. Both male and female riders are being cast. The casting directors are looking for people who own a Harley and are willing to use it for the commercial shoot. They also want real riders, not actor types, who have great stories to tell about their jobs, hobbies, experiences, etc.
The beautiful and talented Bridgit Mendler stars as Teddy Duncan in "Good Luck Charlie". Creative Commons
It's a Laugh Productions and Disney Channel are back in production on the hit multi-camera teen sitcom "Good Luck Charlie" as it begins taping it's 3rd season. New kids, teens, and infant twins are being cast as series regulars, recurring roles, and guest stars. The third season will feature an addition to the Duncan family, a new baby. There will be a talent search for infant twins to play the role of the new baby, as there was for the role of Charlie Duncan (casting directors were unsuccessful in finding an appropriate set of twins for the role of Charlie and decided to cast Mia Talerico).