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ABC Family movie '12 Dates of Christmas' casting actors in L.A. and Toronto

*** Casting on this project has been completed ***

From the producing and directing team that brought you "Revenge of the Bridesmaids" comes a new ABC Family made for TV movie called "12 Dates of Christmas". Auditions for the movie's actors is underway in Los Angeles and Toronto, and the extras will be hired in Toronto.

Two time Primetime Emmy nominated James Hayman will direct the telefilm. Hayman served as executive producer, director, and cinematographer on the series "Ugly Betty," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "ER," "Northern Exposure," "The Sopranos," "Joan of Arcadia," "House M.D.," "Drop Dead Diva," "Revenge of the Bridesmaids," among many other TV shows and films.

The script was written by Janet Brownell, Aaron Mendelsohn and Blake Harris, and it tells the story of the gorgeous but clueless Kate Stanton. Kate is stuck on winning back the affection of her jerk of an ex-boyfriend. After she falls down in a department store and is knocked unconscious, she becomes hopelessly stuck in a circular "time warp" in which she is doomed to repeat her unfortunate Christmas Eve over and over until she can embrace true love and the spirit of Christmas.

"Revenge of the Bridesmaids" producer Beth Miller will co-produce with Primetime Emmy nominated Frank von Zerneck under the banner of his Von Zerneck Sertner Films banner.

Principal photography on "12 Dates of Christmas" begins February 28, 2011 in Toronto and runs through March 25, 2011.

Note: This production is under AFTRA contract. Talent can join AFTRA online at www.aftra.org or at their local branch office.

Current costs to join AFTRA:

$1663.90 ($1600.00 + $63.90), covering initiation fee and the first payment of bi-annual dues.

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:

Brett Greenstein
Collin Daniel
12 Dates of Christmas Casting
6671 Sunset Blvd.
Suite 1527
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Toronto:

Diane Kerbel
12 Dates of Christmas Casting
53A Howland Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3B2
Canada

Extras Casting

Toronto:

To work as an extra in Toronto, you must register with a Background Actor Casting Agent. The agent has the responsibility of booking you on film and television productions. No special talent, training, or previous experience is required. You can download a list if these agents here:


Toronto Background Actor Casting Agent List


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.

Von Zerneck-Sertner Films
11100 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 450
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Princessa Productions, LTD
100-721 Eastern Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4M 1E6
Canada

Hop, Skip & Jump Productions, Inc.
100-721 Eastern Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4M 1E6
Canada

Producers:

Frank von Zerneck
Beth Miller

Director:

Jim Hayman

Starring:

Amy Smart - Kate Stanton

Story:

Kate Stanton is an amazing beauty of a woman, but is also fairly oblivious to the spirit of Christmas. She is also stuck on trying to win back her jerk of an ex-boyfriend, even though he has moved on to other women. Kate meets a wonderful man named Miles Dufine on a blind date. However, Kate can't see Miles for the great person he is, because she is caught up in a blinded obsession with her ex. Then Kate becomes stuck in a time warp, forced to relive the same Christmas over and over until she learns to embrace true love.

New ABC Family movie 'Teen Spirit' casting actors and extras

Click Here for open casting call information.

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.

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 & 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.

Numerous roles in the film for talent who are over the age of 18 to play younger are available in the Wilmington, NC area. This is for both actors and extras. "Teen Spirit" goes before the cameras in March, 2011 and will air on ABC Family in Summer, 2011.

This show is under AFTRA contract. Actors please put your AFTRA membership number on your resume.

Note: Talent can join AFTRA online at www.aftra.org or at their local branch office.

Current costs to join AFTRA:

$1663.90 ($1600.00 + $63.90), covering initiation fee and the first payment of bi-annual dues.

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

Extras Casting

Wilmington, NC:

People who 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 & 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.

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
Lindsey Shaw

Story:

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