"The Mistletones" will kick off ABC Family's "25 Days of Christmas" in 2012.
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ABC Family is currently casting lead and supporting roles in Los Angeles for the upcoming musical telefilm "The Mistletones". Filming will take place from February 6th - March 19, 2012 in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. The movie's stand-ins and extras will be hired in Salt Lake City throughout filming. The story follows young lady with and extraordinary singing voice who starts her own Christmas caroling group and sets out to win a competition.
Disney Channel veteran Paul Hoen will direct "The Mistletones". Hoen has directed such Disney productions as "The Luck of the Irish," "Tru Confessions," "You Wish!," "Even Stevens," "Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off," "Read It and Weep," "Jump In!," "The Cheetah Girls: One World," "Dadnapped," "Jonas," "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam," "Zeke and Luther," "Madison High," and the upcoming "Let It Shine". Hoen's previous ABC Family directorial movie was "Searching for David's Heart". Executive producer Maggie Malina is re-teaming with writers Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas. The three collaborated on past projects for MTV - Malina was Senior Vice-President of films.
ABC Family put five shows into production last year and opened up a third night of original programming. "Switched at Birth," the top premiere of 2011, was in turn used to launch "Jane By Design," executive produced by Gavin Palone and April Blair and starring Andie MacDowell, Erica Dasher and Nicholas Roux.
Returning series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," starring Golden Globe nominated actress nominee Shailene Woodley of "The Descendants," will have its season premiere March 26, 2012 along with "Make It or Break It".
The coming year will also offer another venture by ABC Family into musical telepics, with "Elixir", starring Chelsea Kane and Jane Seymour.
"The Mistletones" will anchor the next "25 Days of Christmas" series in December, 2012.
Here is what the casting director is currently seeking:
• African American male 35-65 who knows how to play piano a little. Pay is $200.00 for day
• African American little girl 5-7 yrs old pay is $125.00
• MUST be located in the Salt Lake City area.
Send photos ASAP to:
Submissions@jeffjohnsoncasting.com
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:
Deedee Bradley
11340 Moorpark Street
North Hollywood, CA 91602
Salt Lake City:
Jeff Johnson Casting
2150 South Main Street
Suite 102
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Submissions@jeffjohnsoncasting.com
Extras Casting
Salt Lake City:
Utah Extras
Click Here to register for work as an extra on "The Mistletones".
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.
ABC Family
3800 W. Alameda Avenue
Burbank, CA 91505
Producers: Maggie Malina
Director: Paul Hoen
Starring:
Holly - Tia Mowry
Marci - Tori Spelling
Story:
Blessed with an extraordinary singing voice, Holly (Tia Mowry) is all set to audition for the newly vacated place in the famous Ridgefield, Connecticut Christmas group "The Mistle-Tones," which was founded by her late mother forty years ago. Shocked and upset when the slot goes to Stacy, the barely talented best friend of the group's de facto leader, Marci (Tori Spelling), Holly winds up convincing the local Mall Manager to hold a competition for the best Christmas group to host the yearly Christmas presentation at the mall. Putting together a group of her own with a few members from her office, Holly finds herself on a journey to the real meaning of Christmas, with a new singing group and a new love thrown in for good measure.
