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

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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.

Warner Premiere film 'Another Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song' auditions underway for ABC Family

Shooting has been completed on Another Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song.

The third film in the Warner Bros. Studios "Another Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song" franchise began shooting in February, 2011 and the casting directors are casting various roles for male and female talented singers and dancers who are above 18 years of age that can play 17 year olds. These are for principal actor speaking roles under SAG contract.

Damon Santostefano will direct from a script written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott. Santostefano directed the 2008 direct-to-DVD "Another Cinderella Story," which was also written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott. Patterson and Scott won a Writers Guild of America Award for that video, and Selena Gomez won a Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actress. "Another Cinderella Story" aired on the ABC Family on January 19, 2009.

The current working title is simply "A Cinderella Story". Dylan Sellers will produce under the banner of his production company, Unique Features. Sellers also produced the first two "Cinderella Story" films. Clifford Werber and Ilyssa Goodman, both also alumni from the first two films, will again executive produce.

Lucy Hale has been cast as the film's star. Hale currently plays the role of Aria Montgomery on the hit ABC Family series "Pretty Little Liars". She also appeared is the short lived ABC Family series "Ruby & the Rockits," Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place," and played Rose Baker on the Warner Bros. Television comedy series "Privileged".

The lead and supporting roles are being cast out of Los Angeles, and additional actor casting will take place in Wilmington, NC where shooting will take place. All of the film's extras, stand-ins, and photo doubles will also be cast in Wilmington.

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:

Donna Morong, CSA
A Cinderella Story Casting
c/o Warner Premiere
4000 Warner Blvd.
Building 133
Room 103A
Burbank, CA 91522

Wilmington:

Lisa Mae Fincannon, CSA
A Cinderella Story Casting
1235 N. 23rd Street
Wilmington, NC 28405

Extras Casting

Wilmington:

Fincannon & Associates
A Cinderella Story Casting
1235 N. 23rd Street
Wilmington, NC 28405

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.

Warner Special Productions, Inc.
3240 Burnt Mill Drive
Suite 1
Wilmington, NC 28403

Warner Premiere
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522

Unique Features
116 N. Robertson Blvd.
Suite 909
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Producers:

Dylan Sellers

Director:

Damon Santostefano

Starring:

Megan Park
Lucy Hale

Story:

Cyrano De Bergerac meets Cinderella. Over-worked, harried and terrified of being put back in foster care, 17 year old Katie (Lucy Hale) does her stepmother and step-siblings' bidding without complaining. Vocally gifted, Katie feels particularly upset when forced to lay down singing tracks so that her untalented stepsister, Bev Van Ravensway, can hopefully win a recording contract from Massive Records - who's company President, Harvey Morgan, is scouting for new spectacular talent at a talent showcase for the Performing Arts Department at a prestigious private school.

ABC Family's new pilot 'Nine Lives' casting series regulars in LA and NY

*** This show has been cancelled ***

The casting director for the upcoming new 1-hour scripted drama "Nine Lives" is currently casting teens for the series regulars and supporting roles. All ethnicities, male and female. There are also roles available for parents of the teens. The drama is based on the book series "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" by Celia Thomson.

Celia Thomson is the pen name for Liz Braswell, her other pen name is Tracy Lynn. Braswell produced video games for almost 10 years before she decided to make a career change and began writing novels. She produced a series of Star Trek video games for Simon & Schuster Interactive that was programmed for the Macintosh and PC platforms. Simon & Schuster, Inc. became publisher of Liz Braswell's novels.

The three novels in "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" series are titled The Fallen, The Stolen, and The Chosen. The general premise of the story is about an adopted girl who discovers she has super-human powers, must fight to protect others of her non-human tribe, and deal with high school also.

Dan Berendsen ("Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," "Hannah Montana: The Movie") will serve as executive producer and head writer of the series scripts. Alloy Entertainment will produce, with Leslie Morgenstein ("Pretty Little Liars," "Gossip Girl," "The Vampire Diaries") and Gina Girolamo serving as executive producers.

16 year old actress Skyler Samuels has landed the starring role of Chloe King. She is known for her role as Gigi in the Disney Channel series "Wizards of Waverly Place", and has also appeared in the Disney Channel shows "Drake & Josh", "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody", and "That's So Raven." Other roles include Andie Bates in ABC's "The Gates", and Amber in Summit Entertainment's "Furry Vengeance". Skyler is represented by Cindy Osbrink of Osbrink Talent Agency.

Grey Damon (True Blood, Friday Night Lights) has been cast as Brian, and Alyssa Diaz (As the World Turns, Red Dawn) will play the role of Jasmine.

The following co-starring and recurring guest starring roles are currently still being cast:

● Male, mid-40's. Handsome, successful, ruthless, yet charming.

● Male, mid-20's to mid-40's, any ethnicity. Menacing thug type, extremely agile trained assassin. Villain.

● Female, 19 years of age, any ethnicity. Somewhat bitchy sarcastic type. Works with Cloe at an old school clothing store.

● Male, 18 to 22, Latino. Extremely good looking. Club-goer type.

Auditions are in Los Angeles and New York. Shooting begins late November, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA.

See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.

Please submit photos and resumes by email and postal only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.

Submit photo, resume, and contact information to:

ninelivescasting@gmail.com

Specify the role that you are submitting for in the subject line.

Principal Actor Casting (Los Angeles):

Los Angeles talent may also send a hardcopy submission to:

Alyson Silverberg
Nine Lives Casting
CBS Radford
4024 Radford Avenue
Tucker House
Studio City CA 91601

Principal Actor Casting (New York):

New York talent may send a hardcopy submission to:

Rob Decina
Nine Lives Casting
524 W. 57th Street
Suite 5320
New York, NY 10019

Extras Casting:

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

ABC Family
3800 W. Alameda Ave
Burbank, CA 91505

Alloy Entertainment
6300 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 2150
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Producers:

Leslie Morgenstein
Gina Girolamo

Director:

Wendey Stanzler

Starring:

Skyler Samuels

Story:

Chloe King (Skyler Samuels) was a normal sixteen-year-old girl. She did her homework and got good grades, but she wasn't afraid to ditch class sometimes to hang out with her best friends. She slept at home, but otherwise avoided all human contact with her mom. The usual stuff. Then she fell from San Francisco's highest tower, and her life changed. For starters, she died. And then, she woke up. Now Chloe's life is anything but normal: Suddenly guys are prowling around her, she's growing claws, and someone's trying to kill her. Luckily for Chloe, she still has eight lives to go.