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Open Casting for Channel 4 Film
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Casting call for a new Sky1 Series
Casting Director Jill Trevellick is looking for a young actor for a new Sky1 TV Series - Jamestown from the makers of Downton Abbey.
See the full details below!
JAMESTOWN - a new 8 part TV series for Sky 1.
Production Company - Carnival Films (makers of Downton Abbey)
Director: John Alexander
Casting Director: Jill Trevellick
Jamestown tells the story of the early settlers of the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, USA. The year is 1619.
We are looking for an actor (white, male), between the ages of 17 and 20 ONLY, to play the part of Pepper Sharrow - the youngest of a family of farming brothers.
Yorkshire accent - genuine, or must have the ability to do the accent completely believably.
NB - filming mid April - early September, in Hungary.
You must be available throughout these dates, and prepared to commit to similar dates in the next two years if the series is recommissioned (so not suitable for someone planning to go to drama school or university soon).
Previous professional acting experience not required.
Please send a recent photo (head shot taken on a phone will do fine), date of birth, height and some information about yourself.
(Under 18’s - application must be submitted by parent or legal guardian)
Applications submitted electronically only to jill@jilltrevellick.com
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 26TH.
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CASTING CALL FOR NEW CHANNEL 4 DRAMA - BORN TO KILL
Casting Director Daniel Edwards is currently casting for three teenage roles in a new Channel 4 drama BORN TO KILL.
Written by Tracey Malone& Kate Ashfield, Born to Kill is a 4 part thriller about a 15 year old boy called SAM whose fallen in love with a new girl at school CHRISSY. But Sam is hiding something…..psychopathic urges.
This series will have its audience on the edge of their seats, both terrifying and heart breaking as we watch Sam’s journey and question how we can like someone so much when we know what he is capable of.
PRODUCTION CO: WORLD PRODUCTIONS FOR CHANNEL 4
EXEC PRODUCER : JAKE LUSHINGTON
DIRECTOR: TBC
PRODUCER : NICK PITT
SHOOTING LOCATION : CARDIFF
OVERALL SHOOT DATES : 9th May – 17th July 2016
CASTING DETAILS– The majority of first round auditions, workshops and all the recalls will be in London, but we will also be coming to other cities including Cardiff, Nottingham and Manchester.
Please email recent photo (just one) and a CV if you have one to office@danieledwardscasting.com. If you are under 18 please include a parent or guardians contact details . Please put BTK and the name of the role you would like to be considered for in the subject box
NO PHONE CALLS TO THE OFFICE AT THIS STAGE PLEASE
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE AN AGENT, they must do that and you will give us extra work if we have to cross reference submissions from both sources. Please do not chase your submission we promise we will read all emails and be in touch to organise an audition if we feel you are right for one of the roles. We will keep all submissions for potential future projects so please do not be disheartened if we do not contact you for this particular project.
WE ARE CONSIDERING ALL ETHNICITIES FOR THESE ROLES
IMPORTANT - you MUST be able to play 15 years old on screen.
Sam and Chrissy are mature in many ways but are still at school, they must not look or feel like adults playing kids.
WE WILL REQUIRE OPTIONS ON THIS ROLE– this means there could possibly be a 2nd or even 3rd series and we need to know you would be available again the following year, over a similar period of the year.
EDUCATION/EXAMS– Please do not apply if you have important exams this summer that will clash with our shooting period.
SAM - LEAD ROLE – ALL 4 EPISODES
Character age 15 (MUST BE OVER LICENCING AGE – 16 PLUS ONLY )
That boy at school you wish you could be or hoped would be your friend. Athletic (keen swimmer) attractive ,flirtatious cool, confident intelligent and popular. He may be a bit cocky at school but very loving and caring with his mum JENNY and all the old people at the hospital where she works.
Underneath his shiny exterior, lies a mind about to break, consumed with the desire to kill.
We are looking for an exceptional and confident young actor who can shine in this incredible lead role.
MUST BE CONFIDENT IN WATER – THIS CHARACTER SWIMS & DIVES
ACCENT: We would ideally like a neutral accent (the location of the story is non specific despite shooting in Cardiff) if you have a strong regional accent that’s absolutely fine, but you must be able to soften it we needed you to.
CHRISSY - LEAD ROLE – ALL 4 EPISODES
Character age 15 (MUST BE OVER LICENCING AGE – 16 PLUS ONLY )
Chrissy is withdrawn who hides her pretty face constantly under her hoody. She and her father BILL have been moving from town to town since the death of her mother. She carries her grief deeply and despite a love for her father, their relationship is at times tricky, often they struggle to connect.
Starting another new school at this time is the last thing she needs, but it brings her face to face with Sam, the two of them finding an instant connection.
We need a superb and confident young actress with great range, Chrissy’s journey will have many twists and turns, she isn’t just a morose teenager, she has a huge capacity and need for love with great emotional highs and angry defensive lows
ACCENT: Chrissy has moved around the UK so much her accent could be from anywhere but as with Sam, we would ideally like a neutral accent or the ability to soften a regional accent if we needed to.
OSCAR - SUPPORTING ROLE – EP 1 AND LIKELY SEVERAL OTHERS
Character age 15 (MUST BE OVER LICENCING AGE – 16 PLUS ONLY)
Oscar is a nice ordinary boy just not as athletic as Sam, he struggles to make any form of impact in the school hierarchy. His world lights up when Sam takes a liking to him after rescuing him from a particularly cruel attack by fellow pupils. An unlikely friendship forms and Oscar introduces Sam to his loving family. This friendship will come at a price however when Sam’s dark obsession with the ‘perfect family’ unit will have a disastrous effect for both boys.
We need a strong actor for this role, sweet natured who can exude a genuine innocence and kindness that will tug at our heart strings.
ACCENT: NEUTRAL / MIDDLE CLASS
MUST BE VERY CONFIDENT IN WATER – THIS CHARACTER HAS SCENES IN THE SWIMMING POOL
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Saoirse Ronan to star in On Chesil Beach
She will play Florence, a young and talented violinist who dreams of a career on the concert stage. Casting of her lover, the earnest young history student Edward, is yet to be announced.
Saoirse (represented by Macfarlane Chard in the UK and Ireland) is also currently Oscar nominated for her role in 1950s-set romance Brooklyn at the Academy Awards which take place next week.
Set in England in 1962, On Chesil Beach follows Florence, one half of two young lovers, in the touching story of how their unexpressed misunderstandings and fears on their honeymoon, shape the rest of their lives. It is a tender story that shows how the entire course of a life can be changed – by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.
The film is produced by Number 9 Films’ Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, the team behind Oscar-nominated Carol and Youth. Dominic Cooke will direct the project,
“It’s an extremely exciting prospect to be reunited with Saoirse Ronan on such a beautiful and heartbreaking project,” said Elizabeth Karlsen. “This will continue Number 9 Films’ tradition of high quality and prestigious adaptions that our production company is now renowned for.”
On Chesil Beach is expected to shoot this autumn.
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A Storm in the Stars
Mary is a rebellious and outspoken teenager. When she meets the poet Percy Shelley, there’s a spark of attraction between the two outsiders who feel trapped within polite society. Percy is contrary and selfish, talking of sexual freedom and progressive ideas that are beyond the boundaries of their age. For sheltered Mary, it’s love at first sight.
Bel, from Shepherd's Bush, got her acting break at age 13 when she starred in the first two series of popular CBBC drama M.I. High, and she first featured on Screenterrier's pages back in 2009 when she starred alongside Robbie Coltrane in ITV's Murderland.
Her recent roles in Diary of a Teenage Girl and as Princess Margaret in Girl's Night Out have seen her shoot to stardom.
Here's the full synopsis for A Storm in the Stars:
Mary is a rebellious and outspoken teenager. When she meets the poet Percy Shelley, there’s a spark of attraction between the two outsiders who feel trapped within polite society. Percy is contrary and selfish, talking of sexual freedom and progressive ideas that are beyond the boundaries of their age. For sheltered Mary, it’s love at first sight.
When Mary’s family discover that Percy is married with a child, they forbid any further contact. Mary and Percy elope, taking Mary’s half-sister Claire along for the ride. It’s a scandal, and with Percy’s philandering ways, rumours of a ménage à trois are whispered everywhere they go. Claire wilfully flirts her way into Lord Byron’s affections and Mary is relieved when they are asked to join the decadent poet at his house in Lake Geneva. It’s a chance to escape the gossip-mongering and restrictions of England.
During one stormy summer night, to distract Mary from Percy’s infidelities, Lord Byron suggests they all write a ghost story. All the pain and guilt that Mary feels about Percy, Claire and the child she lost, is poured into giving birth to Frankenstein’s Monster. The story is incredible, a classic that even Percy must acknowledge. But women don’t write books, and publishers certainly won’t print them. The rebel rises, and Mary fights for her creature and her identity, all at the age of eighteen.
A Storm in the Stars has just started production with a read-through in London. It is directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia’s first female director, following on from her critically acclaimed debut, Wadjda, and written by Emma Jensen. Production is by Hanway Films, with casting by Amy Hubbard.
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The Missing
Abi got her first TV role aged 17 when she played Kat in the first series of the popular CBBC sci-fi drama The Sparticle Mystery.
Abigail (represented by Bloomfields Welch Management) plays Alice Webster, a young British woman who stumbles through the streets of her German hometown and collapses. She has been missing for 11 years. Alice’s return sends shockwaves through the small community. Told in dual timelines, flitting between 2014 and the present day, we follow Alice’s family as they are thrown back into a turmoil that threatens to tear them apart at the seams.
Her parents Sam and Gemma, are played by David Morrissey and Keeley Hawes with Tchéky Karyo reprising his role as detective Julien Baptiste, who races across Europe to pursue a 12-year-old case that he never let die.
The series, written by Harry and Jack Williams, explores the murky morality and emotional complexity of what happens when the missing child you've been longing to return actually comes back.
The eight part series also stars Roger Allam, Laura Fraser, Anastasia Hille, Lia Williams, Jake Davies, Florian Bartholomäi and Daniel Ezra.
Produced by New Pictures in association with Two Brothers Pictures for BBC One and Starz, series two will be directed by Ben Chanan (Cyberbully, The Last Kingdom).
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Anton Miller, winner of the last Reel scene Event, shares why you needto be part of March’s Reel Scene's Acting Event
"The Reel Scene Event has been the upmost best experience yet! I won best actor award of ‘The Reel Scene 2015!’ Winning this award was such a humbling experience. I never thought I would win. All the actors were brilliant, I just kept seeing loads of growth within them each day. It was unexpected but so fulfilling. As a result of working hard and attending the Reel Scene Event, I have now be signed by an agent and I can finally work as a professional actor!
The Reel Scene intensive course has been the most challenging training I have ever done! Yes, it is very intensive and full on, but that is how the industry works! The Reel Scene is not afraid to show truth and work ethic! I have learnt so much within one week, in various aspects; audition techniques, character analysis, improvisation development, accepting direction, screen acting, raw in depth knowledge about the industry, working with industry professionals from agents, an american director from hollywood, working and be coached by known actors and much more! The Reel scene, gave me that understanding that I was always craving for.
Everyday you are learning something new and fresh, I felt so much development and growth within myself. It was such a weird feeling, especially because I knew my potential, all I needed was that help to bring out of me. I find having a week just focusing on your craft, you overcome so many barriers. Anything you are struggling with or worried about all leave after you finish this The Reel Scene Event…
I owe a massive thank you to Alex Fidelski, my drama coach. He has taught me the fundamental skills needed to survive in this industry. Very grateful to have the opportunity to work with him, creator/director of ‘The Reel Scene Event’."
Reel scene is holding auditions for our next event 21-26th March and offering Screenterrier readers 25% off, book now to save disappointment, as there are only a few places left!
Visit http://reelscene.co.uk, email info@reelscene.co.uk or call 0207 849 4525.
This is a sponsored blog post on behalf of The Reel Scene and does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Screenterrier of the products or services offered.
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iBoy casting news
Bill Milner and Maisie Williams are set to star together in iBoy, described as a super hero thriller for the digital generation.
20 year old Bill Milner (represented by Curtis Brown) will star as Tom, a role previously attached to his Son of Rambow co-star Will Poulter, with Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams (represented by Louise Johnston Management) playing Lucy, the girl he secretly loves.
The pair previously appeared together in the BBC ghost story The Secret of Crickley Hall.
They will star alongside Rory Kinnear and Miranda Richardson in the film which is based on the novel by Kevin Brooks.
A super hero thriller for the digital generation. Tom’s average teenage existence is turned on its head when a violent encounter with local thugs leaves fragments of shattered iPhone embedded in his brain. Tom knows, sees, and can do more than any normal boy ever could. With his new powers he sets out seek revenge on the gang, who also assaulted Lucy. Taking the law into his own electric hands he faces moral decisions as well as fearsome local gangsters.
Directed by Adam Randall, and produced by Emily Leo for Wigwam Films, with a script by Joe Barton, iBoy will shoot in London.
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First look at Wolfblood Series Four
Here's a first look at award-winning CBBC show Wolfblood which returns for a fourth series on Tuesday 4th March, with a new urban backdrop. Jana, played by Leona Vaughan is back with new characters TJ, played by Louis Payne, Matei, played by Jack Brett Anderson and Emilia, played by Sydney Wade.
Former wild wolfblood Jana (Leona Vaughan) takes centre stage, having left the security and seclusion of rural Stoneybridge and moved into the city where she forms a new pack.
The wolfbloods who play a pivotal role in her adventures include corporate boss Imara (Michelle Gayle), her son TJ (Louis Payne), Matei (Jack Brett Anderson), his sister Emilia (Sydney Wade), and martial arts enthusiast Selina (Rukku Nahar). Familiar returning characters include Katrina (Gabrielle Green), who has opened a new Kafe in town, Kay (Shorelle Hepkin) and their old teacher Mr Jeffries (Mark Fleischmann).
In a world of CCTV, social networks, 4G camera phones and viral videos, the wolfblood ‘secret’ is becoming increasingly vulnerable. Faced with new dilemmas and foes, wolfbloods have to adapt to survive and Jana faces her biggest challenges yet.
Working for Segolia, Jana is trying to help out her fellow Wolfbloods, but working in such a controlled environment will test her wild inner-wolf to the limits. TJ is Jana’s streetwise, smart and handsome Segolia mentor… or so he thinks. It’s more likely that he’s been assigned to Jana so that she can be a good influence on him. He’s full of bravado and tries really hard to be ‘cool’… But could he be an ally or an enemy for Jana?
Matei is fiercely protective of his little sister and has a particular distaste for humans. According to Matei, Wolfbloods and Humans cannot co-exist and it’s time Wolfbloods stopped hiding and took their true ‘leading’ place in the world. It could land him in serious trouble with Segolia…
Little sister Emilia bears the scars of the tragic house fire that killed her and Matei’s parents. She may be vulnerable and timid, but Emilia is still a Wolfblood and when the opportunity arises, this little wolf bares her teeth far more ferociously than Matei!
The series was created by writer Debbie Moon. It is produced for CBBC by CBBC Productions and is a co-production with ZDFE in Germany. It is executive produced by Lucy Martin and produced by Jonathan Wolfman. Jermain Julien directs episodes one to four.
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Murder
The Bafta award-winning drama Murder is set to return to BBC Two with three new films. Co-created by Robert Jones and Kath Mattock, and written by Robert Jones, the three 1 hour dramas have been made by Touchpaper TV for BBC Two.
Continuing with the same innovative and unique format, with three new standalone films, Murder uses personal confessions to revisit the missing moments leading up to a death, in search of the truth.
Intercut with CCTV footage, live action and forensic evidence, the protagonists speak direct to camera giving their version of events. But where does the truth lie when the different versions don’t add up?
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Jessica Barden (represented by Curtis Brown) stars in in the third instalment Murder: The Big Bang, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.
Seven at the time, Jess witnessed the crime and has been tormented by this and numerous other gaps in the official account. She’s still angry now and it’s an emotion that has got her in trouble over the years.
Jess is on the final day of a sentence in a youth offender institution herself. She’s been talking with a therapist there in an attempt to resolve her issues. The therapist has promised to contact the convicted trio and ask them to consider providing Jess with the precious gift of truth. Jess is hoping against hope that she’ll find out before she leaves the institution in the morning.
The killers, brothers Whitmore and Clyde Harris, and their accomplice Curtis Kodro, each give their accounts of what happened on that fateful day. Contradictory, self-serving or warped by the passage of time, the accounts clash as often as they overlap.
Time hangs heavy on all three, as it has done for the past ten years, but slowly the sense that this night is a night of change gathers pace. Can all four find a new beginning by confronting head-on what actually took place all those years ago? Or will that terrible event demand one more life before its power can be dissipated?
Check out this interview where Jessica discusses taking on the role of Jess:
What attracted you to the role?
The idea of learning hilarious amounts of lines and sitting down in front of the camera and acting to the lens. I had never done anything like that before and I’ve not read a script for anything that’s filmed like it since. It seems like the ultimate daunting experience and it seemed that I could learn such an incredible amount from it. I thought it seemed very powerful to have a performance that depended on my face. It seemed so scary but exciting at the same time.
Had you seen the first film?
Yes, it’s just the most removed way of writing with just a face to the camera. It’s almost like doing a play where you can’t add anything to it. You can’t have a cinematographer doing something incredible and you’re not dependent on other actors and what they might do. I wasn’t going to turn up in the morning and rehearse something with another person to be prepared. It was totally reliant on how I decided to do things along with the directors, Iain and Jane, as well. It was brilliant, I absolutely loved it.
Who is Jess?
Jess is a teenager and she lost her Dad when she was a small child which she feels entirely responsible for. She’s now found herself in the Young Offenders’, torturing herself for the past ten years, thinking it’s all her fault. Her father was shot dead and there’s no justice for Jess or her family which totally turned her life around. She has all this anger inside of her and through the course of the show, with the help of a therapist in the Young Offenders’, she comes to realise that she’s allowing the people to kill her life as well.
How did you find the filming process?
Iain and Jane are brilliant. It was really daunting and I was scared before I started it. I finished filming The Outcast and I only had two weeks to learn it all. And then you go onto the set and you’re suddenly aware that all the crew are there and it’s just you remembering your lines. You feel a real responsibility. But Iain and Jane were so relaxed. We worked together to tell the story and it was brilliant. They allow each other to be wrong and to be corrected by the other person which quite a lot of other directors don’t allow. When you have directors and writers and producers working close together you can always have a clash, but they both have different ideas, and know that you have an idea as well, and are so open to trying things.
How do you think viewers will react to such a different format?
There’s nothing else like it on the television at the moment. It’s not a format that film has taken on either. People want to have entertainment and story-telling in the purest form and I think that audiences do want something different. In the past few years, television especially has gone into its own and audiences are expecting far more imaginative programmes. I hope people will find it a really interesting way of watching a story.
Jessica's episode of Murder will be shown on Thursday 17 March 9.00-10.00pm on BBC TWO.
Continuing with the same innovative and unique format, with three new standalone films, Murder uses personal confessions to revisit the missing moments leading up to a death, in search of the truth.
Intercut with CCTV footage, live action and forensic evidence, the protagonists speak direct to camera giving their version of events. But where does the truth lie when the different versions don’t add up?
Jessica Barden (represented by Curtis Brown) stars in in the third instalment Murder: The Big Bang, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.
Ten years ago, an off-duty policeman was killed in cold blood in a swimming-pool car park. That much is not in dispute. What has never been ascertained is precisely which one of the three armed robbers serving life for PC Prescott’s murder actually pulled the trigger.
Jess is on the final day of a sentence in a youth offender institution herself. She’s been talking with a therapist there in an attempt to resolve her issues. The therapist has promised to contact the convicted trio and ask them to consider providing Jess with the precious gift of truth. Jess is hoping against hope that she’ll find out before she leaves the institution in the morning.
The killers, brothers Whitmore and Clyde Harris, and their accomplice Curtis Kodro, each give their accounts of what happened on that fateful day. Contradictory, self-serving or warped by the passage of time, the accounts clash as often as they overlap.
Time hangs heavy on all three, as it has done for the past ten years, but slowly the sense that this night is a night of change gathers pace. Can all four find a new beginning by confronting head-on what actually took place all those years ago? Or will that terrible event demand one more life before its power can be dissipated?
Check out this interview where Jessica discusses taking on the role of Jess:
What attracted you to the role?
The idea of learning hilarious amounts of lines and sitting down in front of the camera and acting to the lens. I had never done anything like that before and I’ve not read a script for anything that’s filmed like it since. It seems like the ultimate daunting experience and it seemed that I could learn such an incredible amount from it. I thought it seemed very powerful to have a performance that depended on my face. It seemed so scary but exciting at the same time.
Had you seen the first film?
Yes, it’s just the most removed way of writing with just a face to the camera. It’s almost like doing a play where you can’t add anything to it. You can’t have a cinematographer doing something incredible and you’re not dependent on other actors and what they might do. I wasn’t going to turn up in the morning and rehearse something with another person to be prepared. It was totally reliant on how I decided to do things along with the directors, Iain and Jane, as well. It was brilliant, I absolutely loved it.
Who is Jess?
Jess is a teenager and she lost her Dad when she was a small child which she feels entirely responsible for. She’s now found herself in the Young Offenders’, torturing herself for the past ten years, thinking it’s all her fault. Her father was shot dead and there’s no justice for Jess or her family which totally turned her life around. She has all this anger inside of her and through the course of the show, with the help of a therapist in the Young Offenders’, she comes to realise that she’s allowing the people to kill her life as well.
How did you find the filming process?
Iain and Jane are brilliant. It was really daunting and I was scared before I started it. I finished filming The Outcast and I only had two weeks to learn it all. And then you go onto the set and you’re suddenly aware that all the crew are there and it’s just you remembering your lines. You feel a real responsibility. But Iain and Jane were so relaxed. We worked together to tell the story and it was brilliant. They allow each other to be wrong and to be corrected by the other person which quite a lot of other directors don’t allow. When you have directors and writers and producers working close together you can always have a clash, but they both have different ideas, and know that you have an idea as well, and are so open to trying things.
How do you think viewers will react to such a different format?
There’s nothing else like it on the television at the moment. It’s not a format that film has taken on either. People want to have entertainment and story-telling in the purest form and I think that audiences do want something different. In the past few years, television especially has gone into its own and audiences are expecting far more imaginative programmes. I hope people will find it a really interesting way of watching a story.
Jessica's episode of Murder will be shown on Thursday 17 March 9.00-10.00pm on BBC TWO.
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Young newcomer leads cast of new ITV drama HIM
Filming is underway on a new ITV supernatural drama HIM, which focuses on life’s major themes: the painful breakdown of relationships, love, loss, betrayal and passion. At the heart of the story is HIM’s rite of passage from boyhood to manhood as he struggles not to lose his humanity and control his supernatural power.
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Newcomer Fionn Whitehead stars as a 17-year-old boy, known only in the drama as HIM. Fionn (represented by Curtis Brown) is a member of the National Youth Theatre and this is his first screen role.
HIM is caught in the limbo between childhood and adulthood. But he’s also trapped in a limbo between the two homes of his divorced parents, mum Hannah, played by Katherine Kelly and dad Edward played by James Murray, each now remarried with new families.
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Simona Brown stars as his 17 year old step-sister Faith,
Simona (represented by Identity) can currently be seen in BBC's The Night Manager and her previous credits include Gaia in The Casual Vacancy. She is set to shoot a lead regular in a US Drama Series Guilt.
When Faith moves into the family home, HIM finds himself irrevocably drawn to her. They both know their mutual attraction could rupture the family. The turmoil this causes in HIM escalates out of control and with it his supernatural power – and those closest to him are in his line of fire.
HIM is the cuckoo in both their nests, a reminder of the failure of their past and a threat to their newfound domestic bliss. Like any teenager, he is riding a rollercoaster of confusing emotions. Like most boys he finds it hard to process his feelings so tends to “act out”. But his behavior is also triggered by something else. He is engaged in a primal struggle to contain the terrifying secret of a supernatural power he inherited from his grandfather. A power that only his ageing grandmother, played by Susan Jameson understands, and she urges him to use his gift only for ‘good’ for she knows if he doesn’t it could end in tragedy.
Written by the multi award-winning screenwriter Paula Milne, HIM is executive produced by Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes for Mainstreet Pictures. and directed by Andy De Emmony
HIM is currently filming in suburban London, and other locations including Blackpool's Grand Theatre.
HIM is caught in the limbo between childhood and adulthood. But he’s also trapped in a limbo between the two homes of his divorced parents, mum Hannah, played by Katherine Kelly and dad Edward played by James Murray, each now remarried with new families.
Simona (represented by Identity) can currently be seen in BBC's The Night Manager and her previous credits include Gaia in The Casual Vacancy. She is set to shoot a lead regular in a US Drama Series Guilt.
When Faith moves into the family home, HIM finds himself irrevocably drawn to her. They both know their mutual attraction could rupture the family. The turmoil this causes in HIM escalates out of control and with it his supernatural power – and those closest to him are in his line of fire.
HIM is the cuckoo in both their nests, a reminder of the failure of their past and a threat to their newfound domestic bliss. Like any teenager, he is riding a rollercoaster of confusing emotions. Like most boys he finds it hard to process his feelings so tends to “act out”. But his behavior is also triggered by something else. He is engaged in a primal struggle to contain the terrifying secret of a supernatural power he inherited from his grandfather. A power that only his ageing grandmother, played by Susan Jameson understands, and she urges him to use his gift only for ‘good’ for she knows if he doesn’t it could end in tragedy.
Written by the multi award-winning screenwriter Paula Milne, HIM is executive produced by Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes for Mainstreet Pictures. and directed by Andy De Emmony
HIM is currently filming in suburban London, and other locations including Blackpool's Grand Theatre.
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Murdered By My Father
Kiran Sonia Sawar stars as Salma, a 17 year old girl who is the victim of a so-called "honour" killing at the hands of her father in a new BBC Three factual-based drama Murdered By My Father, due to air online later this month.
Murdered By My Father follows the renowned success of BBC Three’s bold dramas based on real-life testimonies, including the critically acclaimed, BAFTA-award-winning Murdered By My Boyfriend and also Don’t Take My Baby.
Inspired by real events, Murdered By My Father is directed by multi-award-winning director Bruce Goodison and written by new screenwriter Vinay Patel, and tells the shocking story of how family love and duty can be turned to violence and murder.
Other young members of the cast include Salman Akhtar as Haroon and Ambreen Razia as Rafia.
Executive producer, Aysha Rafaele, says: “We felt so excited to be working with our young cast and writer, the wonderful Vinay Patel, and to be part of BBC Three’s great story of breaking new creative talent.”
Focusing on the bonds of love and grief uniting a daughter with her widower father, as well as his need to control her burgeoning teenage wish for freedom, the young screenwriter Vinay Patel examines the psychology of this shocking but surprisingly prevalent crime. ‘Honour’ killings continue to occur across various cultures and communities in the UK today – with 12,000 'honour-based' crimes reported in the UK since 2010 and 29 murders committed in the past five years.
The 75-minute drama will be available online from late-March 2016 (date to be confirmed).
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First look at the cast of new Nickelodeon live-action series Ride
A new live-action teen drama series Ride, is coming to Nickelodeon, directed by House of Anubis director Tim Hopewell.
The series follows the adventures of Katherine 'Kit' Bridges, who relocates to England when her father joins the faculty at Covington Academy, an elite equestrian boarding school.
Ride stars Canadian actors Kendra Leigh Timmins as Kit, and Jonny Gray (star of Nickelodeon's Max & Shred) alongside a host of young British talent.
Oliver Dench (represented by Eamonn Bedford) plays Will, Rameet Rauli (represented by Simon & How), Manuel Pacific (represented by Rossmore Management), and Alana Boden (represented by Olivia Bell Management) as Elaine.
Ride is produced by Canada’s Breakthrough Entertainment and Buccaneer Media in the U.K. and was cast by KM Casting.
The 20-episode series has been shooting in Toronto since January and continues on location in Northern Ireland.
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First look at Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
The first images have been released of Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
which stars Asa Butterfield as Jacob Portman and Ella Purnell as Emma Bloom heading up the young cast, alongside Eva Green in the title role.
Here’s the full lineup of the peculiar children, each endowed with unusual skills or powers. “I was a little worried about working with so many kids again,” Burton told Empire Magazine, “but they were all such professionals on set. You would never believe that it was some of these kids’ first big film.”
Pixie Davies plays little Bronwyn Buntley. Georgia Pemberton from London (represented by BWH) plays Fiona Frauenfeld. Finlay MacMillan (represented by BWH) plays "Dead Raiser" Enoch O'Connor. Milo Parker (represented by BWH) plays Hugh Apiston. Lauren McCrostie (represented by United Agents) plays Olive. Raffiella Chapman (represented by Curtis Brown) is Claire Densmore. Cameron King plays Millard, and Hayden Keeler-Stone is Horace Somusson. Louis Davison (son of Doctor Who actor Peter Davison) plays Victor.
As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
Based upon the best-selling novel 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' by Ransom Riggs, the screenplay has been written by Jane Goldman. The film also stars Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett, with appearances by Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson.
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children has its UK release set for October 7th 2016, a week after its US release on September 30th.
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TV Drama Casting Call for 10 - 12 Nigerian boy
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BORN TO KILL - UPDATED CASTING BRIEF
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION – 23RD MARCH 2016
Written by Tracey Malone & Kate Ashfield.
Born to Kill is a 4 part thriller about a 15 year old boy called SAM whose fallen in love with a new girl at school CHRISSY But Sam is hiding something…..psychopathic urges. This series will have its audience on the edge of their seats, and question how we can like someone so much when we know what he is capable of.
PRODUCTION CO: WORLD PRODUCTIONS FOR CHANNEL 4
EXEC PRODUCER : JAKE LUSHINGTON
DIRECTOR: BRUCE GOODISON
PRODUCER : NICK PITT
SHOOTING LOCATION : CARDIFF
NEW OVERALL SHOOT DATES : 4th June – 14th August 2016
CASTING DETAILS– The majority of first round auditions, workshops and all the recalls will be in London, but we will also be coming to other cities including Cardiff, Nottingham and Manchester.
Please email recent photo (just one) and a CV if you have one to office@danieledwardscasting.com. If you are under 18 please include a parent or guardians contact details . Please put BTK and the name of the role you would like to be considered for in the subject box
NO PHONE CALLS TO THE OFFICE AT THIS STAGE PLEASE
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE AN AGENT , they must do that and you will give us extra work if we have to cross reference submissions from both sources. Please do not chase your submission we promise we will read all emails and be in touch to organise an audition if we feel you are right for one of the roles. We will keep all submissions for potential future projects so please do not be disheartened if we do not contact you for this particular project.
WE ARE CONSIDERING ALL ETHNICITIES FOR THIS ROLE
IMPORTANT - you MUST be able to play 15 years old on screen. Sam and Chrissy are mature in many ways but are still at school, they must not look or feel like adults playing kids.
WE WILL REQUIRE OPTIONS ON THIS ROLE – this means there could possibly be a 2nd or even 3rd series and we need to know you would be available again the following year, over a similar period of the year.
EDUCATION/EXAMS– If you have important exams over our new shoot period, we MIGHT be able to work around them if there are no more than 3 (absolute Max) from the 6th June Your study and revision schedule must be taken into account, this is a huge role and we do not want anyone with pivotal exams to spread themselves too thinly. Please discuss with your parents/ guardians first before submitting yourself.
SAM - LEAD ROLE – ALL 4 EPISODES
Character age 15 (MUST BE OVER LICENCING AGE – 16 PLUS ONLY )
That boy at school you wish you could be or hoped would be your friend. Athletic (keen swimmer) attractive ,flirtatious cool, confident intelligent and popular. He may be a bit cocky at school but very loving and caring with his mum JENNY and all the old people at the hospital where she works. Underneath his shiny exterior, lies a mind about to break, consumed with the desire to kill.
We are looking for an exceptional and confident young actor who can shine in this incredible lead role.
MUST BE CONFIDENT IN WATER – THIS CHARACTER SWIMS & DIVES
ACCENT: We would ideally like a neutral accent (the location of the story is non specific despite shooting in Cardiff) if you have a strong regional accent that’s absolutely fine, but you must be able to soften it we needed you to.
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION – 23RD MARCH 2016
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Going Forward
Comedian, writer and actress Jo Brand returns as Kim Wilde in a spin-off from her award winning BBC series Getting On. Going Forward is a brand-new three-part comedy for BBC Four that turns the spotlight on the Cinderella of the NHS, domiciliary care, along with the patched-up domestic lives we all lead.
Holby City and Grantchester star Imogen Byron (represented by Byron's Management) and newcomer Ben Colbert, who trained at the Miskin Theatre in Dartford (pictured above) play two of her three children, with Omid Djalili as her private-hire driver husband Dave. The cast also includes Drama Centre graduate Harry Haynes (represented by AHA) and Tom Davis.
Employed by a failing outsource provider as a Care Assistant in the community, Kim receives little more than the minimum wage for a package which consists of unpaid overtime, management bullying and horrendous shifts. Her daily slog is matched only by that of her husband, Dave, a self-employed private hire driver battling long days and grumpy customers, with only the rattlings of fellow driver Terry to fill the endless hours of waiting.
Add to the above an ailing mum, three kids, a dog called Carpet, an unfinished extension and a sister Jackie with a plan to sort out all their woes at a stroke. Going Forward is a universal tale and holds a mirror to modern Britain and the sacrifices made as lives are put on hold for the sake of others. The unique series treads its own fine line between tragedy and triumph to add its own bittersweet voice to this well-trodden ground.
Three episodes. Three days. Three chances to eavesdrop on a day in the life of the Wildes.
Going Forward is written by Jo Brand, directed by Michael Cumming and produced by Geoff Atkinson for independent production companyVera. It will air on BBC Four later this year.
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Young Brit to star alongside Idris Elba in adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower
He will star as Jake Chambers, the protégé of gunslinger Roland Deschain (Idris Elba). Matthew McConaughey plays the Man in Black.
Tom (represented by Independent Talent) from Surrey, made his TV debut in 2015, playing Tom, the eleven year old son of Gemma and Simon Foster in the award-winning BBC drama Doctor Foster, and also starred as young Uhtred of Bebbanburg in the adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom. He also plays a young Sean Bean in Legends.
The Dark Tower is the first film in what may well turn into a film or TV/film franchise and will centre on The Gunslinger Roland’s relationship with his protégé Jake Chambers.
The film will be directed by Nikolaj Arcel and will film for seven weeks in South Africa.
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Looking for multi-talented actors, singers and dancers
If you feel you have something to offer and would be interested in auditioning for this truly exciting project, please submit a short 1 minute video highlighting both your performance skills and personality no later than Monday 25th January.
Successful applicants will be asked to fill in a survey and recalled for auditions and interviews on the 27th/28th/29th January.
Self tapes need to be uploaded to a video sharing site such as dropbox, vimeo, youtube or wetransfer and emailed to THIS CASTING IS NOW CLOSED
NO AGENT SUBMISSIONS
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