Cast It has launched a talent rep and actor services web site called ActorCast. Talent reps and actors can create profiles, manage packages that combine headshots, resumes and reels, and submit to roles made available by casting directors using Cast It.
Cast It has built the most robust, full featured online casting service available that allows casting directors, studios, directors, producers, and productions to share, view and comment on actors, auditions and reels.
Cast It is used by every major film studio, the big five television networks and studios, and over 400 casting offices worldwide. Over 4,000 studio executives, production executives, producers and directors have Cast It accounts.
Cast It’s latest innovation is the Online Open Call system that allows actors from anywhere in the world to submit their headshot, resume and audition to a publicly accessible web page. This is the perfect solution for open calls, reality show casting and/or as a promotional vehicle for building interest in an upcoming project.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice opens this week. Congratulations to Ronna Kress, the casting director on this film. With actors, auditions and reels uploaded from other casting offices in London and New York and actor submissions from all over the world for a few key roles, Cast It served as the online hub and media library for the production.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens this week. Congratulations to Rene Haynes, Stuart Aikins and Sean Cossey, the casting team on this film. Rene and her team conducted an online open call with ActorCast last summer looking for new actors to play alongside Taylor Lautner in the Wolf Clan. ActorCast received over 3,000 video submissions from all over North America.
Grown Ups opens this weekend. Congratulations to Roger Mussenden and Jeremy Rich, the casting directors on this feature film. With casting sessions in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles, Cast It served as the central online hub for the casting directors to upload actors, actor profiles, reels and auditions. The director, producers and studio execs could then log in to Cast It to view this project and the casting materials.
ActorCast is a co-sponsor of a new online open call for actors, ages 18 to 25. In association with the CSA, The Hollywood Film Festival, and Yahoo Movies, The Discovery Awards will be given to the top male and female actors who submit their self-taped audition for this open call. The auditions will be judged by a panel of CSA casting directors. For more information, go to http://www.discoveryawardsopencall.com/.
The Karate Kid won the weekend box office race, pulling in an estimated $56M from Friday to Sunday. Congratulations to the casting directors PoPing AuYeung and Zoe Thompson. The casting teams used Cast It to upload actor profiles, auditions and martial arts screen tests from Hong Kong and China for review by the director, producers and studio execs.
The A-Team opens this weekend. Congratulations to Coreen Mayrs, Heike Brandstatter and Tricia Wood, and the entire casting team. With casting directors in Los Angeles and Vancouver, and the studio’s internal casting executives, Cast It was used as the primary online hub for everyone to view, comment and ultimately approve the casting of over 160 separate roles. The entire casting lasted for over a year.
Get Him to the Greek opens this weekend. Congratulations to Jeanne McCarthy and Gail Stevens, the casting directors on this film. The casting team and the production used Cast It for 11 months to manage the casting process, and to view actor reels and auditions uploaded from Los Angeles, New York and London.
Tonight, the final episode of Lost airs on ABC. Six seasons of twists, turns, questions and very few answers, finally come to an end. Congratulations to everyone who worked on Lost, and most importantly, April Webster and Rachel Sutton, the casting directors for the show, and the entire casting team. They began using Cast It towards the end of season 1 and continued using it right up to the last episode. Thank you for six great years of incredibly inventive and entertaining television!
