Chronicle Steals the Weekend

The new 20th Century Fox film, Chronicle, opened this weekend as the top grossing movie. Congratulations to Ronna Kress and her casting team. Cast It was used by Ronna’s Los Angeles based team as well as the location casting directors in Vancouver and South Africa. With Cast It serving as the online hub for storing actor reels, auditions and self-tapes, the casting team was able to organize, manage and present actors and videos to the filmmakers and studio executives.

Universal Open Call

Powered by Cast It Systems, Universal Pictures is looking to cast a role from an upcoming film. They are looking for males, ages 20s – 30s, who are over 6′ tall. For more information, check out the open call site at:

http://www.unifilmcasting.com/

Any actors wishing to submit should firat tape their audition using the instructions and scenes included on the open call site. Get your audition in asap!

ActorCast is now Cast It Talent!

The team at Cast It Systems is pleased to announce that ActorCast, the leading actor and talent rep services web site, is now called Cast It Talent. The name change is effective immediately, and has been implemented across the Cast It network of web sites. If you are an actor, agent or manager looking to join the Cast It network, please visit Cast It Talent at www.castittalent.com.

A New Mission Begins

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol opens this weekend. Congratulations to April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg, the casting directors on this film. Cast It was used by the casting team to manage role lists and ideas, upload actors to those lists, and to ultimately upload and attach video reels and auditions to those actors for the filmmakers to review.

Open Call Engine Powers Bud Series

ABC today announced that it has picked up Bud United Presents: The Big Time, a new reality series produced by Budweiser. Last summer, Cast It worked with Budweiser to launch and manage an online open call site where hopeful contestants could sign up and submit a headshot picture, their questionnaire and a self-taped video for review by the casting directors, ad agency team, and Budweiser producers.

For more information on the announcement:
http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/abc-drinks-up-budweiser-reality-series/

New Year’s Eve Opens

New Year’s Eve opens this weekend. Congratulations to Amanda Mackey and Cathy Sandrich-Gelfond, the casting directors on the film. Cast It was used by the casting team to upload and view actors, reels and audition videos from New York and Los Angeles for over 50 roles.

The Descendants Opens

The Descendants opens this weekend. Congratulations to John Jackson, the casting director on this film. John and his team used Cast It to upload, store and manage lists, actors, reels and auditions for over 60 roles. Audition material for the film was uploaded from Los Angeles, Hawaii, and New York.

Project X Trailer Reveals Open Call Winner

The new trailer for Project X has been released and it highlights Jonathan Daniel Brown, the winner of an online open call conducted by the filmmakers and powered by Cast It and ActorCast. Jonathan submitted a video to the open call web site and was ultimately chosen by the casting directors and the filmmakers to play one of the lead roles in the film. Project X is scheduled to be released on March 2nd. Congrats Jonathan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rl1TJG17Wk