Cast It Systems

American Girl Goes Wide

Administrator — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:05:04 +0000

Kit Kittredge: American Girl goes wide this week. Congratulations to the casting director, Nancy Nayor, HBO and Picturehouse Entertainment. Actors were auditioned in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, and Chicago over the course nearly 3 months, with Cast It keeping the videos, actor info and project information updated and organized every step of the way.

Wanted Opens Strong

Administrator — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:05:05 +0000

Cast It summer blockbusters keep rolling out, and this past weekend is no exception. Wanted opened strongly with over $50M in weekend ticket sales.

Mindy Marin, casting director on Wanted, used Cast It on this project, and over the course of almost a year, auditions, demo reels, and actors were viewed on the system by Mindy, the producers and Universal studio execs, from all over the world. Auditions were taped an uploaded from Los Angeles, Prague, New York, and from the UK. Congratulations to Mindy and Universal Pictures on this huge success!

U.S. West Coast Summer Training

Administrator — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:41:23 +0000

When: July 9th, 2008 at 8pm PST
Where: Raleigh Studios, Los Angeles
Address:
Raleigh Studios
5300 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Beginner Training: Fairbanks Theater
Covering the basics of using Cast It, from working on lists to compressing and uploading video.

Advanced Training: Pickford Theater
Covering more advanced Cast It functionality such as creating session sheets, scheduling appointments, and using the batch video upload applet. We’ll be showing some exciting new features as well!

Save your spot today! Please rsvp to info@castitsystems.com

Zohan

Administrator — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:15:10 +0000

Zohan hit the screens this past weekend. Congratulations to Sarah Finn and Randi Hiller on yet another big summer movie. Cast It served as the casting hub for this project with actors and auditions uploaded from Los Angeles, New York, London and Israel.

Recount Tonight

Administrator — Mon, 26 May 2008 05:13:20 +0000

Congratulations to Richard Hicks, David Rubin, and Lori Wyman, as Recount airs tonight on HBO. Over 100 roles, cast in Los Angeles, Miami and Tallahassee over the course of five months and once again Cast It managed the entire process from start to finish.

Dr. Jones Returns

Administrator — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:35:10 +0000

Under extremely tight security, actor information, reels and auditions for the new Indiana Jones feature were uploaded to Cast It for review by the production team and DreamWorks studio personnel. Cast It congratulates Debbie Zane, the casting director on this exciting new installment in the Indiana Jones series.

Cast It Nominated for Top 100 OnHollywood

Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:21:05 +0000

Cast It has been nominated in the B2B category for OnHollywood’s Top 100 companies. The winners will be announced at the OnHollywood conference in Los Angeles on June 10th and 11th.

For more information: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/23988

From the OnHollywood web site: OnHollywood is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. This two day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. Our editors will also honor the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies and feature the Best of Broadband “BOB” Awards. Fifty of the top CEOs from the OnHollywood 100 will pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our “CEO Showcase.”

Top 3 Weekend Films All Cast It

Administrator — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:09:48 +0000

Iron Man, Speed Racer, and What Happens in Vegas, the top 3 grossing films last weekend all used Cast It to manage the audition process.

Iron Man Opens

Administrator — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:00:36 +0000

Congratulations to Sarah Finn and Randi Hiller for their work as casting directors on this weekend’s debut of Iron Man. This is the third Marvel Enterprises picture to use Cast It to manage the casting process.

Battlestar Continues

Administrator — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:10 +0000

Another Cast It series, Battlestar Galactica continues this week on the Sci Fi channel. Battlestar has been using Cast It now for past two seasons and we look forward to seeing how this season progresses!