New Zealand film director Sir Peter Jackson has lobbed a grenade across the ditch, accusing an “Australian bully boy” actors union of threatening to derail his big budget Hollywood fantasy The Hobbit. (more…)
Last week there were casting opportunities for:
Ford, City Homicide, Bing Lee, Saturday Disney was looking for hosts, Bait (Feature Film), Terra Nova (Exec Prod Steven Spielberg), Austrade, Streetdance Nova and Oak.
If anyone requires head shots we suggest:
Roy McAuley:
Level 2/ 53-55 Liverpool St
Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: (02) 9261 2029
This week Townsend Management’s Waseem Khan was part of a shoot for Visa Debit Card at Fox Studios Stage 7. The commercial was directed by the Glue Society and the improv was coached and facilitated by Second City Improv from Chicago.
Townsend Managements Waseem Khan is featured all this week at the Factory Theatre in Slum Wog Millionaire. The show is written by Tahir Bilgic (Pizza, Swift & Shift, the Footy Show) with George Kapiniaris (Acropils Now, Il Dago).
Also featured are Umit Bali, Anil Desai and the Sensational Siren Dancers.
The show is part of the Sydney Comedy Festival and runs until this Saturday. Details here.
The latest instalment of Underbelly has turned to true-ish crime to spice up the story, writes Nick Galvin.
When it comes to tales of colourful crims and dodgy cops spiced up with plenty of sex, drugs and violence, we can’t, it seems, get enough. At least that’s what the producers of the latest series of Underbelly are counting on. (more…)
Waddah Sari
I am sorry to say that there are casting agents out that blatantly rip off actors. Now don’t get me wrong casting agents are like any other business and need to make a profit to survive. I have no problem with that but it’s the ones (one in particular these days) that offer the “lousiest” rates. In fact the rates they offer teeter on offensive. If I was packing shelves at the local supermarket and needed to take time off to do one of this agents projects it would cost me money.
There are many fine Casting Agencies in Australia, particularly Sydney that are ethical, fair and value their clients. In fact amongst them there are individuals that it’s a privilege to work with.
My gripe is with one particular agent. This agent is not the first and probably not the last to insult actors.
I suggest actors place a higher value on their dignity and say no to these people.
TM
If you are not sure of rates use this link as a guide: Equity Rates Summary
A former Sydney police officer has lost her legal bid to view the latest series of Underbelly before it goes to air, despite claims the show defames her.
Wendy Gaye Hatfield is mentioned in a tie-in book accompanying the Nine Network show, entitled Underbelly: The Golden Mile, which she says paints her in a bad light.
She demanded access to episodes of the show in which her character appears, to see if she had been defamed. (more…)
SBS TV has unveiled more details about its output deal with Blackfella Films, which will underpin a string of key projects for the broadcaster over the next three years.
The independent production house, run by Rachel Perkins and Darren Dale, is currently working on four projects for SBS following the success of its seven-part series First Australians. (more…)
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