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MoonQuake Films will be casting their next project through Actors Pages

MoonQuake Films will be casting their next project Bed & Breakfast (Shooting in Georgia this winter) through Actors Pages. 

Bed & Breakfast is a psychological thriller about three friends caught in a bizarre realm in an old motel. Shooting will start this February in Senoia. 

Well, it’s obviously an advantage that Jonathan Avigdori the producer of the movie is also one of the founders of Actors Pages, but nevertheless this is great news and amazing opportunity for our members. 

Stay Tuned. 

Jessica E.

Actors Pages 

All New! Actors Pages Community Features

Hi Actors,

Although we’re still in beta we are happy to announce that we have successfully completed our new community platform. 

If you haven’t visited your profile lately please login now and check out the cool new networking features actors pages has developed for you.

Once you login, you will notice a new button “Enter The Network”. You will also notice that your profile url has a new link “My Network”.

The new community platform enables you to add friends, post blogs, post news, chat, and network with agents, casting directors, directors, producers, and of course fellow actors. 

And as always it is all free. 
Here is our community profile, don’t forget to say hi :)

http://www.actorspages.org/actorspages/community/

Hope you enjoy and help us spread the word.

Yours,

Actors Pages Team 

Nicole Scherzinger “Pussycat Dolls” Lays a Role in ‘Men in Black 3’

Another cast for the flick marking Men in Black 3 just revealed, assembling a new leading lady – the hottie star Nicole Scherzinger. In such music industry, Nicole Scherzinger is perhaps best known as the former member of Pussycat Dolls and the future host on Simon Cowell’s new music competition “X-Factor USA”. However, in movie industry, it will be the very first time for her to taste the sweet and bitter side of acting world.

Talking to Crave Online, Scherzinger spilled the beans by confirming that she had been cast to portray “a woman in black”. She gladly uttered, “She’s actually a woman in black and leather; a woman in black leather actually!” Dipping her toes in movie world at the first hand, she said working in Men in Black trilogy was amazing. “It was an honor to work with Barry Sonnenfeld, the director, and Jemaine Clement who’s my costar,” she began revealing.

Apart from that, Nicole Scherzinger actually went to college for theater. So it was such an honor for her to utilize her “old” skills to chop a role in Men in Black 3. I, for myself, was wondering if her theater training is able to work well in a grand scale of film which is content of special effect. Actors, you should have been very well up that theater and film production are mainly different. Responding to this issue, Scherzinger said, “Honestly, not only did my theater training with my background in acting with that, but my stage training because I had to create a whole other character for this role”. Well, I hope that work

Man in Black 3 will recite the story of a time traveling Agent J (Will Smith) who goes back to the 1960s in order to visit a young Agent K (Josh Brolin) who is being hunted by MIB’s villain, Boris (Jemaine Clement). He tried to kill him but this will also lead the end of the world. In her part, Scherzinger will have a cameo and open the flick, “In some of the scenes I’m walking and you’ll see with some serious hardcore rocket launcher”. The funny part is that she plays some songs in her head while doing these scenes, her song Poison and also Led Zeppelin.

Stars Will Smith, Josh Brolin, Emma Thompson, and Tommy Lee Jones, “Men in Black 3” zooms to theaters nationwide on May 25th, 2012.

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Bruce Willis Joins “G.I Joe 2: Retaliation”

Stephen Summors (The Mummy) did well on last 2009’s G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra and made us willing to patiently wait for its sequel G.I Joe 2. That film offered a live action figure that successfully took our memories back into our childhood. However, we recently heard that instead of earlier director Stephen Summors, another director will take over this project.

Well, talk about the sequel of G.I Joe that new-titled G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, we got some hot news for you! Die Hard star Bruce Willis is about to join this upcoming flick.

He is a kind of professional actor who has been starring a lot of great movies, such as the hit Summit action “Red”; the thrillers “Cold Light of Day”; “Looper”. Willis is now in somewhat negotiation with Paramount Picture to play a role of General Joe Colton.

Joe Colton is the man who created this strike team, handled it and named it “G.I Joe”. With the leadership of G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Dennis Quaid, seemingly will not returning to this sequel, Bruce Willis should be the one who fill the void. Bruce Willis will corporate with mostly new casts in this sequel. Some casts that take part in this movie production including: Channing Tatum (Captain Duke Hauser); Ray Park (Snake Eyes); Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow); Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock); Adrianne Palicki (Lady Jaye); Ray Stevenson( Firefly); Joseph Mazzello (Mouse);  RZA (Blind Master); D.J. Cotrona (Flint); and Elodie Yung (Jinx).

G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation is scheduled to begin shooting later this month in New Orleans. Paramount Pictures has announced June 29, 2012 as release date of G.I Joe 2 in theaters. Jon Chu promises that this sequel will be a much different and of course much better from its predecessor. I personally hope for more breathless effect, but still real intense action and emotion of the characters. What about you?

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Dance Audition – Handle and Leave Great Impression

We realize that audition is not for all time related to television and theater productions. There are other major audition fields which may interest you, for instance dance audition. In case you have certain ambitions to be a professional dancer, you will be required to attend this sort of audition. Similar to other auditions, you must bring a resume and portfolio. This includes a one-page summary of your skill, accomplishments, contact information, as well as some headshots and full body shots in a variety of dance-wears.

There are two types of dance audition, the individual and group. Out of these two categories, the most common one is the group dance audition. Do not let yourself sweating and dripping during the audition, be great on it. Let us just dive straight into some basic preparation tips.

Prepare Yourself

Both for individual and group dance audition, knowing the dance style is an obligation. At times, you should do research of what kind of dance style the panel prefer thus you are able to judge your ability. If you are up for RnB dance, it is better for not auditioning for salsa. Also, you should choose suitable dance attire. There are various dance-wears, such as tights and leotard for women, tights and T-shirt for men. Adjust with the dance theme; do not make a fool by wearing wrong style since you need to show the casting director exactly why they should hire you.

Identify the Group and the Dance Requirement

Get familiar with your group. Bunch of practices with them will do great. By doing so, you can observe the unique style of each dancer as well as find the dance style that will fit everyone in the group. The next step is to pick an attractive yet simple and respectful song. Not only it has to suit your group’s dancing style but also be acceptable for judges. While performing, be sure to avoid particular beats to start dancing. This will create “pause” and it is not good. Another tip is by checking the preferences of the judges so that you can adjust your dance style accordingly.

Leave Great Impression

The finishing touch is to leave great impression to the casting director. Dance audition is about giving performances, not just dance. In group dance audition, besides incorporating with your group, make sure you never break your eye contact with the judges while you are performing. Express your personality by enjoying every movement you make so they can see your skill. In addition, you need to get to the location on time to leave great impression.

We are giving away chances for you to request certain areas on auditioning. Hints and tips are available here. Good luck, actors!

Laurence Fishburne as Perry White in “Superman: Man of Steel”

By this point, a number of significant casting for Zack Snyder’s forthcoming comic book franchise reboot Superman: Man of Steel has been surfaced. There are our favorite superhero Henry Cavill as a long-run Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Pa and Ma Kent, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, and Julia Ormond as his wife. With filming set to embark on shortly, we finally dig up other cast name to play the boss of Clark Kent, Perry White. A hint for you that this current man is totally different to former Perry White casts.  

Some of you perhaps have heard that the new Spider-man in Ultimate series is becoming a half Latino and half African American (and possibly gay) Brooklyn teenager, named Miles Morales – that is pretty shocking. Similar to that, it seems that Zack Synder has decided to tap a unique Perry White in Superman: Man of Steel. It was announced last week that an African American actor Laurence Fishburne is going to portray the used-to-be Caucasian character, Perry White. Laurence Fishburne is probably best known for his exceptional role in The Matrix as Morpheus and in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Dr. Raymond Langston.                                                                                                            

Firstly appeared in Superman #7, Perry White is widely recognized as the tough and abrasive editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet in the thriving city of Metropolis, where Clark Kent and Lois Lane worked. If we track the history of Superman, either in television series, movies, or even animated adaption, we always get a Caucasian Perry White. We have an African American president, so why not an African American Perry White as well? Yet, Warner Bros. production still remains to keep their lips locked regarding this new cast.

Some comic book purists are perhaps disappointed with this decision. For me, having a different side of Perry White is exciting than ever. We live in 21th century where diversity is not a new thing for us. Laurence Fishburne is definitely a great choice to play the gig in Superman: Man of Steel. His voice should be pretty intimidating for the big boss of Superman.

Superman: Man of Steel will open June 14, 2013.

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