The next Hollywood blockbuster to be shot here is looking for hardbodied young people to play principal and background roles.
The Disney film, due for a nine-week shoot from October to December with director Justin Lin, is called Annapolis. It will star James Franco (Freaks and Geeks, Spider-Man) as a poor kid who's a plebe (freshman) at the U.S. Naval Academy. Jordana Brewster (The Fast and the Furious) will play the upperclassman who teaches him to box and winds up falling for Franco's character - against the rules. Tyrese (2 Fast 2 Furious, Baby Boy) also has a featured role.
Philly's MikeLemonCasting is looking for hundreds of fit and athletic 18- to 25-year-old men and women of all ethnicities. Those cast must cut their hair in a military style, attend an intensive two-week boot camp, and have a flexible schedule.
The call for union actors will be 10 a.m. to noon Friday (for Screen Actors Guild members) and noon to 1 p.m. Friday (for American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) at the agency, 413 N. Seventh St. The call for nonunion actors - that means you, gym bunnies - will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 24.
Philly, buoyed by a new Pennsylvania law offering tax incentives to movie producers, lured Annapolis recently after the Naval Academy passed on cooperating.
By Michael Klein
