Casting Call: “HUNTED”

Wed, Thurs & Fri. Sept 6,7 & 8 at Holiday Inn in Santa Fe, 4048 Cerrillos Rd.  Sky City Productions looking to cast 30 speaking parts with LOCAL ACTORS for this feature film to be shot Oct. 2 - Oct 20 in Santa Fe area. Call Elizabeth Gabel at 505-203-0884 to schedule an audition and for sides.  SAG & non SAG welcome. Please bring two headshots.  For breakdown click below:


 “HUNTED”                                                          DIRECTOR: THOM EBERHARDT
                                                                                PRODUCER:  THOM EBERHARDT
FEATURE FILM                                                   WRITER: CHRISTINA OLIVIA VASQUEZ
INDEPENDENT   CASTING DIRECTOR: GENE VASSILAROS            
SCRIPT CODE: 725hunt16                              START DATE: APPROX. SEPTEMBER
                                                                                LOCATION: NEW MEXICO           
                                                                                BUDGET: $250,000                           
  

Actors willing to work for sag ultra low budget scale.

Submit electronically asap — actors access okay as well   
Or hard copy submissions to: “The Hunted” Casting, 10012 Hendrix Court NE, Alb., NM 87111

“HUNTED” SYNOPSIS: BASED ON TRUE EVENTS.  ‘HUNTED’ is based on the real-life ‘MOST DANGEROUS GAME’ style murders of Robert Hansen, the Alaskan big game hunter who kidnapped, drugged, raped and then ‘hunted’ between 17 and 37 female victims.  In this twist on the story,  ‘HUNTED’  follows the story of  DIANA KELPER, 23, who is kidnapped, violently assaulted, and released into the wild by COLIN the master hunter.  Her first thought is of escape, but after a day and a half of staying ahead of her pursuer, she turns the tables and goes on the offensive.  A young woman who had never succeeded in her life finds the recourses within herself to best the master hunter.

 PLEASE SUBMIT ACTORS WILLING TO WORK FOR SAG ULTRA LOW BUDGET SCALE.
 PLEASE NOTE ACTORS WHO CAN WORK AS NEW MEXICO LOCALS.

 

SEEKING:
   COLIN MANDEL – LATE 40s – CAUCASIAN.  COLIN IS A MASTER HUNTER AND A RESTAURANT OWNER IN TOWN.  A RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, UNDER THE SURFACE HE IS A PSYCHOPATH WHO HAS GROWN TIRED OF HUNTING ANIMALS, AND DESIRES A SMARTER PREY.  THE FILM CATCHES UP WITH COLIN ABOUT 30 VICTIMS IN, AS HE CAPTURES, DRUGS, RAPES, AND STRIPS HIS VICTIMS NAKED.  HE THEN RELEASES THEM INTO THE WILD, GIVES THEM A HEAD START, AND HUNTS THEM DOWN.  DIANA IS HIS LATEST VICTIM.  THIS BAD GUY IS DYNAMIC, SMART, FIT, TRUSTWORTHY, AND A REMORSELESS AND CEASELESS KILLER.  LEAD ROLE.
 GIL DEETER A HUNTER.  GIL IS OUT HUNTING WITH HIS 2 SONS WHEN THEY HAPPEN UPON DIANA, WILD AND FRANTIC, IN THE WILDERNESS.  HE’S A KIND MAN AND A RESPONSIBLE FATHER.  A CHURCH GOER.  GIL DOES HIS BEST TO CALM DIANE AND THEN GOES FOR HELP.  WILL HE FIND SOMEONE AND BE HER SAVIOR, OR WILL HE AND HIS 2 SONS ALL SHARE A GRUESOME FATE AT COLIN’S HANDS.  SUPPORTING ROLE.  GREAT CAMEO OPPORTUNITY.

PAUL – A DRUGGED OUT HIPPIE WITH A VW BUS THAT HITS DIANA AS SHE IS FLEEING HER KILLER.  PAUL WANTS TO LEAVE HER DYING ON THE ROAD BUT HIS HIPPIE PARTNER JOHNNY WANTS TO HELP HER.  PAUL IS SKIDDISH ABOUT GETTING MIXED UP IN ANYTHING BECAUSE HE HAS A DUI AND WARRENTS OUT FOR HIS ARREST

 

JOHNNY – THE MORE COMPASSIONATE, PROBABLY YOUNGER HIPPIE.  HE FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR HITTING DIANA AND WANTS TO HELP HER. 

 

DWIGHT TERRYLATE 20S, A POLICE ROOKIE AND AN OUTSIDER.  HE WAS FORCEFULLY TRANSFERRED OUT OF CALIFORNIA FOR TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.  HE’S A GOOD COP AND HE’S NEW IN TOWN SO HE HAS A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON WHO THE KILLER MAY BE.  LEAD ROLE.

   KARLYDWIGHT’S YOUNG WIFE.  SHE CAME WITH HIM, AND IS UNSURE THAT IT WAS A WISE MOVE.  SHE IS NOT A FAN OF HUNTING AND IS VOCAL ABOUT HER OPINIONS.  SHE’S ALSO NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK HER MIND TO HER HUSBAND.  SUPPORTING ROLE
 FRED LAKESHORE – LATE 40S  -  WORKS AT THE STRIP JOINT.  HE HAS A WORN DOWN APPEARANCE, JUST LIKE HIS CAR.  HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRICKING DIANA INTO HER STRIPPER SERVITUDE.  THERE ARE NO SECRETS ABOUT THE FACT THAT FRED IS A LOW LEVEL CRIMINAL AND A PIMP.  SUPPORTING ROLE.
 JACK – FRED’S BOSS.  THE OWNER OF ‘WILD CHERRY’ STRIP JOINT.HE’S A NO NONSENSE, POTTY MOUTHED, STRIP JOINT OWNER AND PIMP. SUPPORTING ROLE.
 

DAVE – 16 – GIL DEETER’S SON.  HE IS WITH HIS FATHER WHEN THEY FIND DIANE.  GIL LEAVES HIM IN CHARGE WHEN HE GOES FOR HELP.  HE’S AN HONEST KID, AND ALSO A SHY AND SCARED ONE, GIVEN THE SITUATION.

 

PETE 13 – GIL’S OTHER SON.  HE IS ALSO WITH GIL AND DAVE WHEN THE FIND DIANE.  HE’S YOUNGER AND THE MORE CURIOUS OF THE TWO.

 ARTHUR – 70S OR 80S – COLIN’S ELDERLY NEIGHBOR.  ARTHUR IS NICE, AS LONG AS HE KNOWS YOU.  COLIN BRINGS HIM HIS MAIL FROM HIS MAILBOX EACH DAY.  THEY HAVE A FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP.
 

DIANA’S DAD – KIND, BUT IN THE ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ STAGE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS DAUGHTER.  HE PUTS HIS FOOT DOWN ABOUT BAILING DIANA OUT AND HOPES THAT THE TOUGH LOVE WILL HELP HER GROW UP AND LEARN A LITTLE. 

 

PONYTAIL – A WOMAN IN A WEAK PONYTAIL.  SHE IS HAUNTING AND BROKEN.  SHE HAS COME TO TOWN LOOKING FOR HER DAUGHTER WHO BECAME A STRIPPER AND THEN WENT MISSING.  HER DAUGHTER TURNS OUT TO BE ONE OF COLIN’S VICTIMS. 

 

NURSE – THE NURSE CARING FOR DIANA AFTER SHE IS SAVED.  SHE IS ON DUTY WHEN DIANA CHEWS THROUGH HER SAFETY STRAPS AND ESCAPES, WILD, FROM THE HOSPITAL.

 

PATRON– 50S – MEAN LOOKING.  A WOMAN BEATER.  HAS TATOOS ON HIS FINGERS THAT

SPELL ‘TUFF’.  HE BECOMES THE PREY OF ‘VICTIM TURNED VIGILANTE’ DIANA AT THE END OF THE FILM.

 

BOB LESSERA HUNTER

 

BOUNCER – A BOUNCER AT ‘WILD CHERRY’

 

GRACE – A WAITRESS AT COLIN’S RESTAURANT

 

POLICE OFFICERS – IN TOWN POLICE OFFICERS WHO DON’T BELIEVE DWIGHT AND HIS

INVESTIGATIONS UNTIL THE END

 

STRIPPER #1 AND #2 – 2 STRIPPERS WHO WORK AT ‘WILD CHERRY’

 NEWS CASTER
 OFFICIAL
 NEIGHBORS
 HOSPITAL OFFICAL

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