The star-studded major feature film "Django Unchained" is currently in production and an open casting call for African American men, women, and children in being held near New Orleans, Louisiana on February 15, 2012. Additional casting calls will take place for other ethnic groups and types at a future date. "Django Unchained", which has been shooting in Mammoth Lakes and Santa Clarita, California and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will be moving to New Orleans for the duration of filming. Principal photography will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana through April 27, 2012.
"Django Unchained" has an unbelievably impressive cast that includes three-time Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio; Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx; Golden Globe nominee Kurt Russell; two-time Golden Globe nominee Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz; Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson; Image Award winner Kerry Washington; Golden Globe nominee Dennis Christopher; Golden Globe winner Don Johnson; Golden Globe winner Anthony LaPaglia; and many others. (continued below)
Academy Award winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino will direct "Django Unchained" from a screenplay that he wrote himself. The story is set in the Old South, and follows Django (Jamie Foxx), a freed slave who treks across America with the German dentist turned bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to retrieve his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from the charming but sadistic Francophile plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his entourage of ruthless slavers.
Details on how talent can submit for acting roles, and registration information for extras can be found on the following casting post:
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