The feature film “The Frozen Ground” will begin shooting in Anchorage, Alaska on October 17, 2011. The casting director is hiring as many as 45 Alaska actors for speaking roles, as well as several hundred background extras. They are especially seeking state troopers and members of the police department who are interested in acting and extras roles. The film’s main starring roles are being cast out of Los Angeles.
Written by New Zealander Scott Walker, who will also make his directing debut, the film is based on the true story of Alaska’s most notorious serial predator, Robert “butcher baker” Hansen, who abducted some two dozen women and flew them into the Alaskan wilderness where he released and then hunted them. John Cusack plays the role of Robert Hanson, Nicolas Cage plays the State Trooper who hunts Hanson, and Vanessa Hudgens plays a victim of Hanson’s who survives and helps bring him to justice.
Brandt Andersen will executive produce with a $27 million budget for Emmett/Furla Films while George Furla and Randall Emmett will produce for the company. Jane Fleming and Mark Ordesky will produce for Amber Entertainment. Curtis “50 cent” Jackson has come onboard to play a substantial role as a 1980s-era pimp, and will also executive produce the film with Envision.
Details on how talent can submit for acting roles, and registration information for extras can be found on the following casting post:
Feature Film “The Frozen Ground” Auditions and Casting Calls