Re: Casting Cheer Squads for a New Film!!!


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Posted by james abe on February 06, 19101 at 23:52:35:

In Reply to: Casting Cheer Squads for a New Film!!! posted by Ariel Carpenter, MediaTrip on September 11, 19100 at 15:51:17:


: MediaTrip.com To Cast Cheerleading Squads for Revolution Studios' Next
: Feature Film The New Guy

: LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2000--

: Film's Director and Producers to Choose Three Cheerleading Squads and

: Rock Band From Online Finalists

: This week online entertainment company MediaTrip.com announces the launch
: of an open online casting call for Revolution Studios' upcoming feature film
: The New Guy starring DJ Qualls (Road Trip), Eliza Dushku (Bring It On) and
: Eddie Griffin (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo).

: MediaTrip.com's open casting call which begins this week will give three
: high school and college cheerleading squads the opportunity to upload their
: photos and video reels to MediaTrip.com through the interactive artists
: community at www.mediatrip.com. MediaTrip.com users will vote on all the
: submissions on the Web site narrowing the list down to the top 30 squads. The
: top 30 squads will then be asked to create and submit their New Guy cheer
: which will be reviewed by The New Guy director Ed Decter, executive producers
: John Strauss and Michael Fottrell, and producers Todd Garner, Mark Ciardi and
: Gordon Gray. The three selected squads who will be given performing roles in
: the film will be announced on MediaTrip.com on October 20.

: MediaTrip.com is also opening up doors for rock-and-roll bands in the
: film. Bands will submit their band biography and music on MediaTrip.com and
: the users will vote for the top 30 bands. The film's director and producers
: will then choose the winning band on October 16.

: Men will also have the opportunity to submit their photos and bios on the
: site for extra roles in the film. MediaTrip.com users will vote on the top 10
: and The New Guy producers and directors will select three men to be in the
: film. In addition, 10 women over the next 10 weeks will be chosen to be
: extras be in the film The New Guy. MediaTrip.com users will vote each week on
: a winner from the artist community site who will be given extra roles in the
: film.

: "We had such a great response from our previous online casting project
: for the film Tomcats that we want to continue to create opportunities for our
: users to get involved in the making of major motion pictures," said
: MediaTrip.com CEO Austin Harrison. "This contest broadens the opportunity for
: both men and women to get involved in the site's community and the casting of
: a movie."

: "We continue to be impressed with the growing artist community on
: MediaTrip.com," said Rob Moore, a partner in Revolution Studios. "We see this
: as the logical next step in our efforts to offer innovative opportunities for
: MediaTrip.com users to be part of Revolution Studios productions."

: The open casting call is part of MediaTrip.com's interactive artists
: community, which showcases artists' work for other users to experience, and
: exposes them to industry professionals.

: The New Guy is a story about a total loser in high school, Jack Harrison
: (DJ Qualls), who decides to get expelled so he can reinvent himself in a
: rival school as tough guy "Logan Harris," a.k.a. "The New Guy." His plan
: works perfectly until a tormentor from his old school figures out what he's
: done.

: The New Guy is a Bedlam Pictures/Revolution Studios production starring
: DJ Qualls. Ed Decter directs based on an original screenplay by David
: Kendall. Ed Decter, John Strauss, and Michael Fottrell are executive
: producers with Todd Garner, Mark Ciardi, and Gordon Gray producing. Sony
: Pictures will distribute the film.

: About MediaTrip.com

: MediaTrip.com is an online entertainment company creating a network of
: content and community Web sites that provides its users with a multi-faceted
: entertainment experience.

: CONTACT:

: MediaTrip.com

: Ariel Carpenter/Liv Eisaman, 310/445-1888




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