Casting Directs Seek Homeschooled Students for Battle School

Today there was an open casting call in New Orleans for the Ender’s Game movie. The casting announcement called for “bright and talented kids and teens ages 10-17 of varying ethnic background.” Although picture-taking was not allowed an anonymous person took the picture shown and shared details about the casting processes with us. “Surprisingly, everything moved very quickly. People were allowed in at 10:00, but there were only about 20-25 kids there when the doors opened. However, it ran until 2:00 so many more people probably showed up later. Those who came were directed to the conference room and had to fill out a form with basic information on it. After that, they were led to a row of chairs where they would go down the line getting up and talking to the casting people.”

Our anonymous source also explains that many children who showed up for the open casting call may not be considered. “They were pushing more for homeschool kids (due to the long hours of filming over a large stretch of time), so the children who were were not in homeschool just handed in their form with their picture and were on their way. The others went into another room to have an actual audition in front of the casting people. Everything was very efficiently run and took very little time at all, and the casting people could not have been nicer. Since filming begins in February, I can’t imagine it will be very long before those who attended the open casting call hear back about whether or not they will be involved with the film.”

Best wishes for everyone who answered the casting call today, remember the enemy’s gate is down!