A New Form of Casting Call!

By: Andrew Bermudez

(LEGO Studios; July 14, 2014)

     Tomorrow, filming is expected to wrap for Johnny Thunder and the Wisdom of the Ancients. This, combined with the progress in editing, guarantees its release on August 22, so we hope you'll tune in that day for Johnny's latest adventure!

     However, news broke today that the studio is calling on the fan base to fill parts for the upcoming saga, Project U. "We are looking to diversify our selection of actors," said LEGO Studios CEO Mark Matthew. "We have also learned that, by using the internet, almost anyone around the world can become part of one or more of our animated films. The Film School Challenge already proved this, so we are now calling upon our fan base again to fill roles in our films, from a leading character to an extra." With that said, the studio has now put out a posting for the fans to sign up for character auditions.

     Here's how it works: look down the list of available parts on the memo that has been reproduced below and select one or more that you are interested in trying out for. Go to the Mustache Maniacs Film Co. website and use the "Contact Us" button on the left side of each page to make a new message. Give your full name (or a pseudonym, if you prefer that) and all of the characters you are interested in trying our for. Once we have your list of preferred characters in hand, we will send you each character's audition line, which you will then read as that character in a YouTube video. Send us the YouTube video by sharing the video with the YouTube channel Mustache Maniacs Film Co. You will then be eligible to receive a part.

     Before we begin, here are a few reminders:

1. Just because you list certain characters as a preference does not mean you will get those parts. For example, if you audition as Cam Attaway, but your performance reads more like Helena Skvalling, you will get that part instead.
2. There is a good chance that you will be competing with others for certain parts, depending on the character. If you lose a part you wanted to someone else, please be a good sport about it. There are plenty of parts in Project U to go around.
3. Only available characters from Attack of the Fifty-Foot Hamster, Alpha Team: Mission Deep Jungle, and Pharaoh's Quest: the Curse of Amset-Ra are listed right now. However, as time goes on, parts from the other seven movies will open for auditioning.

So, here is the memo:

Open Auditions Available:

1. Walter Parker (Male) – High-ranking officer in the LCPD

a. Actor: (Pending)

2. Panicking Woman (Female) – Woman who panics in the street

a. Actress: (Pending)

3. Cam Attaway (Female) – Alpha Team motors expert and second-in-command

a. Actress: (Pending)

4. Radia (Female) – Alpha Team lasers expert and field medical officer

a. Actress: (Pending)

5. Charge (Male) – Emotionless Alpha Team electrical expert

a. Actor: (Pending)

6. Crunch (Male) – Tough, but thoughtful, Alpha Team explosives expert

a. Actor: (Pending)

7. Flex (Male) – Optimistic Alpha Team ropes expert

a. Actor: (Pending)

8. Gearbox (Male) – Motors assistant to Cam and Alpha Team mechanic

a. Actor: (Pending)

9. Diamond Tooth (Male) – Hardened Alpha Team drill instructor

a. Actor: (Pending)

10.         Zed (Male) – Special covert Alpha Team agent and recruiter

a. Actor: (Pending)

11.         Steve Kenlow (Male) – Up-and-coming Alpha Team rookie with an odd past

a. Actor: (Pending)

12.         Ogel (Male) – Diabolical megalomaniac determined to rule the world

a. Actor: (Pending)

13.         Drone Commander 13666 (Male) – Leader of Ogel’s drone forces

a. Actor: (Pending)

14.         Arrow (Male) – Former Alpha Team agent who betrayed the team

a. Actor: (Pending)

15.         Mr. Bruce Cunningham (Male) – Jungle poacher and outlaw

a. Actor: (Pending)

16.         Gruff Jungle Bandit (Male/Female) – Man who works with Mr. Cunningham

a. Actor: (Pending)

17.         Jungle Bandit Guard (Male) – Man who guards a prison hut in the jungle

a. Actor: (Pending)

18.         Baron Typhonus (Male) – Powerful tycoon bent on destroying the universe

a. Actor: (Pending)

19.         Henry Cainman (Male) – UN delegate who contacts Alpha Team

a. Actor: (Pending)

20.         Radio Newscaster (Male/Female) – Man heard on Brazilian radio

a. Actor: (Pending)

21.         Professor Archibald Hale (Male) – Egyptologist obsessed with prophecies

a. Actor: (Pending)

22.         Jake Raines (Male) – World War 1 veteran turned famed treasure hunter

a. Actor: (Pending)

23.         Mac McCloud (Male) – Jake’s friend who seems to have bad luck

a. Actor: (Pending)

24.         Helena Skvalling (Female) – Former rival of Jake Raines who now helps him

a. Actress: (Pending)

25.         Amset-Ra (Male) – Ancient Egyptian mummy who has risen from the dead

a. Actor: (Pending)

26.         Mummy Snake Charmer (Male) – Undead snake charmer at the cobra statue

a. Actor: (Pending)

27.         Colonel Hawking (Male) – British Colonel in the First World War

a. Actor: (Pending)

28.         Angry Peasant (Male/Female) – Ancient Egyptian peasant who overthrows Amset-Ra

a. Actor: (Pending)

29.         Chariot Driver (Male) – One of Amset-Ra’s men

a. Actor: (Pending)

30.         Supervisor (Male) – Ancient Egyptian harvest supervisor

a. Actor: (Pending)