Borys Kit over at the Hollywood Reporter believes quite a few youngsters may have auditioned for J.J. Abrams’ “Super 8” on Saturday. Who were being sought?
FEMALE 13-14 – AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING NATURAL BEAUTY, STRONG AND CONFIDENT WITH A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. SHOULD HAVE A MIDWESTERN FEEL.
MALE 13-14 – VERY HANDSOME AND/OR STRIKING. MUST HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. SHOULD HAVE A MIDWESTERN FEEL. MUST BE 5’6” TO 5’11”
The fact that Paramount’s looking for super-good-looking teens tells my Spidey Sense we’re looking at lead roles.
For all the foreigners reading, 13 is when male Jewish Americans are welcomed to adulthood via the Bar Mitzvah. 14 is the age most Americans start high school.
We know this also about Super 8:
* Abrams is writing and directing the project.
* Steven Spielberg is executive producer.
* It shoots this autumn for a 2011 release.
* ILM, Bad Robot, Amblin and Paramount are companies involved.
* The last time we saw the Amblin logo on a big screen may have been 2006’s “Letters From Iwo Jima.” “Amblin’” was a short Spielberg made in 1968 about a pair of young hitchhikers.
* There’s this trailer, with crickets and a train and a pickup truck and an Air Force logo and a reference to a chunk of Nevada’s mysterious Area 51 getting relocated to Ohio in 1979:
Find all of Kit's story on the matter here.
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