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Casting Alert: Major Tech Company Event, Streetwear Brand Project, Insurance Company Commercial

Casting Alert: Major Tech Company Event, Streetwear Brand Project, Insurance Company Commercial

Casting Alert
October 23, 2025

This week, a variety of role opportunities are open for actors and models across different age groups and backgrounds. We're highlighting a major tech company’s live event in ...

Jessica Munks's Audition Advice: 'Just Be Yourself'

Jessica Munks's Audition Advice: 'Just Be Yourself'

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Your Actor Bio Needs an Upgrade: How to Write One That Gets You Booked

Your Actor Bio Needs an Upgrade: How to Write One That Gets ...

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Lucy Bevan and Olivia Grant on Building Chemistry and Casting 'The Girlfriend'

Lucy Bevan and Olivia Grant on Building Chemistry and Castin...

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Apple Boards Platinum Dunes Thriller ‘Sponsor’, Reuniting With ‘Shrinking’ Star Jason Segel and Director James Ponsoldt

Apple Original Films has landed global rights to the psychological thriller Sponsor, with Segel set to star and Ponsoldt directing. Apple Studios will also produce the new feature that is set to be shot in California.

The Hollywood Reporter

Silicon Valley Drama ‘Cupertino’ Lands CBS Series Pickup For 2026-27

The network has given a series order to the couple’s legal drama Cupertino for the 2026-27 season. Cupertino will also reunite the Kings and Evil star Mike Colter, who has a lead role in the series. Colter also had recurring roles on The Good Wife and The Good Fight.

Variety

Nikki Glaser To Star in, Write ‘Edgy Romantic Comedy’ From Universal, Judd Apatow

Comedian Nikki Glaser is joining the Judd Apatow Cinematic Universe. She’s set to star in, write and produce a new film that Apatow will produce for Universal Pictures.

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Emily St. John Mandel’s Next Book ‘Exit Party’ Sparks TV Bidding War; Jac Schaeffer To Co-Showrun & Direct

Author Emily St. John Mandel has sparked a bidding war over TV rights to her forthcoming novel Exit Party.  Schaeffer (WandaVision) is attached to showrun alongside Mandel and will direct the pilot.

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