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Update: “Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment” director Catherine Hardwicke had asked for a script rewrite as she wanted more action in the film, delaying the film’s release until 2013. Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby were hired to do the rewrites, however Hardwicke has since dropped out of directing the project. The studio is searching for a replacement to direct the film. Maximum Ride author James Patterson recently stated, “I think we’re closer to the movie than we’ve been. I never know for sure in Hollywood, but it’s definitely warm now”.
Universal Pictures bought the rights from Columbia Pictures to ‘Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment’, based on the best-selling young adult novel series by James Patterson. Father/son Avi Arad and Ari Arad producing along with Steve Bowen and Leopoldo Gout of James Patterson Entertainment. James Patterson will executive produce with Crystal Sky Worldwide Chairman and CEO Steven Paul. Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby are rewriting the screenplay.
Principal Actor Casting:
See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.
Please submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.
TBA – Auditions and casting call information will be posted here as soon as available.
Extras Casting:
TBA
Production Companies:
Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies (they will most likely end up in the trash can), they do not cast the films. They hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions and hold the acting auditions.
Universal Pictures
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
James Patterson Entertainment
10 Red Horse Hill Road
Sharon, CT 06069
Arad Productions
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Bowtruss Bldg.
Stuite 200
Culver City, CA 90232
Crystal Sky Worldwide
10203 Santa Monica Blvd.
5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Producers:
Avi Arad
Ari Arad
James Patterson
Steven Paul
Steve Bowen
Leopoldo Gout
Director:
To Be Announced
Starring:
To Be Cast
Story:
A group of genetically enhanced kids who can fly and have other unique talents are on the run from part-human, part-wolf predators called Erasers in this exciting SF thriller that’s not wholly original but is still a compelling read. Max, 14, and her adopted family–Fang and Iggy, both 13, Nudge, 11, Gazzy, 8, and Angel, 6–were all created as experiments in a lab called the School. Jeb, a sympathetic scientist, helped them escape and, since then, they’ve been living on their own. The Erasers have orders to kill them so the world will never find out they exist. Max’s old childhood friend, Ari, now an Eraser leader, tracks them down, kidnaps Angel, and transports her back to the School to live like a lab rat again. The youngsters are forced to use their special talents to rescue her as they attempt to learn about their pasts and their destinies.
