Sony Pictures Television in association with Gran Via Productions and Nemo Films are in pre-production on a new one-hour drama series pilot titled “Wild Blue”. The show’s casting directors in Los Angeles and New York are holding auditions for series regulars, with additional auditions to take place as soon as the regulars are cast. The stand-ins and background extras will be cast throughout shooting on the series pilot episode, which begins mid-March, 2013 in San Diego and Los Angeles. There will be a very large number of people hired to play Navy personnel on the show.
“Wild Blue” centers on the men and women aboard the fictional modern-day version of the USS Lexington aircraft carrier. Captain Randall “Stick” Henley, the Commanding Officer of Lexington, is a former pilot in charge of a ship that has dire morale issues with the possibility for mutiny. Cal Merrick is the Admiral of the carrier strike group who has a wavering relationship with Henley. Allison Burke is an attractive senior NCIS investigator aboard ship, and is investigating the possible tampering with firing pins on an aircraft. The Senior enlisted man on the ship is Command Master Chief Donald Bowman. A missing plane, a misfired ordnance on another aircraft, and tensions high with North Korea, all add up to danger for the 6,000 sailors on board the USS Lexington.
Primetime Emmy Award Award winner Michael Dinner will direct the pilot episode of “Wild Blue” from a teleplay written by Taylor Elmore. Dinner has enjoyed a long and illustrious career as a director, producer, and screenwriter. His directorial credits include “The Wonder Years,” “Chicago Hope,” “Fantasy Island,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “Sons of Anarchy”. He is currently executive producer of the hit FX series “Justified”. Taylor Elmore served as executive story editor on the CBS series “Cold Case,” and is co-producer and writer on “Justified”.
Two-time Primetime Emmy Award Award winner Graham Yost of Nemo Films will executive produce. Yost is creator and executive producer of the series “Justified,” and is also well known for writing screenplays for such hit films as “Speed,” “Broken Arrow,” and “Hard Rain”. President of Gran Via Productions and Academy Award winner Mark Johnson will also executive produce. Johnson is currently executive producer of the AMC series “Breaking Bad”. “Wild Blue” director Michael Dinner and writer Taylor Elmore will also executive produce the series.
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Principal Actor Casting
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Submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.
Los Angeles:
Jeanie Bacharach
3000 Olympic Blvd.
Building 5
Suite 2121
Santa Monica, CA 90404
New York:
Clint Alexander
1211 Avenue of the Americas
28th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Extras Casting
Los Angeles and San Diego:
Central Casting
220 S. Flower Street
Burbank, CA 91502
Registration Info: (818)562-2755
Do not send photos to Central Casting.
You must register in person.
Production Companies:
Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies, as they will most likely end up being thrown away. They do not cast the films, rather they hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.
“Wild Blue” Production Office
Gran Via Productions
1888 Century Park East
14th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 9006
Nemo Films
251 W. Franklin Avenue
Suite 304
Monterey, CA 93940
Sony Pictures Television
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
Executive Producers:
Graham Yost
Mark Johnson
Melissa Bernstein
Michael Dinner
Taylor Elmore
Director:
Michael Dinner
Starring:
To Be Cast
Story:
Described as an upstairs/downstairs look at pressure-cooker lives of the US Navy. It is a young ensemble about the working men and women on board a US Aircraft Carrier equipped with a 500 foot landing strip, a nuclear reactor and 6000 souls on board.
