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Created Date | February 24, 2018 | |
Expiration Date | March 07, 2018 | |
Posted by | Administrator | |
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Country | United States | |
State | Texas | |
City | Houston | |
Location | Houston | |
Project Type | Feature film | |
Project Title | Let's Kill Mom |
Description:
Production Start Date: 06/04/2018
Production Wrap Date: 07/06/2018
Production Schedule: 5 weeks
Producer(s): Buddy Ketelle
Writer(s): Buddy Ketelle
Director(s): Buddy Ketelle
Synopsis: Let's Kill Mom is a feature length dark comedy about two estranged siblings Chuck (a small time drug dealer up to his eyeballs in gambling debts) and Lily (a bored housewife and wannabe painter). Chuck and Lily reunite to plot the murder of their overbearing, scornful mother Pearl in hopes of getting their inheritance and using the money to solve their problems and escape their circumstances. Further complicating matters is Hank, Pearl's idiot boyfriend who may not be as dumb as he appears.
Character Breakdowns:
AUDITIONS ARE ONGOING FROM FEBRUARY 13th- MARCH 6th FOR THE FOLLOWING ROLES!
Lily Lancaster
Age: Early to late twenties
Gender: Female
LEAD ROLE- Lily is the younger of the two Lancaster siblings. An aspiring painter, she has an art degree with very little to show for it and she feels trapped with her husband Austin who bores her. She hatches a scheme to kill her mother for her inheritance in hopes of escaping her situation.
Chuck Lancaster
Age: Early to late twenties
Gender: Male
LEAD ROLE- Chuck, the older of the two Lancaster siblings, is a small time drug dealer with a hell of a gambling problem who feels like he’s never been able to escape the shadow of sister, the favored child. Up to his eyeballs in gambling debts he finds himself with no choice but to take part in a plot to kill his mother for the inheritance money.
Pearl Lancaster
Age: 60 plus
Gender: Female
SUPPORTING ROLE- Chuck and Lily’s domineering mother. After the death of her husband
she became very controlling and strict with her children in hopes of bettering them but ultimately sowed seeds of a resentment. Now bitter and old, Pearl has a horrible relationship with her children and only really interacts with her boyfriend and caretaker Hank.
Hank
Age: 50 or over
Gender: Male
SUPPORTING ROLE- Pearl’s loving but ultimately free-loading boyfriend. Hank is generally
pretty slow to figure out what’s going on and is often the butt of ridicule from Chuck and Lily. His best friend is arguably Pearl’s cat Dennis.
Austin
Age: 30-40
Gender: Male
SUPPORTING ROLE- Good looking and nice to the point of being smothering, Austin is Lily’s
husband who is the owner of a construction company.
Hitman
Age: Any
Gender: Either
SUPPORTING ROLE- A contract killer with a mysterious vibe that the siblings contact to help them with their plan.
Hero Cop
Age: 25-35
Gender: Either
SUPPORTING ROLE- A young cop who wants to do the right thing and make a name for themself.
Audition Date: 02/15/2018
Audition Start Time: 12:00 am
Audition End Time: 11:59 pm
[paid]
Other / Additional Compensation: Film Credit, DVD/Digital Copy
Meals / Lodging / Transportation: Meals, Lodging
Email Address for Cast / Crew Submissions:
Submissions will be accepted until 03/06/2018.