Red Dawn remake needs MI extras
August 25th, 2009 at 7:35 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
MGM calling for extras in remake of “Red Dawn” in Michigan
UPDATE: The production has chosen Pontiac as one of the sites to shoot scenes for the remake of “Red Dawn”. The Oakland Press reports that the production will spend two weeks at the end of September and a few days in October in Pontiac. Crews will transform “the area along Saginaw Street, just north of Huron, into a movie set depicting Spokane, Washington.
Also, Connor Cruise (Tom Cruise’s son) and Edwin Hodge have joined the rest of the cast listed below.
According to various other sources, Cruise is playing Daryl, the mayor’s son and best friend of tech geek and Hodge will play Danny, the coolest kid in school and star wide receiver who helps establish the resistance.
The cast reportedly is going to military training in an undisclosed location for a few weeks and then shooting begins after that. MGM hopes to release the movie September 24, 2010.
Originally posted August 8th:
Earlier this week, WXYZ reported that the production crew for the remake of ”Red Dawn” (1984) will be coming to Michigan, mostly in the Southeast part of the state, but some scenes may be shot in northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula from September through December.
Information from casting websites and Facebook say that there is a call for hundreds of extras (18 and older), many of which will be needed for consecutive days, some for multiple weeks. They are ALL PAID positions.
The new “Red Dawn” is the story of a group of midwestern teens who form a small resistance when their hometown is invaded by Chinese and Russian soldiers. The group of renegade teens call themselves the “Wolverines”.
The original movie starred Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Jennifer Grey.
The new cast includes Chris Hemsworth (who played George Kirk in the latest “Star Trek”) in Swayze’s role of Jed Eckert, the group’s unofficial leader. His younger brother Matt, originally played by Sheen, will be played by Josh Peck, best know for the voice of “Eddie” in the “Ice Age” movies. Adrianne Palicki (NBC’s Friday Night Lights , “Women in Trouble” (2009)) will reprise the role of Toni, originally played by Jennifer Grey. Josh Hutcherson (”Journey to the Center of the Earth” (2008), “RV” (2006), “Zathura” (2005), “Kicking & Screaming” (2005)) will play Robert, the role C.Thomas Howel origiated. Isabel Lucas who recently starred in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” will be Erica the character played by Lea Thompson in the original. The remake’s director is Dan Bradley, who was the second unit director on the “Bourne Ultimatum” and the “Bourne Supremacy” films.
MGM is scheduled to start filming September 8th, with an expected release date of September 2010.
If you want to be an extra on “Red Dawn”, e-mail your name, 
age, photos (label the files with your name), your height, weight, basic clothing/shoe size, relevant experience and complete contact information to RedDawnExtras@gmail.com.
Skilled film crew interested in working on “Red Dawn” can e-mail a resume to: RedDawnProds@gmail.com.
For more information check out Extrascasting website and Facebook.
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I love Red Dawn and am so incredible geeked about this, but the original does not have the the US invaded by Russia and China. China was the US’s ally in the original. Yes, I am a geek for posting this, but things just need to be straightened out. WOLVERINES!!!
Sweet! I’m feeling geeked about this to, problem is this movie is probably gonna be a couple to few years out. Darn you Matt, and letting us know such a movie is in the making so soon.
Eeerrr.. Aaron, sorry just got home from one of Allegan’s social establishments.
Kyle- thanks for the comment, I have updated the blog with two words to clarify…
“the new”… as in the new Red Dawn is the story of a group of midwestern teens who form a small resistance when their hometown is invaded by Chinese and Russian soldiers.
that synopsis is from their Facebook page that is also linked in my blog post, IMDB does not have synopsis yet, but I assume they are adding the Chinese as the bad guys in the remake, since they are more “Reds” (communists) than the present day russians.
we’ll see…. thanks for reading!
- Aaron
Why are they remaking this movie? The original was great and perfect for the time, height of the Cold War, but in today’s era? Doesn’t Hollywood have any original ideas anymore, why are they recycling previously successful movies? If you want to see this movie Rent or buy the original it will probably be better.
Phil –
I too am getting tired of remakes, as I expressed in my Birthday Wish List blog last year:
http://blogs.woodtv.com/2008/12/03/my-birthday-wish-list/
But at least this one is bringing the movies to Michigan!!
– Aaron
Lightning Watcher –
thanks for the comment…. filming is scheduled to begin September 8th… with an expected theatrical release date of September 2010 !!!
So its not that far away… thanks for reading!
– Aaron
Im putting together a listing of filming locations for the Red Dawn Remake.
If anyone has any information, or are a part of the remake, come to our site at beforethetrailer.com