With a promise to help the local economy with Hollywood dollars, local film producers say a new feature film will be produced in West Michigan. More than 1,000 wannabe stars showed up last week for a chance to be in the movie.
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TicTock Studios and Dustin Lance Black have a lot of work ahead of them. Saturday afternoon, a line of people of 1,000-plus wrapped around the building where TicTock held an open casting call for the film "What's Wrong with Virginia?" to be shot in West Michigan in September. Would-be and wannabe actors were filling out paperwork and getting their picture taken for roughly 25 speaking roles, as well as extras.
The movie will be directed by Black and features Ed Harris, star of "Apollo 13" and many other films, and Jennifer Connelly, who won an Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind." The turnout was a pleasant surprise for Black, who won an Oscar earlier this year for writing the screenplay for "Milk," and is making his directorial debut with "Virginia."
The Academy Awarded-nominated "Milk" starred Sean Penn as a gay activist Harvey Milk. "I would describe this as exceptional," Black said.
"We did the same thing in San Francisco for 'Milk,' and we got hundreds. This being a small town, we expected dozens, and now were at 1,000. "It's everything we hoped it would be. There are people here of every age, shape and size."
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