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🎬 Finding the perfect cast for CHASERS was no small feat—especially when the story called for twins! In this next installment of our “Making Of” series, we’re giving you a glimpse into the casting process, from unforgettable auditions to the exciting challenge of finding the right leading man to bring our vision to life. 👯‍♀️🎭
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With just a few days until our Sundance premiere in the Episodic Showcase on January 28, we’re reflecting on the amazing team that helped bring CHASERS to life. Everyone you see here will be at Park City, so don’t miss your chance to meet them on the ground!
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Stay tuned for more “making-of” content as we count down to the big day. The journey isn’t over yet!
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🎥 CHASERS
📅 Premiere: January 28
📍 Park City, Sundance Episodic Showcase
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#CHASERS #Sundance2025 #Sundance @sundanceorg #EpisodicShowcase #BehindTheScenes #MakingOf #IndieFilm #SundancePremiere #ParkCity #CastingMagic #IndieTV #IndiePilot #TwinCasting
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Have you attempted casting siblings before?

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

At HollyShorts Kickoff Summit panel titled “Working with Casting Directors (Shorts and Beyond),” casting director Emily Cook @emilycookcasting and writer-director John Michael Riva Jr.@mikeyrivajr (Fontana) led a hands-on workshop about the art and strategy of casting.

From prepping for your first casting session to choosing actors for tone and authenticity, they showed how casting decisions can also become powerful tools for financing, budgeting, and building industry connections.

Watch the full workshop replay now on our YouTube channel to get their insider tactics andcheck out the full article on www.leagueoffilmmakers.com!

Thanks @cinematographyforactors & @leagueoffilmmakers for hosting me at @hollyshorts summit to share an initial casting meeting for a feature film . Also thanks to @mikeyrivajr for sharing your film #Fontana with the crowd. 📷: @charlieminhnguyen

Thanks @cinematographyforactors & @leagueoffilmmakers for hosting me at @hollyshorts summit to share an initial casting meeting for a feature film . Also thanks to @mikeyrivajr for sharing your film #Fontana with the crowd. 📷: @charlieminhnguyen

Thanks @cinematographyforactors & @leagueoffilmmakers for hosting me at @hollyshorts summit to share an initial casting meeting for a feature film . Also thanks to @mikeyrivajr for sharing your film #Fontana with the crowd. 📷: @charlieminhnguyen

Today on What's My Frame I'm joined by Casting Director, Emily Cook.

Emily is a native Angeleno with more than ten years experience across film and television. Notable credits include The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , Paramount's Star Trek: Discovery and Hulu's How I Met Your Father.

Having studied with The Lee Strasberg Theatre institute and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Emily has cultivated an understanding of how to collaborate with actors to hone performances that elevate the material.

#emilycookcasting #castingdirectors #castingconversations #wmfpodcast #whatsmyframe #SteppenwolfTheatre

We love to see the hard work of DP @beth.napoli , trinity op @steadi.hayden, 1st AC @jjltrinity and casting director @emilycookcasting get its proper recognition.

We love to see the hard work of DP @beth.napoli , trinity op @steadi.hayden, 1st AC @jjltrinity and casting director @emilycookcasting get its proper recognition.

We love to see the hard work of DP @beth.napoli , trinity op @steadi.hayden, 1st AC @jjltrinity and casting director @emilycookcasting get its proper recognition.

🟠DELI BOYS🟠 So proud to have worked on this show (dropping today!) with @sethyanklewitz @benppollack & Stephanie Rabinowitz of @ypcasting. It’s a wild romp with a fantastic cast: @alicomedy @saagarshaikh @poornagraphy @thealfieshow @theiqbaltheba @zainnesaleh and Brian George

💜 STAN BEHAVIOR 💜
Starring @gingerminj, @heidincloset & @martabeatchu
Directed by @tylerpees of @luxdazemedia #castingby

Thanks to @lauralindabradley for having me speak at @sagaftra last week about the roles within a casting office. It was great to meet my fellow panelists @chaos.casting @briansutow @abbygruenewald @skylerzurncasting

Thanks to @lauralindabradley for having me speak at @sagaftra last week about the roles within a casting office. It was great to meet my fellow panelists @chaos.casting @briansutow @abbygruenewald @skylerzurncasting

Thanks to @lauralindabradley for having me speak at @sagaftra last week about the roles within a casting office. It was great to meet my fellow panelists @chaos.casting @briansutow @abbygruenewald @skylerzurncasting

Let’s go! @chasers_film at @sundanceorg

Chasers is headed to Slamdance. Thanks to the incredible producing team of @erinbrownthomas_filmmaker, @elleshaw7 & @olivia_haller for bringing me onto the team. #castingby

Chasers is headed to Slamdance. Thanks to the incredible producing team of @erinbrownthomas_filmmaker, @elleshaw7 & @olivia_haller for bringing me onto the team. #castingby

Chasers is headed to Slamdance. Thanks to the incredible producing team of @erinbrownthomas_filmmaker, @elleshaw7 & @olivia_haller for bringing me onto the team. #castingby

Chasers is headed to Slamdance. Thanks to the incredible producing team of @erinbrownthomas_filmmaker, @elleshaw7 & @olivia_haller for bringing me onto the team. #castingby

Chasers is headed to Slamdance. Thanks to the incredible producing team of @erinbrownthomas_filmmaker, @elleshaw7 & @olivia_haller for bringing me onto the team. #castingby

BIG NEWS - “Chasers” is premiering at Sundance!

In November of 2022, I met with Erin Brown Thomas in person for a coffee that turned into a 2 hour meeting discussing everything under the sun. Now, we are headed to Sundance! I’m so proud to have cast this fabulous and daring project with so many bright faces.

#Castingby

SUNDANCE
@sundanceorg
#sundance

DIRECTOR
@erinbrownthomas_filmmaker 

WRITERS
@erinbrownthomas_filmmaker 
@ciarrakrohne

PRODUCERS
@elleshaw7 
@olivia_haller 
@erinbrownwthomas_filmmaker
@beth.napoli 
@steadi.hayden

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
@tara_hotchkis
@erinbrownthomas_filmmaker
@ciarrakrohne
@jthummus

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
@amydepaolafilms
@emilycookcasting

PRODUCTION COMPANY
@pinkamongmen

ACTORS
@ciarrakrohne
@louiechapman
@keanamarie_
@brookemaroon
@shannonigansss_
@dexterfarrenhaag
@amberkhieralla
@danielrashid
@hunterstagram 
@nickosabado
#xanchurchwell

CASTING BY
@Emilycookcasting

SKUNK! Coming soon! Directed by @directorderek, produced by @dancsima & @kimberlypparker, starring @landere2010 & @tannerzahnhagen. #castingby 🦨