Lionsgate auditions in full swing on fact-based feature film 'Machine Gun Preacher'

Casting for supporting actors, featured roles, day players, and extras is currently taking place in Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, and Johannesburg, South Africa for the Lionsgate feature film Machine Gun Preacher. The film is based on a true story. Gerard Butler has signed on to play the reformed bad guy Sam Childers, a drug-dealing biker who found God and became the scourge of rebel forces who kidnap children in Sudan and Northern Uganda.

Michelle Monaghan has won a role that was coveted by all the young actresses in Hollywood. She has signed on to play Childers' wife, Lynn, who cleaned up her own demons while Childers did a stretch behind bars, and struggled to keep their family together in Detroit while he went to Africa to establish an orphanage to house 300 children.

Marc Forster will direct the film and his company, Apparatus Productions, will co-produce with Lionsgate. Forster has directed such films as Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, and Quantum of Solace. He is repped by Todd Feldman at Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Shooting will take place in Michigan and South Africa, starting mid-July, 2010.

See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.

Please submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.

Principal Actor Casting (Los Angeles):

Kerry Barden
Paul Schnee
Machinegun Preacher Casting
1513 6th Street
Suite 105
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Principal Actor Casting (New York):

Kerry Barden
Paul Schnee
Machinegun Preacher Casting
150 W. 28th Street
Suite 402
New York, NY 10001

Principal Actor and Extras Casting (South Africa):

Moonyeenn Lee Associates
40 Keyes Avenue
Rosebank
Johannesburg Gauteng 2196
South Africa

Extras Casting (Michigan):

Dori DePree
Michigan Casting Services, LLC
433 Columbia Avenue
Suite 3
Holland, Michigan 49423
Email color snapshot and contact information to: MichCasting@gmail.com

Production Companies:

Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies (they will most likely end up in the trash can), they do not cast the films. They hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.

Machinegun Preacher Production Office
MGP Productions, LLC
29125 Buckingham Drive
Suite 2A
Livonia, MI 48154

Lionsgate
2700 Colorado Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Kaushi Entertainment
9663 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 406
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Apparatus Productions
6533 Hollywood Blvd.
Suite 411
Hollywood, CA 90028

Producers: Brad Simpson, Deborah Girratana, Gary Safady, Craig Chapman, Robbie Brenner, Myles Nestle

Director: Marc Forster

Starring: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon

Story:

Butler plays real-life hero Sam Childers - the one man fearless enough to fight a ruthless army outnumbering him 1,000 to 1. The fierce edge that once led Childers to a life of crime now fuels his daring crusade into Africa’s most dangerous battle zones to rescue children from the clutches of rebel warlords. His mission is clear: protect the children, no matter the cost.