Oscar Winning Director's Netflix Movie Casting Young Basketball Players For NJ Shoot

Kathryn Bigelow, the director behind movies like "The Hurt Locker," "Point Break" and "Zero Dark Thirty" is filming a new movie in Newark and your children can be a part of it.

Sam Barron

10/11/2024 2:18 p.m.

The untitled Netflix project is looking for girls ages 12 to 16 to play basketball players in a scene that shoots in Newark from Wednesday, Oct. 23 to Thursday, Oct. 24, according to a casting notice.

According to Deadline, the movie will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The movie stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, according to Deadline.

All ethnicities are welcome and the children must be available for both days, according to the listing. The shoot pays $176 for an estimated 10 hours of work, according to the listing.

To view the listing, click here.

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