We had recently reported that Focus Features was heading to Chicago next month to film Sinister 2, the sequel to the micro-budget horror-hit, which will open wide on August 21, 2015.
Citadel‘s Ciaran Foy will be directing the sequel which Scott Derrickson, the director of the first Sinister, is writing with C. Robert Cargill.
Bloody reader ‘Michael A.’ just pointed us to to the Chicago Tribune, where they’re casting extras for the sequel! Here are the details – and if you decide to go, make sure you report back to us with information to share with the Bloody readers!
“Sinister 2” needs kids and teenagers to serve as extras when the sequel begins filming in the Chicago area next month. Joan Philo Casting is looking for 7-18 years old of all shapes and sizes and an overweight male 12-15 years old, according to Facebook.com/Sinister2Extras.
But before you sign up little Johnny, there are a few things you should know.
The original “Sinister” was a rated R horror film that involved hangings and the terrifying Mr. Boogie. And as the Facebook page pointed out, extras in the sequel may be required to act in scary scenes that are “graphic in nature” and involve “blood and disturbing themes.” So if your kid is squeamish or scares easily and you don’t feel like paying for their therapy, this probably isn’t a good fit.
“Sinister 2” is also looking for men and women in their 30s or 40s to play parents for one or two day scenes — specifically Caucasian model types, Caucasian church-going types and Latino, Asian or Middle Eastern working class types. If you don’t fall under any of those categories, the film needs extras 6-80 years old of all ethnicities and body types. In other words, they’re not picky.
The Facebook page said filming will take place Aug. 18 through the end of September in Grant Park, Kankakee and St. Anne.
Derrickson and Cargill also wrote the original film that starred Ethan Hawke as a true-crime writer who finds a cache of 8mm home movies films that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose career dates back to the 1960s.
