{"id":5330,"date":"2018-04-25T05:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=5330"},"modified":"2018-04-25T05:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T12:30:45","slug":"edgerton-back-in-the-directors-chair-with-boy-erased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=5330","title":{"rendered":"Edgerton Back in the Director&#8217;s Chair with BOY ERASED"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Joel Edgerton and Jason Bateman on the set of 2015&#8217;s &#8220;The Gift.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Photo by Matt Kennedy &#8211; \u00a9 2015 STX Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Casting calls (link below) reveal that Joel Edgerton\u2019s adaptation of the Garrard Conley book is shooting in Atlanta on April 26. Background is seeking \u201ca few boys ages 18-35, any ethnicity,\u201d and \u201cseeking people with cars 2004 or older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5332\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/42518Edgerton2-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/42518Edgerton2-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/42518Edgerton2-400x616.png 400w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/42518Edgerton2.png 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>\u201cBoy Erased\u201d is the story of a son Baptist preacher who takes part in a gay-conversion program. The cast is deep including Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Edgerton.<\/p>\n<p>We know Edgerton as an actor (see his excellent work in \u201cLoving\u201d and \u201cIt Comes at Night\u201d), but he is also an accomplished writer and director and shown with 2015\u2019s \u201cThe Gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoy Erased\u201d open casting call: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectcasting.com\/casting-calls-acting-auditions\/nicole-kidmans-boy-erased-is-now-hiring-atlanta-actors\">http:\/\/www.projectcasting.com\/casting-calls-acting-auditions\/nicole-kidmans-boy-erased-is-now-hiring-atlanta-actors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"710\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3IiZU9JBuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOY ERASED is being lensed in Atlanta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[278,282,281,275,279,276,277,280],"class_list":["post-5330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-boy-erased","tag-casting-call","tag-jason-bateman","tag-joel-edgerton","tag-lucas-hedges","tag-nicole-kidman","tag-russell-crowe","tag-the-gift","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5333,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330\/revisions\/5333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}