Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
UBCP-ACTRA ( Buyout is TBC )
Deadline:
Apr 30, 2024
Callbacks:
May 1, 2024 Online/In person
Shooting starts:
Late Summer/Fall 2024 TBD
Shooting finishes:
Late Summer/Fall 2024 TBD
Shooting locations:
Vancouver and Surrounding Areas, Kamloops
Cities for response:
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Comments
*Lupe Q is a Telefilm-funded Feature Film
*Prioritizing actors who are residents of BC and Quebec
*Currently, we are in the process of casting the main roles, while the remaining characters will be listed on the Casting Workbook in the upcoming months.
DIRECTOR'S NOTE,
Punk rock. Disenfranchised teens. Creepy space aliens. Queer young romance. It’s the underdog / buddy-comedy / space opera I’ve been waiting to tell ever since I was an angsty Latin American kid shrieking into a mic and cranking my guitar amp to 11. LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC EARWORMS is a character-driven action comedy about the sincere friendship between high school classmates and partners in punk rock, Lupe and Toro - and their shared infatuation for their cute new bandmate, Pachi. It is around this tender core that our story revolves, and it will be the important emotional ground over which our characters will travel.
Whether it's Toro’s earnest humor, Lupe’s abrasive charm, or Pachi’s brainy dorkiness, our audiences will feel like they have these young heroes in their own families, and will hold their breath for them at every twist and turn our story throws their way. With life or death thrills and exhilarating escapades, Lupe Q is a hold-to-your-seats coming-of-age adventure!
*Prioritizing actors who are residents of BC and Quebec
*Currently, we are in the process of casting the main roles, while the remaining characters will be listed on the Casting Workbook in the upcoming months.
DIRECTOR'S NOTE,
Punk rock. Disenfranchised teens. Creepy space aliens. Queer young romance. It’s the underdog / buddy-comedy / space opera I’ve been waiting to tell ever since I was an angsty Latin American kid shrieking into a mic and cranking my guitar amp to 11. LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC EARWORMS is a character-driven action comedy about the sincere friendship between high school classmates and partners in punk rock, Lupe and Toro - and their shared infatuation for their cute new bandmate, Pachi. It is around this tender core that our story revolves, and it will be the important emotional ground over which our characters will travel.
Whether it's Toro’s earnest humor, Lupe’s abrasive charm, or Pachi’s brainy dorkiness, our audiences will feel like they have these young heroes in their own families, and will hold their breath for them at every twist and turn our story throws their way. With life or death thrills and exhilarating escapades, Lupe Q is a hold-to-your-seats coming-of-age adventure!
Storyline
Lupe Q, a Latinx high school misfit, leads the worst punk rock band in the country, with her best friend Toro and not-so-best-friend Pachi. When their music suddenly causes someone to eject a strange worm from their ears during a concert, a mysterious secret agent whisks the band away to his secret laboratory, where they discover their noisy songs are the only thing that can reverse a space alien invasion already underway. But as they realize they are just pawns in a much bigger intergalactic war, they must work together to evade aliens and agents alike, infiltrate an orbiting alien spaceship, and learn to lean on their families and their punk rock to save humanity.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | PACHI | Female 16 - 24 Years old |
Description All Ethnicities PATRICIA is a straight-A’s chemistry whiz and classical music nerd, a nice girl who plays a mean Mozart on her giant upright bass. Tired of living under the micro-managing thumb of her high-powered mom, she leaps at the chance to piss her off by joining a punk band with the intimidating school badass Lupe,who’s actually kinda cute, really… when she’s not being an asshole. Pachi’s small act of musical rebellion quickly escalates into a world-saving, alien-fighting adventure, where she learns that sometimes to be nice, you’ve got to fight dirty.* Musical Experience a plus | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | TORO | Male 16 - 21 Years old |
Description All ethnicities, indigenous actors strongly encouraged to submit TORO, Lupe’s best friend since childhood and co-founder of the much-maligned punk rock band, La Mala Teta. A jovial, good-natured kid, raised by a serious but loving single dad, he’s not too fussed about the “signature sound” Lupe has developed. As long as he can bang on drums, he’s happy. Sure, Lupe can be kinda intense sometimes, but he knows she’s good people. Toro avoids conflict, such as confessing crushes to girls, like, say, Pachi. He’s scared of kidnappers and creepy crawlers, and he definitely does not want to fly a spaceship. But he just might surprise himself…* Musical Experience a plus | ||