Feature Film
Red Stick Hoods - Manitoba ONLY
Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
ACTRA - Feature with a 30% buyout for 4 years
Deadline:
Nov 15, 2026
Shooting starts:
Nov 19, 2026 
Cities for response:
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna, Windsor
Comments
Submission Instructions: ONLY SUBMIT ACTORS WHO ARE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF MANITOBA.
Storyline
When seasoned Baton Rouge hitman Gus and his unpredictable young partner Tito are given a dangerous new assignment, what begins as another job quickly pulls them into a deadly conflict between rival forces in the criminal underworld.
The mission is to find Maria Conti, the daughter of powerful crime boss Luca Conti, who the ruthless Gordon Storch has abducted. With Conti unable to act openly, Gus and Tito are brought in from the outside to track her down.
But as they follow a trail of violence, deception, and shifting loyalties, Gus is forced to confront some unexpected personal realities of his own. Meanwhile, Tito's loyalty to Gus—and the future he hopes to build with his wife, Sandy—is put to the test.
With enemies closing in from every direction, Gus and Tito must navigate a criminal world where everyone has an agenda and trusting the wrong person can be fatal.

Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingGordon StorchMale 40 - 60 Years old
Description
is the scarred hired muscle who kidnaps Maria on the orders of Salvatore Spain. An old-school criminal, physically intimidating with a very violent history. Sadistic, a rapist. He lost his uncle because of Luca.

Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingSalvatore SpainMale 45 - 60 Years old
Description
Trim. Fit. Sleek hair. Impeccable dresser. Main antagonist behind the kidnapping. Polished political gangster. He wants to take over what Luca Conti owns. Charismatic and ruthless. But has a hidden fear of Luca Conti.
Italian-American
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingBig OtisMale 59 - 70 Years old
Description
Hires the two leads to find Maria. Practical and that old-school kind of man behind the desk kind of crime boss. Is a small fry compared to Luca, who calls in a debt because he saved Otis back in the day.

Ethnicity: Black (BIPOC)
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingMortMale 65 - 80 Years old
Description
Retired mob associate, Gus’s old contact, Wise, cynical, wears a fedora. Memorable character role
Italian

Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingLuca Conti Male 60 - 75 Years old
Description
Powerful Chicago crime boss. Sophisticated and intimidating. Loving father underneath a hardened exterior/ he will burn the world for his daughter Maria. Dark graying hair, glasses, smokes, a tremor in one hand when worried.
Italian-American
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingBradMale 18 - 25 Years old
Description
Maria’s boyfriend, a typical college student. Handsome, nerdy looks.
Provides key lead to rescuers
Caucasian
Potential nudity and intimacy
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingMaria ContiFemale 20 - 25 Years old
Description
Tennis player/College student with a warm look and a Fit /trim body. She is Strong-willed, resilient, but also emotionally drained - seeks vengeance. Kidnapping victim who evolves into a survivor.
Italian-American
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingSandyFemale 28 - 38 Years old
Description
Tito’s wife. Warm, funny, grounded. Is the emotional heart of the story. Pregnant but not showing.
Any ethnicity
Potential nudity and intimacy
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingJefferyMale 22 - 30 Years old
Description
Otis’s right-hand man. Comic relief with surprising courage. Loyal to Otis. Likes to push his buttons. Fit. Strong. Has a great smile and is lovable to the audience. Heroic death sequence.
Black (BIPOC)
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingCynthiaFemale 40 - 60 Years old
Description
Storch’s sister. Drug-using rural criminal. Tough and dangerous - very loyal to her brother Storch.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingBertMale 40 - 60 Years old
Description
Cynthia’s husband, a rural tough guy
Caucasian
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingKarlMale 30 - 50 Years old
Description
Bert’s younger brother, Comic redneck energy. Drives a powder-blue pickup.
Caucasian
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingBetsyFemale 30 - 50 Years old
Description
Criminal associate, Guarding Maria - unsympathetic - doing it for the money
Any ethnicity
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingSUSANFemale 18 - 25 Years old
Description
Pretty blonde Cynthia’s house guest - bad ass - knows her guns. Guards Maria also.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalMain ThugMale 40 - 60 Years old
Description
Works for Gordon and threatens Maria while she's tied up. Is tortured by the two leads to get the location of Maria.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalProfessor Male 40 - 70 Years old
Description
Poetry professor - nerd with a typical professor look. Accidentally triggers Tito’s insecurity
Any ethnicity
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalProstitute Female 23 - 28 Years old
Description
Perfect sensual body. Knockout. Falls for Gus. But is left cold.
Emotional late-film sequence. Must have her own seductive dance sequence for Gus as she strips.
Any ethnicity
Potential nudity and intimacy
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorDoctorMale 40 - 70 Years old
Description
Delivers Gus’s diagnosis - Sympathetic
Any ethnicity
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorDeadbeatMale 25 - 45 Years old
Description
Opens the film. Gets a dryer intimidation sequence
Any ethnicity
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorBig HoodMale 35 - 60 Years old
Description
Luca Conti, enforcer - cold. We know he kills people from his look.
Final revenge sequence
Italian / hispanic
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
Actor WaitressFemale 20 - 50 Years old
Description
Any ethnicity
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorHenchman #1Male 20 - 55 Years old
Description
Salvatore Spain's henchman.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorHenchman #2Male 20 - 55 Years old
Description
Salvatore Spain's henchman
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorOld GuyMale 65 - 80 Years old
Description
About to get grilled; gives up Mort to Spain
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorCONGRESSMANMale 55 - 80 Years old
Description
Well-dressed - well-groomed, Political scene with Spain
Caucasian
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorFat GuyMale 20 - 55 Years old
Description
About to get his hand sawed off and gives info to Spain