{"id":154190,"date":"2026-04-01T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/154190\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:37:16","slug":"movies-and-tv-shows-casting-in-scranton-pennsylvania-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/154190\/","title":{"rendered":"Movies and TV shows casting in Scranton | Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock2284241605L4S3jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>Media_Photos \/\/ ShutterstockMovies and TV shows casting in Scranton<\/p>\n<p>The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures attention starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities&#8217; Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a big part of that journey.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re a working actor or an aspiring one, you might be curious to know which movies and TV shows are casting roles near you. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Backstage<\/a> compiled a list of projects casting right now in Scranton, nearby cities, and nationwide, and which roles they&#8217;re looking to fill.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock1942767637DAKDjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>Grusho Anna \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;25 Words or Less&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: reality TV<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Teams Of Two Real Friends (real people, 18+)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting locations: Scranton<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the reality TV show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/25-words-or-less-3097446\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765135035_866_croppedshutterstock1793697709ZBLVjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>Gorodenkoff \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;Forever Young&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: student film<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Maria (lead, female, 25-45)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Paul (lead, male, 30-45)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Doctor Kirk (lead, male, 55-70)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles pay up to: $800<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting locations: Scranton<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the student film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/forever-young-3059524\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock2284241555C1T3jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>Media_Photos \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;Kleos&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: short film<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; The Writer (lead, male, 25-50)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Postra (supporting, female, gender-nonconforming, non-binary (+1 more genders), 24-50)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Tholco (supporting, all genders, 40-70)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting locations: Scranton<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the short film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/kleos-3111107\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock228472597716GIjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>Grusho Anna \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;The Chambers&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: feature film<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Elijah (lead, male, 24-40)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles pay up to: $5,000<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting: nationwide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the feature film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/the-chambers-3132818\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock2232531621D0MOjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>Grusho Anna \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;Autonomous&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: feature film<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Alistair Mallen (lead, male, 26-40)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Maggie Thomas (lead, female, 20-30)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Magda Jansen (supporting, female, 40-55)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles pay up to: $1,500<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting: nationwide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the feature film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/autonomous-3118793\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock2460060995DTB4jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>muratart \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;Taco Man&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: vertical series<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Tony (lead, male, 35-45)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Aurora (&#8220;Rori&#8221;) (lead, female, 18-22)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles pay up to: $1,000<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting: nationwide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the vertical series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/taco-man-3124388\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock1115467067RO88jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>guruXOX \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;Painted with L.O.V.E.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: feature film<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Lilly (lead, female, 22-30)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Patrick Jones (lead, 25-35)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Lois (supporting, female, 22-30)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles pay up to: $10,000<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting: nationwide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the feature film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/painted-with-love-3093080\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock2389827065OANIjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>KinoMasterskaya \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;Adventskalendar&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: reality TV<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; German Wrestler (day player, 18+)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles pay up to: $800<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting: nationwide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the reality TV show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/adventskalendar-3135348\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock24851473030YKDjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>Grusho Anna \/\/ Shutterstock&#8217;Sydney Campbell is Dead to Me&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: feature film<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Sydney (lead, female, 21-36)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Male Characters (lead, male, 21-80)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles pay up to: $12,000<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting: nationwide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the feature film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/sydney-campbell-is-dead-to-me-3116534\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/croppedshutterstock2469360755VT54jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%\"\/>Gorodenkoff \/\/ ShutterstockFamily Weight Loss Show<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Project type: reality TV<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Family Member (real people, 18-65)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roles pay up to: $11,000<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Casting: nationwide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Learn more about the reality TV show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/casting\/family-weight-loss-show-3128741\/?utm_source=stacker&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstage.com\/discover\/movies-and-tv-shows-casting-across-the-us-77173\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This story<\/a> was produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/backstage.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Backstage<\/a> and reviewed and distributed by <a href=\"https:\/\/hubs.la\/Q03klgSR0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stacker<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Media_Photos \/\/ ShutterstockMovies and TV shows casting in Scranton The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures attention starting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[67392,36853,62402,61350,8987,67391,178,180,179,67390],"class_list":{"0":"post-154190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-collective-identity","9":"tag-gender","10":"tag-gender-identity","11":"tag-human-gender-and-sexuality","12":"tag-lgbtq","13":"tag-non-binary-gender","14":"tag-scranton","15":"tag-scranton-headlines","16":"tag-scranton-news","17":"tag-social-constructionism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}