Thats a wrap on ‘The Bank Job’

Just want to say a huge thank you to all 50 of our supporting artists that took part in ‘The Bank Job’ production that took place this week.

There is something about the first production of a new year that I always enjoy, catching up with some old friends who have worked with us time after time before and new people working on the first or maybe second production with us.

Today we had a fun-filled afternoon on set this after a morning where it was especially nice to have time to share in your past experiences and new goals for 2015, I very much enjoyed talking about our plans and goals for 2015 too.

For those not on set today pre-production on our next feature entered its 3rd day with the producers mostly looking and searching for suitable locations before filming starts soon.

Will keep you all updated on the progress of that and more work from us including a new job today posted in our ‘Extras Area’ be sure to check it out.

Thanks again to those that took part in our first production of 2015 and wishing you all well as we move towards the weekend.

First job of 2015 for The Lynch Mob Agency

So after a Christmas when like so many I worked within the agency and also with the homeless at one of the out reach centres in London am pleased to say I then enjoyed a New Years Eve off in Brighton and saw the New Year in celebrating with my family and friends.

Proud of my volunteer badge that allowed entry to Crisis party at Scala

Last night I enjoyed a lovely evening at Scala Nightclub, Kings Cross in London when the homeless charity ‘Crisis' threw the thank you party where thousands of volunteers who had made the last 8 days of housing and feeding the homeless possible and who turned up to hear the speeches from those who organised this years Crisis at Christmas, the emotional thanks from some of the guests was read out to us all which I found like so many so heart wrenching but also so inspiring, a video was then shown of what Crisis means to the homeless and the volunteers before we danced the night away.

Am looking forward to our first job of the year in the morning back in London when I will find myself with the choice of supporting artists that production went with for the high street bank production we have been asked to supply and help out on. If you haven’t been selected its not over yet as supporting artists are needed for Tuesday and Thursday as well. Am very much looking forward to seeing those that will be first up for this work this week.

Thanks to everyone with your Christmas, New Years well wishes and all the support over the last couple of weeks. Without you I wouldn’t get to do what and feel am so lucky to do.

Johnny Lynch.

I have posted below the video we was shown at Scala on Saturday evening. I urge you to take a look and see what an impact the charity as on those that have no option than to sleep on our towns and city streets.

DON"T CONFUSE WHAT A HEADSHOT IS

Recently I posted 200 headshots of our featured supporting artists for November on our ‘The Lynch Mob Blog’

Here are a few I received last month to us and although entertaining and to be proud of am sure but won’t persuade any casting director, producer, agency booker to book you am sure.

A clear and recent image of your face is called a headshot and is essential to a supporting artist or actor as is in fact on almost every occasion will be what gets you work. It is in fact his or her’s calling card.

The elements of a great headshot are personality, composition, balance, approachability, and memorability. After all, it is the first thing that potential employers will see on your profile and is an opportunity to sell yourself. Your headshot should reflect your personality and show people a little of the spark you possess.

 

If you are looking for new head shots such as Christina Dimitri (above) recently had then get in touch as we have a few slots available on our special half price 'Christmas Offer' to those that are interested.

TRIBECA FILM TO RELEASE UBERTO PASOLINI’S ‘STILL LIFE’ IN JANUARY 2015

Eddie Marsan (Mission Impossible) and Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) star in this award-winning drama that we supplied the supporting artists to.

Am pleased to announce that Tribeca Film has acquired the North American rights for Uberto Pasolini’s sophomore feature Still Life from Beta Cinema. Written and directed by Pasolini, the film had its world premiere at the 2013 Venice Film Festival where it won four awards: the Orizzonti Award for Best Director; the Pasinetti Award for Best Film; the Cinema D’Arte e d’Essai award; and the Civitas Vitae prossima for Best Film.

The film focuses on the unassuming John May (Eddie Marsan) whose life has always revolved around his work—finding the next of kin of those who have died alone for the local council in South London. He believes that everyone deserves a dignified exit and writes eulogies and organizes funerals for those who wouldn’t have them otherwise. When a new case—the death of an elderly alcoholic in a flat directly opposite his own—hits him harder than usual, he journeys outside London to track down the man’s long-abandoned daughter (Emmy® Award nominee Joanne Froggatt). Against the odds, the two lonely souls are drawn to each other—and John starts to appreciate life’s possibilities.

Tribeca Film will release the film on VOD and digital platforms on January 13, 2015 and in select theaters on January 16, 2015

Cockneys vs Zombies is on your TV - Air date Tuesday 28th October

Back in 2009 we was first approached to supply the supporting artists for a film and thus embarked on an ambitious production which was originally called 'Undead in London' After two years, 3 script writers and numerous rewrites 'Cockneys vs Zombies' was born.

'Cockneys vs Zombies' went into production in the spring of 2011 and was filmed in Wandsworth, Canary Wharf and Sutton, Surrey.

The film premiered at the 2012 London FrightFest Film Festival. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 3, 2013 and on Tuesday 87th October you will be able to see our film 'Cockneys vs Zombies' on your television at home.

The 2012 British zombie comedy film is directed by Matthias Hoene and written by James Moran and Lucas Roche. The plot centres on a group of Cockneys who arm themselves to rescue their grandfather and his friends from their retirement home as a zombie apocalypse takes place in the East End of London.

On set at Wandsworth Ram Brewery 

Plot
In a building site being developed by Hartman Construction in the East End of London, two construction workers discover a 17th-century graveyard ordered sealed by Charles II and are bitten by zombies, setting off a zombie outbreak in the area.

Terry MacGuire and his younger brother Andy are planning a bank robbery so they can save their ex-gangster grandfather Ray's retirement home from being demolished by property developers, along with the assistance of their cousin Katy, hopeless Davey Tuppence, and "Mental" Mickey, an unstable war veteran who has a large supply of weapons. During the robbery, the group finds they've crashed an embezzlement deal between the bank manager and the head of Hartman Construction. Expecting to find a few hundred grand, they find themselves staring at 2.5 million in cash. The bank manager had thought they were from Hartman due to their costumes but realizes otherwise and presses an emergency button to the police. The gang take Emma and Clive hostage. Upon leaving the bank, however, the group finds that the police have been killed by a growing horde of zombies. They escape in a van.

Meanwhile, at the retirement home, the zombies attack the residence. Ray and residents Peggy, Daryl, Doreen and Eric take refuge in the kitchen; Ray also rescues a resident named Hamish and gets him inside.

Terry's group arrive at an abandoned site, where Mickey is bitten by a zombie. Emma pleads with Mickey and Davey to let her and Clive go, saying she does not care about their 'selfish' plans, and Katy tells her that they are not robbing the bank for themselves, but to save the retirement home. Mickey decides to leave and takes Emma and Clive with him and ties them up. After Mickey dies and turns into a zombie, he is promptly destroyed by Terry, who rescues Emma and Clive. Clive picks up Mickey's gun and threatens the group, but is promptly eaten by zombies, shooting Davey dead in the process. The rest of the group escape, on the way stopping to look for Emma's younger sister, whom Terry and Emma find as a zombie, but Emma decides not to kill her in case a cure is found.

Having heavily armed themselves at Mickey's gun cache, Terry, Andy, Katy and Emma arrive in a double-decker bus at the retirement home. There, they manage to break the zombie siege and rescue Ray and the other surviving residents. They all then go into the bus, but it breaks down on the way and the group are forced to abandon it. They eventually find a boat which Peggy steals, but it is still chained up. Ray decides to sacrifice himself to save the others, but he still manages to survive and joins the others on the boat as they make their final escape. On the river, the group wonder what will happen next; Ray tells them that they can take East London back for themselves.

On set at the Sutton Care Home demolished after filming

Cast
Rasmus Hardiker as Terry
Harry Treadaway as Andy
Michelle Ryan as Katy
Georgia King as Emma
Jack Doolan as Davey Tuppence
Ashley Thomas as Mental Mickey
Tony Gardner as Clive
Tony Selby as Daryl
Georgina Hale as Doreen
Dudley Sutton as Eric
Richard Briers as Hamish
Honor Blackman as Peggy
Alan Ford as Ray

'Cockneys vs Zombies' would prove to be the final film credit for Briers, who died the following year.

The Lynch Mob are heading back to Pinewood

Just picked up a little horror film which is being shot at one of the lots at Pinewood Studios and just had a call from its producer who wants us to supply our supporting artists too.

I visited the purpose made sets a few weeks ago and pleased to announce our involvement today.

More news coming on that one soon.

So horror fans you up for this one.

MIke Bassett - Interim Manager is giving you a chance to be part of the next chapter.

WHO IS MIKE BASSETT?

Mike Bassett is back! Ricky Tomlinson reprises his role as Mike Bassett in the sequel to Steve Barron's Mike Bassett: England Manager.

Played by Ricky Tomlinson (The Royle Family, Brookside, In the Flesh), Mike Bassett entered every football fan's consciousness in 2001 as Martin Bashir documented his exploits as England manager. His hilarious mixture of passion and ineptitude has made Bassett a byword for all that is right and wrong about English football. 

When nobody else could or would take the England manager job over a decade ago, Bassett somehow led them to the semi-finals of the World Cup where they were finally beaten by Brazil (but equalled their best performance since winning the '66 World Cup). Since then however, Bassett has had a descent into the depths of international management, and is struggling with the Iranian ladies football team in Tehran. 

Meanwhile the England set-up is being efficiently and successfully managed by his former number two from his Bundesliga third division days, Jorgen Mannstein (who has the team sailing through their World Cup qualifiers). In his usual style, Bassett offends almost all of Iran, and so is soon back looking for another job. It doesn't take long for him to get a call from his old friend Mannstein, leading to his being drafted back into the England fold to work under the brilliant German on his coaching staff. 

Yet, 'unforeseen' circumstances occur, forcing Bassett into becoming England's Interim Manager for the rest of the World Cup, as he soon comes to realise just how questionable his prospects are.

We're offering you the chance to be a part of the next chapter in the Mike Bassett saga. Through simply buying the exciting rewards along the right of this page, you will help Mike Bassett: Interim Manager get closer to reality.

We have a variety of rewards for backers, from copies of the film, to posters, to clothing, to chances to join us on set or even appear in the film (as an extra, or as a featured speaking part!) This is top quality stuff for any discerning Mike Bassett fan, or football fan, or anyone really!

We'll be introducing new rewards throughout the campaign, and taking your feedback on what you'd like to see. Look out for one-off special items and opportunities, and make sure to get involved at any level to ensure you get to be a part of the behind the scenes backer-only content that will continue throughout the film all the way up to release.  Watch this space.

Green Street 3 is out on Netflix today

GREEN STREET 3: NEVER BACK DOWN a film we supplied the supporting artist to is out on Netflix from today

Starring Scott Atkins GS3 comes from award winning ‘TowerBlock’ director James Nunn’s with ‘Green Street 3 Underground’ the second film he’s directed since making the transition from 1st Assistant Director.

SYNOPSIS:
Danny Harvey (Scott Adkins) has spent all of his life fighting – in the playground, on the football pitch and then heading up the West Ham firm the Green Street Elite (GSE).

Fourteen years ago, Danny turned his back on football violence, but Danny’s younger brother Joey (Billy Cook),
also a skilled fighter, couldn’t turn his back on the GSE.

When Joey is killed in an organised fight against a rival firm, Danny is desperate to seek revenge and avenge his brother’s death. Danny returns to his old manor and knows the only way of finding out who killed Joey is to return to his past and get back into the firm.

The football film also stars Jack Doolan from ‘Cockneys vs Zombies’ and Josh Myers from the prison drama ‘Screwed’ with James Nunn as first assistant director on the zom/com and prison drama written by James Moran and Ronnie Thompson respectively

Head over to Netflix and check out the Green Street 3 Trailer from the Cockneys vs Zombies crew this looks like a right tear up.

Mike Bassett – Interim Manager requires extras.

Mike Bassett - Interim Manager

England’s most notorious football manager Mike Bassett played by Ricky Tomlinson (Royal Family, In the Flesh) is heading back to the big screens with a sequel to the cult classic comedy ‘Mike Bassett – England Manager’ also starring Amanda Redman and am looking forward to this one.

Steve Barron, who directed the first film, will return to oversee the sequel alongside screenwriters Rob Sprackling and John R Smith. Steve is probably best known for directing 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' but comes from a docudrama background having directed a host of musicians such as David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Madonna Steve also directed one of my little known guilty pleasures, a film called 'Electric Dreams' in 1984 of which i know at the very mention of the name can have me humming the title track.

We have been asked to supply the extras for this and are filming a scene for the production of the 'KIckstarter' crowd funding campaign of which the first one is the 7th October 2014 in London. We also need people of Thursday 8th, Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October.

To give you a heads up here are the details of our first day.

Date: Tuesday 7th October, Call time: 3pm, Location: Wembley Stadium.

This is paid for the right applicants.

Filming is taking place in Germany, South Africa and London and have a feeling with our football mad extras this is going to be popular so let us know ASAP if you want to be part of this and the dates you are available next month.

Check out the first 'Kickstarter' campaign trailer below and be sure to check back to see our extras in the next one.

Harley from the RIzzle Kicks is looking to ‘The Lynch Mob Agency’ for his next project.

So we all know Harley from the RIzzle Kicks and our feature film ‘The Guvnors’ but what you don’t know is he is looking for next his next project.

Am looking for a girl and a boy around 22-28 years of age who are would be comfortable in a music video been quite intimate together.

Payment is £250,00 each for the right applicants.

Get in touch at the usual address please.

‘The Lynch Mob Agency’ anti-bullying viral video is in pre-production.

We are shooting an anti-bullying viral video called ‘Love Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ on Tuesday 7th October.

Its a very potent tale for a lot of us and with our director’s family connections we will hopefully be able to get our efforts into schools, spread awareness and help those in need of support.

We have support from www.beatbullying.org a charitable organisation side but need your help as well.We’re looking for 6 to 8 – 15-16 year olds (who will be playing school kids outside a school, a short walk from Bromley by Bow from the tube) for about an hour, 2 maximum for Tuesday 7th October,

The call time will be approx 9am – 11am. We know its school time so ideally would like boys or girls who have left school but still look young enough to be at school.Would you like to be involved in a ‘Anti Bullying’ Campaign and can spare a couple of hours next Tuesday 7th October then please get in touch and I look forward getting in contact with you.

BAFTA is to screen ‘All about Janet’

A short film we supplied the extras to ‘All about Janet’ directed by Phil Howard will be having its premiere in November, The film shot in London and Birmingham is a short starring the extremely talented Valarie Monk and whom we have known and first came aware of about 3 years ago.

We would like to wish the film the success it deserves and my best wishes to the cast and crew and can’t wait to catch up with you at the premiere of the 22nd November.

Also am pleased to say that the sequel to the film is in preproduction and our very own Johnny Lynch’s  landed a role playing Gary, Similar to his character in ‘Terror Nation’ he’s brutal but not as psychotic as Paul Milland where violence was never far from his mind. When asked Johnny Lynch said that “I remember well what it took to get into the mind of that character, Gary whose violence comes from his necessity to feed his drug habit and is hell bent on destruction for short term gains. I will be giving the character all I can muster to give a performance I can look back and be proud off”

‘All about Janet’ will be released in November.

The Lynch Mob sister company Zombie Extras is looking for you for its next high value production.

Delighted to have had another enquiry through our Zombie extras website which I set up after supplying zombie extras to few productions now on Sky, BBC, commercials and independent film.

On Friday last week ‘tigeraspect’ who are making a programme for the BBC got in touch with me to supply zombies for a forthcoming production. TG part of ‘Endemol’ have had 21 years experience in making programmes for TV such as the recent ‘Ripper Street’ ‘Peekyblinders’ to favourites such as Teachers’ ‘Stella Street’ and ‘Mr Bean’ This is another fantastic opportunity for our zombie loving extras now we have wrapped on the BBC 'Atlantis' which used our Zombie Extras UK website to get in touch. Never let it be said the power of having a online presence has and the opportunities it brings.

Over the weekend and today I have been contacting those of you I feel are suitable so please get back to me ASAP with your availability so I can put you through. Thank you

Registration ended last month at ‘Zombie Extras’ but you can still apply and when I open registration again we will contact you for future productions.

http://www.zombieextras.co.uk

The Guvnors is out on DVD and BluRay 29th December 2014.

The Guvnors’ starring Harley Sylvester, Doug Allen, Charley Palmer Merkell, Lorraine Stanley, Martin Hancock, Richard Blackwood and David Essex was released at cinemas around the UK on 29th August following its World Premiere at The Edinburgh International Film Festival.

UK filmmakers, Fulwell 73  assembled a host of British talent in this gritty, stylish thriller/gangster flick. ‘The Guvnors’ written and directed by Gabe Turner (In the Hands of The Gods, The Class of ’92) directs as hip hop star Harley Sylvester (Rizzle Kicks) makes his impressive big screen debut as a troubled gang leader seeking respect on a London estate. Doug Allen (The Firm, Gangster No.1) leads a notorious, old skool unit known as ‘The Guvnors’ seeking revenge for the brutal murder of their mentor. 

As two generations steeped in violence collide, both men are forced to reconcile their past and face the future.

Johnny Lynch would like to thank all the supporting artists for making this another memorable one for me, another highlight for me personally and in my career.

Take a look at the trailer.

If you didn’t get a chance to see it at the cinema then go preorder your copy now.

Robbie Williams Live at the Palladium with The Lynch Mob supporting artists.

The new album from Robbie Williams is out today, ‘Swings Both Ways Live’ starring our supporting artist,

To our supporting artists that I placed in the performances at the London Palladium I want again to say a huge thank you for all the hard work that took part in the memorable night and performance filmed in November and aired on BBC1. 2013 was a fantastic year for us all.

Its now available to buy.

One Direction – Midnight Memories gets 28 million views on its first day.

Boy band One Direction and The Lynch Mob Extras met up to film the title track of the new album at the end of last year,

With it been a time of year when its cold and wet outside the guys and girls from the agency on a suggestion from Johnny to give all the money they got for the job to the homeless charity that we at The Lynch Mob represent.

The band released the chart topping hit to its global audience and got an amazing 28 million YouTube hits on its first day. The production from Fullwell 73 was one of the last filmed at Merton Studios which is due to close.
Want to thank Fulwell 73 for the job and to all the extras that turned up that wet and cold night that gave the money for the job to the homeless.

Another Zombie job comes to The Lynch Mob

Jopia Productions, Great Dayne Entertainment and Full Motion Entertainment are in production of a zombie action movie.

We’re looking for 40 extras for the title sequence

This is going to be 4 scenes shot over the 4th and 5th of August. .

So we need ZOMBIES!! Lots of ZOMBIES!! 

So please add this day to your diary and be involved in this totally safe and FULLY controlled ZOMBIE DAY.

Get in touch for more details.

Zombies Assemble for the Open University.

Posted  Johnny Lynch Saturday, August 9, 2014

Extras Job tomorrow for tomorrow Sunday 10th August

LOOKING FOR EXTRAS TO BE DINERS IN A RESTAURANT AND ZOMBIES WHERE WE SURPRISE A COUPLE OUT FOR A MEAL.

Call time 2pm.
Location: Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire.
Paying: Few hours work – £50 cash,

You can drive up or production can pick you up from Wellingborough Station and take you to the film set.

This is for a corporate for the ‘Open University’ and expected to finish quite quickly and then you are required to pose for photographs, etc.

Get in touch if you want this.

First come first serve and only need 4 people to be extras.

Maybe a couple want to do this or our regulars want to get a car together and drive up as a 2 or 4.

Get in touch at the usual email address to be considered.

Thank you.