Morgan Casting is on board 87 MINUTES, a SAG-AFTRA feature film due to shoot in and around Jackson Oct. 19 – Nov. 13, 2026.
Storyline: When an abducted eight-year-old is put up for sale to the highest bidder, a hardened Special Response Team leader and his elite crew race across Jackson, MS, following a digital trail to an abandoned paper factory where they must fight their way through a ruthless trafficking operation to bring her home.
If you are a represented actor, please allow your agent to suggest you as this breakdown has been released on Breakdown Services. For those with Actors Access accounts, please suggest there. Emailed suggestions are strictly for those with no agent and/or no Actors Access account….an opportunity for local actors and those in the “real community” who wish to try out for a speaking part for the film. We will give preference to pro-agency and Actors Access submissions over emailed submissions, meaning we look at those first (and all submissions are indeed considered as we prep in stages).
Pays: SAG-AFTRA Basic Theatrical rate of $1283/day + 10% AF if represented.
Talent should be based in the Southeastern US with Jackson, MS local hires preferred.
MARCUS BRYANT] Male, 30s. Black, Asian, Indian, or mixed; focused, calm under pressure. Clean, professional appearance – think analyst who lives in front of multiple monitors. Precise, rapid delivery of technical intel (geospatial data, structural details, hash matches, thermal, etc.) without ever sounding like pure exposition. Steady presence who keeps feeding the team actionable information. Marcus is an Open Source Intelligence Expert. A member of Jack’s team, Marcus is based at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; his specialty is data gathering and analysis, with a sub-specialty in surveillance. Marcus is a brainiac who appears regularly on Jack’s video screen, deducing the location of the sex traffickers from the slim leads he can gather from their online presence…SUPPORTING LEAD.
[THE BAD MAN] Man; 50 to 60 years old; Eastern European (thick accent). Lean to medium build, cold and calculating presence with an amused, almost theatrical detachment. Frequently wears or dangles Meta glasses that he uses to record. The primary male trafficker and face of the livestream operation—calm, businesslike, and deeply sadistic…SUPPORTING LEAD.
[THE CLEANER] Any gender; 40 to 49 years old; all ethnicities. American. Wears a black mask throughout most of the story. Solid, functional build – more enforcer than mastermind. Rough, practical, and obedient; the muscle who handles the physical positioning of the victim. Needs an actor comfortable performing entirely behind a mask, with strong physical presence and the ability to convey quiet, everyday evil…SUPPORTING LEAD.
[THE HANDLER] Woman; 20s to 30s; Hispanic (sophisticated Latin accent that is deliberately hard to place – could be South American, Caribbean, or European-Latin). Calm, put-together, and professional even in the middle of a trafficking operation. Wears a hoodie and earpiece; constantly monitors a tablet with the live feed. The operational brain of the three traffickers. Needs an actress who can project controlled, intelligent menace and handle a physical takedown sequence with credibility…SUPPORTING LEAD.
[TRISH] Female, in her late 20s, white. Trish is a drug addict who has sold her 8-year-old daughter for cash. She lives in a seedy motorhome; her skin is too tight, her pupils are too wide, and her Christmas-themed fingernails are scabbed down to the tips. Desperate for a fix, Trish is questioned by Angie, until she can’t stand it anymore, and confesses to having put her pre-teen child on the trafficking market…3 speeches & 6 lines, 1 scene. DAY PLAYER.
[SEX OFFENDER / MAN] A creep in his 40s, all ethnicities, he goes to a hotel, planning to buy sex from a 16-year-old girl — but he’s busted by an undercover cop instead. Desperate to make a deal, he tells the cops about Trish — and about her daughter, who is being auctioned off somewhere by a trio of traffickers…1 speech & 1 line. 2 scenes DAY PLAYER.
[JACK’S PARTNER] Man; 20s to 40s; all ethnicities. Jack’s fellow soldier during a wartime flashback. Wounded and struggling to survive in the aftermath of combat, he calls out to Jack from the battlefield, revealing the traumatic event that continues to haunt him…2 lines, 2 scenes. DAY PLAYER.
Once again, for those without an agent and/or an Actors Access account, we invite you to email us for consideration: Please send at least 2 clear, up-to-date photos (1 close-up + 1 full body to Casting87Minutes@gmail.com
Subject Link YOUR NAME for ROLE for 87 MINUTES
Please be sure to include the following written information in the body of your message, in addition to your attached photos.
- Name:
- Age:
- City/State in which you currently live:
- Phone number:
- Height:
If you do have an acting resume, we’ll happily take it but not required.
Deadline to suggest is Monday, Sept. 28 at 5 p.m. CT
Only those selected for the audition process will receive a reply with the details for a self-taped audition.
If you are a background performer, Morgan Casting will be handling the extras casting for the film. Those notices will come out much closer to the film’s start date this fall, so please follow our socials to see those casting notices in due time.
