Gilligan's Island Casting Page

9/15/04 Hurricane Ivan has an impact on production - details here.

7/1/04 Casting has been extended through July 15th!!!!

6/24/04 Open casting calls are over - you can see a video with some of the hopefuls on the Casting Page or directly by clicking here(2 minutes Real Video).

Pictures from the video....

The tape deadline is June 30th so hurry and get your tape in if you haven't applied yet - details on the Official Casting Page.

Boarding has begun for TBS's new reality series THE REAL GILLIGAN'S ISLAND as the network hosts open casting calls in various regions of the country.  Producers will travel to six different locations over the next month to find real-life people who fit the profiles of the original cast.

The following is a complete schedule for THE REAL GILLIGAN'S ISLAND open casting call:

6/17/04 ***NEW*** Just added/announced...

Tampa/St. Pete Casting Call Set for Gilligan's Island - LINK
Thursday, June 24 - 2-10 p.m.
St. Pete's Pier (800 2nd Ave., St. Petersburg, Fla.)

Sunday, June 13                 Pratt, Kansas        8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday, June 19              Boston                  10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sunday, June 27                 Miami                      2-10 p.m.       Cancelled

Saturday, July 10                Los Angeles         10 a.m.-4 p.m.
 
 

Auditionees unable to attend an open call may log on to www.tbs.tv or call the toll-free casting hotline at 888/634-4550 for an application and  instructions on taped submissions. All tapes must be submitted by Wednesday, June 30.
 
 

Press Release:

THE REAL GILLIGAN'S ISLAND is a new reality series based on the popular sitcom about seven stranded castaways.  The new show will feature a group of people who personify the original "Gilligan's Island": a real-life skipper, first mate, millionaire couple, movie star, Kansas farm girl and professor, who, as on the 1960's sitcom, will work together to try to get off the island.  Episodes will be modeled after some of the situations that occurred in the original series.

While the producers encourage auditioners to come dressed as their "castaway of choice," neither costumes nor dead-on physical resemblance is a requirement.  Anyone who is interested in participating, but unable to attend an open call, may also log onto www.tbs.tv for an application and address where they can submit tapes by Wednesday, June 30.  Producers are looking for people whose true-life experience mirrors that of the passengers of the original S.S. Minnow, such as an authentic Kansas farm girl, a real skipper or an actual professor.

THE REAL GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, set to premiere on TBS in Fourth Quarter 2004, is executive-produced by Mike Fleiss (The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, High School Reunion).  The creator of the original Gilligan's Island sitcom, Sherwood Schwartz, and his son, Lloyd Schwartz, will also serve as executive producers.

The show is produced for TBS by Next Entertainment and DAWN Syndicated Productions, Inc., in association with Telepictures Productions.  Warner Bros. International Television Distribution will be selling the international format rights to the series, as they have for Next Entertainment/Telepictures Productions' The Bachelor.

 TBS is television's "very funny" network, serving as home to such hot contemporary comedies as Seinfeld and Friends, with Sex and the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, Family Guy and Yes, Dear joining the line-up this summer; high-profile original reality series, such as the upcoming Outback Jack and The Real Gilligan's Island; blockbuster movies; and hosted movie showcases.  TBS also offers action-packed sports from the worlds of Major League Baseball and Pac 10 and Big 12 college football.