When casting for the production was announced there was criticism that there aren't more Asian performers in it.

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So rather than go through the usual casting channels, the production reached out to families via autism blogs.

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And then Rick included me in pre-production and casting and story-breaking.

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Mr. Summers conducted it with epic sweep and passion, digging into the score with increasing fervor as the four-hour performance progressed, making up for some shortcomings in the production and casting with the grandeur of the orchestral sound.

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Producers said the casting process for the new production has begun and will be completed later this summer.

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Additionally, in many cases, we are financing and offering them full service production resources, from casting, to insurance and partnering with certain producers on bigger productions, much the way we did with freddiew and his team on video game high school the web series.

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As if the challenge of pulling a 320-ton boat wasn't enough to deal with, the production was plagued by heavy rains, casting problems -- lead actor Jason Robards had to be replaced by Klaus Kinski due to illness, while Mick Jagger dropped out due to a Rolling Stones concert -- and a border war that broke out between Peru and Ecuador.

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Even once the casting had been settled, the film still caused controversy when production started in Thailand.

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The look is crisp, clean, and incredibly engaging, from the whimsical, yet stylish casting, to the music, to the sharp and contemporary production values.

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