switchboard often received up to 4,000 calls an hour from extras looking for work. In 1976, the Motion Picture Association of America (the former MPPDA) sold Central Casting to Production Payment, Inc., a subsidiary of Talent & Residuals, making the agency privately owned for the first time. When the agency’s parent company International Digitronics Corporation merged with Draney Information Services Corporation in 1991, Central Casting merged with Richmar Casting to become part of the newly formed Entertainment Partners. During this process, Central Casting overhauled their digital casting system, making it easier for casting directors to search through their 15,000 registered extras. Around this time, extras begin to refer to themselves as background actors. New York In April 2006, Central Casting New York opened in Manhattan, the first Central Casting office to open outside of Los Angeles. Some early projects cast by the New York office included Law & Order, The Sopranos, and Spider-Man 3. In April 2018, the office moved to its new location on the 10th floor of 5 Pennsylvania Plaza. Louisiana After casting thousands of background actors for Jurassic World, Central Casting Louisiana opened an office in Benson Tower in New Orleans on September 23, 2014. The office's first television casting project was The Astronauts Wives Club. Georgia In 2016, Central Casting Georgia opened in Atlanta after the on-location background casting for American Made. References External links Celebrity Alumni Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Film organizations in the United States 1925 establishments in California Business services companies established in 1925 Casting companies