Cast & Crew Blog

Added Flexibility. Enhanced Control.

Written by Cast&Crew | 09/09/2025

We’re thrilled to introduce a range of enhancements launched in the last quarter. These updates are designed to expedite your workflows and provide a smoother, more intuitive experience on our platform.

Greater control over your payroll management, reporting, and invoice processing is here. We’ve made enhancements to make your life easier. 

Here’s what’s new: 

 Faster, more efficient workflows

Redesigned New Account and Direct Deposit Setup: Set up your MyCast&Crew account and direct deposit more quickly, with a secure, streamlined process that makes every step easier and more intuitive 

International Onboarding and Timekeeping: Get your Los Angeles-based crew onboarded and paid quickly on international projects, while simplified timekeeping saves you time with easy in-and-out entry and seamless integration with global agreements

Expanded Loan-Out Options: Set up your business more easily and ensure accurate tax filing, with simplified loan-out options

Quick Swap Rejected Offers: Save time and keep your schedule on track by replacing rejected offers instantly with the new “Swap” button on your Weekly Timecard

New “Accounting Data” Picklist: Navigate your accounting data quickly with a new organized and intuitive “Accounting Data” picklist in Reporting+, providing a cleaner data library.

 Greater control and accuracy

Self-Service Approval Workflows and Departments: Give trusted users more control with “Workflow Admin” permissions in Hours+, letting them easily create and manage approval workflows, departments, and invoice templates for smoother project management

Enable International Flat Deals for Your Projects: Avoid extra steps when applying international flat deals to your project instantly using the new Project Onboarding setting in Start+

Studio+ Auditing: Make auditing faster, clearer, and more transparent by accessing all coordinator and invoice approver comments, along with any attached documents, directly in Edit Report PDFs

New Trial Balance (Cross-Project) Report: Easily spot discrepancies in your books with the new Trial Balance PSL+ report in Reporting+, providing a point-in-time snapshot of ending balances for your accounts

Updated DGA Timecard Calculations: Simplify your workflow and ensure accurate pension calculations automatically, as DGA timecards now calculate 1 unit per day

Gender Options for Canadian Profiles: Give Canadian crew members full control over how their information is represented, with an optional field to specify gender—including non-binary—when registering or updating a profile 

As the saying goes, “feedback is a gift.” Please fill out our survey here—we'd love to hear how these enhancements are working for you!

We’re excited for you to explore these new features and improvements, and we look forward to hearing your feedback!

We’re here to help  
Stay tuned for these upcoming changes. As always, feel free to reach out to our support team at plus.support@castandcrew.com with any questions.