by FilmInk Staff
Tannaz Anisi, founder of 13 Films, is launching FILMBUG MEDIA, a boutique entertainment company focused on worldwide film sales. Filmbug will make its market debut at the American Film Market (AFM), November 10–15 in Los Angeles, introducing a feature-film slate spanning action, comedy, drama and horror alongside its representation of the 13 Films library.
Anisi and Ross Marian, both formerly of 13 Films, will present the lineup at AFM. The slate includes projects from directors Marcus Adams, Michael Winnick and J. Mills Goodloe, with cast members including Ashley Greene, Milo Ventimiglia, Anson Mount, Beau Bridges, Rachael Harris and Patrick Warburton.
RED SEA, a World War II survival thriller directed by Marcus Adams and written by Piers Ashworth, is produced by Mark Foligno (The King’s Speech) and Gareth Pritchard (Breaking Cover, The Tenth Planet) through Sankara Pictures. After an aerial dogfight leaves two enemy pilots stranded in the shark-infested Red Sea, they must put aside their fight in order to survive the night and reach shore. Casting is underway, with production targeted for the second quarter of 2027.
Also on the slate is KILL HIM ’TIL HE’S DEAD, an action thriller directed by Michael Winnick (Guns, Girls & Gambling) and starring Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga), Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us) and Byron Mann (Wu Assassins). The film follows a broken-down hitman who finds himself waking up in the body of a different person each day as he tries to save the love of his life from a ruthless tech titan.
The comedy GOING THERE, directed by Arbel Kodesh (Brockmire), brings together Stefanie Yunger (Frasier), Rachael Harris (The Hangover), Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld), Katelyn Nacon (The Walking Dead), Dylan Sprayberry (Teen Wolf), Brett Gelman (Stranger Things) and Gregg Sulkin (Marvel’s Runaways). The film follows a woman who poses as her sister to track down an ex in Israel, only to become stranded with a tour group while a suspicious soldier threatens to expose her. Matthew G. Zamias and Jacob Horn produce.
J. Mills Goodloe (The Age of Adaline) directs the comedy-drama BLUE EYED GIRL, written by and starring Marisa Coughlan (Super Troopers), alongside Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings), Beau Bridges (Matlock), Freddy Rodríguez (Six Feet Under) and Sam Trammell (True Blood). Coughlan plays an actress who returns home to care for her ailing father but is pulled back into old family tensions and a relationship with her first love.
HALF WAY DOWN, the psychological thriller from director Ryan Patch, stars Freya Jones, Alex Price (Penny Dreadful) and Zora Bishop. Produced by Patch, Fionn Watts and Toby Watts, the film follows a couple living on an isolated English farm whose fragile marriage is unsettled by a teenage runaway. The film is currently in post-production.
The sci-fi horror thriller MANTIS, directed by Justice Hardy (True Lies), stars Ali Stolar, Matthew Pettigrew and Daniel Van Thomas. A detective investigating a serial killer turns to technology that can stimulate brain activity after death, forcing her to confront discoveries linked to the loss of her husband.
TWEED, a supernatural thriller directed by Alexander Wraith (The Mandalorian, Naomi), stars Wraith, Francesca Eastwood, Bianca Van Damme, Ammar Nemo (BMF) and Nathan Mathers. Amateur investigators head into the wilderness to disprove stories about a haunted mountain, only to find themselves trapped in a terrifying situation. Jesse Dean, Gregory Qualls, Thomas Sullivan Wraith produce.
Rounding out the slate is THE RECKONING, a psychological horror thriller directed by Alex Breaux (Stranger Things), starring Michael Weaver (upcoming Voight Rising), Quincy Dunn-Baker (No Hard Feelings), Julie Dray (Crashing) and Kristin Griffith (Succession). Producers include Jen Roskind (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Animals.), Scott Roskind (Arctic Void), Michael Weaver (Arctic Void), and Helen Olive. After their father’s death, two estranged brothers and their mother uncover dark family secrets and a mysterious connection to France.
Filmbug will also represent the 13 Films library to international buyers. Anisi and Marian will be presenting the slate at the Fairmont Century Plaza during AFM.
About Filmbug Media:
Filmbug Media is a boutique sales agency focusing on worldwide sales, working with producers and filmmakers to bring commercially driven stories to audiences worldwide.
