'Man's Best Friend' and 'Silent Night in Algona' Director Back in Action!

LANSING, Mich. - June 11, 2025 - PRLog -- The DJ Perry script is a mix of Sci-Fi and Spirituality that will explore the effects of technology such as AI on life as we know it. The film will be Collective Development Inc.'s second collaboration with McGraw Multimedia with John McGraw serving as the film's Director of Photography. The film will roll cameras in September and release in 2026. The final business pieces are being put into place as casting and location scouting has begun. Two castings have been announced. First is Melissa Anschutz (Lost Heart) and Dean Teaster (Man's Best Friend). Both played major roles in the previous two films by Anthony Hornus.

Anthony Hornus previously directed the award winning 'Silent Night in Algona,' a WW2 home-front-drama about German prisoners awaiting the end to the war at one of 700+ camps in the Midwest. Based on true events, the film tells a powerful and uplifting story that happened during the chaos of WW2 on the run up to Christmas. Following a strong limited theatrical release, the movie released to DVD and streaming while also playing Uplift TV. Now on July 1^st the film will start running on ad-based video on demand platforms such as Tubi, Roku, Xumo and Encourage TV.

Prior to 'Silent Night in Algona' Anthony Hornus received much praise for 'Man's Best Friend,' a powerful story that centers on adoption dogs and our wounded military veterans.  All were produced by Lansing, MI based Collective Development Inc (www.cdiproductions.com).  The company has a long track record of capturing historic and positive-value films. This new film marks Anthony's return to the director chair. Following 'The Secret of the Kingdom Chip' Anthony has been working on a follow up film to the 2002 'An Ordinary Killer' that he co-directed with Jeffrey Kennedy. Additionally a possible sequel to 'Man's Best Friend' is being worked on by screenwriter DJ Perry.