Actor Spencer Boldman and manager-producer Antonia DeNardo have founded Forza Partners, a Dallas-based film and television production company developing projects for both domestic and international buyers.
The early slate gives the new banner three distinct proof points: a literary adaptation, a music biopic and a supernatural thriller reaching theaters this week.
The slate
- Alive: a TV series based on Christopher Castellani’s 2026 novel Last Seen, following four young men from different backgrounds found dead in rivers under similar, unexplained circumstances. Boldman is writing the pilot and will produce with Castellani and DeNardo.
- Ronnie Milsap biopic: a previously announced life story of the country artist, with Milsap producing alongside Boldman and DeNardo and Boldman attached to star.
- You Can’t Leave: a supernatural thriller from Guilder Cinema Group, starring and executive-produced by Boldman, opening this Friday.
Why the early-partner model matters
For content buyers, the more telling detail is the company’s stated model. Forza wants to work with filmmakers at a project’s inception and stay involved through production, marketing and release. That is closer to packaging a title than to simply optioning a script or attaching a name after the fact.
Streaming and linear buyers are already flooded with book options and biopics. A package that arrives with a writer-producer attached, a known actor, and a producing team that plans to stay through release is a more complete purchase decision than a bare premise. For media planners and entertainment marketers, that changes what is being sold at the earliest stage.
A Dallas base with a familiar resume
Boldman arrives with youth-audience recognition from Disney XD’s Lab Rats and later roles in 21 Jump Street, Disney Channel’s Zapped, Cruise and Hulu’s Welcome to Chippendales. DeNardo runs Millennium Artists and has worked with a roster that includes Noah Munck, Paola Andino and YaYa Gosselin.
The Dallas location is less a market advantage than a signal that a talent-led banner can package globally viable projects from outside the traditional Los Angeles orbit, especially when the key attachments are already in place.
The first test is visible quickly. This weekend’s opening for You Can’t Leave and the eventual buyer interest in Alive will show whether an early-packaging, talent-led shop can turn a mixed slate into orders and audience traction.
Source: Deadline
