EXCLUSIVE: Christa Campbell’s new financier-producer XTA Media has come on board to co-finance its first independent feature, the dark comedy thriller In The Blue, and will join producer Passage Pictures in meetings with sales agents at AFM this week.
The third feature from rising writer-directors Delilah Napier and Lucy Powers centres on an aspiring actor and tutor paid to help a client finish their college applications during an ill-fated luxury yacht trip when buried family resentments surface.
Uri Singer and Isabella Zanobini are producing for Passage alongside Campbell and Three Thousand Capital founder Michael Peen. In The Blue marks the third feature from Napier and Powers after Voyeur and Floating Carousel.
Campbell recently launched XTZ Media with seed investment from Three Thousand Capital to acquire intellectual property, develop original and adapted material, finance productions, and produce for film, television and other platforms.
“Delilah and Lucy stood out the moment we read their script and watched their films,” Campbell said. “In the Blue is one of the best scripts we’ve read in a while, and it’s something really special. They are the future of Hollywood, and supporting young artists this talented is exactly what XTA Media was built to do. We’re thrilled to be part of this film and to back their careers for the long run.”
Floating Carousel premiered at the 2026 Woodstock Film Festival where it won the Ultra Indie Award for best narrative feature, and recevied a theatrical run earlier this year.
Singer added, “We are so happy to support these young filmmakers, and looking forward to partnering with Christa and Michael on this. I’ve worked with Christa before — we produced Tesla with Ethan Hawke — and I always respected her as a producer with extensive experience.”
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