Miles Mussenden, best known for his roles in the Marvel series “Cloak & Dagger” and the DC Comics series “Doom Patrol,” will co-lead the coming thriller “Croatoan” with filmmaker Britt Bankhead. The project marks Bankhead’s feature directorial debut.
The cast of “Croatoan” also includes Nico Tirozzi, Grace Patterson and Mike Markoff. Principal photography begins in December in the Dallas-Forth Worth area of Texas.
Bankhead stars in “Croatoan” as a father, whose family road trip leads him to a desolate small town. After his son (Tirozzi) disappears, Bankhead’s character resorts to teaming with two detectives (Mussenden and Patterson) and parsing the community’s oddballs to investigate the local, supernatural legend of “Croatoan.” While plot details around the mystery remain undisclosed, the film’s title has historical significance for being the only complete word found by European visitors to Roanoke Island, who arrived on site to discover that more than 100 English colonists had disappeared to an unknown fate.
Mussenden portrayed Otis Johnson, the father to co-protagonist Tyrone, on Marvel’s “Cloak & Dagger” for Freeform. Though set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the series was short-lived, running just two seasons. After being canceled in 2019, Marvel Studios refocused its television efforts on producing Disney+ original programming. Mussenden stayed within the superhero mould though, playing the bicycle-powered Frenzy on Season 3 of the Max series “Doom Patrol.” Other recent credits include “Tulsa King” and “Swagger.”
Along with directing and starring, Bankhead co-wrote the “Croatoan” script with Jon Blaze. John Moio has been recruited as a stunt coordinator. Bankhead and Blaze produce, along with Patterson for Bankhead Productions. Bankhead and Patterson are executive producers, while Gabriella Hainline is line producer.
Mussenden is represented by Buchwald and Luber Roklin Entertainment. Patterson is represented by Luber Roklin Entertainment. Tirozzi is with Coastal Talent Agency. Markoff is with Independent Artist Group.
