# Take Me to Tarzana Take Me to Tarzana is a dark comedy feature film. ## Elevator pitch We are making a movie called Take Me to Tarzana, and we are currently in early pre-production. We have an LOI from a distributor, most of the core team/crew members have been assembled, actress Samantha Robinson (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Love Witch, Cam) is attached to the film in the co-starring role of Jane Avant, and Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls, Van Wilder, Cake Wars) is cast in the co-starring role of Jameson Doheny.  - Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/takemetotarzana - Entity ID: wefunder:company:34961 - Last updated: 2026-06-14T05:02:34Z - Generated at: 2026-06-14T05:09:53Z ## Quick facts - The film has a distribution LOI from Leomark Studios.  - Our script was selected as a semifinalist (top 50 out of more than 2300 submissions) in the 2018 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. - Producing team has 40+ years of production experience. - Production team involved with successful projects like Wahlburgers (starring Mark and Donnie Wahlburg), Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho (Netflix comedy special), HitRecord on TV (Emmy-winning show starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Lewis Black's Root of All  - Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls, Van Wilder, Cake Wars) and Samantha Robinson (The Love Witch, Cam and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) will co-star.  - 455 Coverfly Score. Ranks in top 5% of all scripts in Coverfly database (12,000+ scripts), currently on the Red List for Comedy Features. Coverfly is the industry's largest database of screenplay contest entries and script coverage evaluations, sortable - Selected as a quarterfinalist in the 2018 StoryPros International Screenplay Contest.  - Placed in the top 20% of the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.  ## Active fundraises - wefunder:fundraise:24897: 4(a)(6) successful (USD) ## FAQ 1. **As you plan and scope out this movie, what do you anticipate will be your biggest challenge in the realization of this project?** - Another great question! The biggest challenge for us is that we have a limited budget to produce the film, which, in turn, means that we have limited time and fewer days to shoot it. We are scheduled for 18 days of production on TMTT. This schedule is certainly doable, but we will all be working crazy hours to get the film in the proverbial "can" (or as I like to say, "on the hard drive").  2. **It looks like you plan to premiere the film at the Sundance Film Festival. I am not super familiar with the film festival scene but it's my understanding that this is a very popular/prestigious place to try to get films shown. Excuse the ignorance, but how hard is it to get a ...** - Hi Andrew, thanks for your question! It's a good one. Yes, Sundance is a very prestigious and competitive film festival, and there are definitely no guarantees on our acceptance into the festival. That said, we do have several key components working in our favor:  *We have great star talent attached to the film, and we are close to locking in another very exciting talent. We will make the announcement as soon as we can/it's official. *I am currently in a Sundance mentorship program ... 3. **Hi, I invested and am contemplating doing more. Some questions: 1. Can you be more specific about your team member's roles in producing those examples listed - IMDb can be a little hard to decipher. Maybe just a few examples where someone had a significant role that matches th...** - Hi Alan, First of all, thanks for your investment in TMTT! It's great to have you on the team, and we promise to protect your investment and put it to good work! As far as matching roles are concerned, here are some recent examples: Kevin Harding is currently a producer on Wahlburgers, Clayton VanNortwick was an EIC (Executive In Charge of Production) on Ken Jeong's recent comedy special, and I was writer/director/producer on The Game VR. These are sign... 4. **Hello. The operating agreement for your film's LLC, which has been submitted as part of Form C (document_7.pdf), is very blurry and unreadable. Can you please submit a version of the operating agreement that is clearer and more readable? Thank you.** - Hi Henry, Thanks for your question and interest in the film. The Wefunder team is looking into the issue you reported, but the SEC requires documents to be "scrubbed" in a certain way to be submitted with the filing (which makes it blurry). They're working on getting a less blurry version up on the portal. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I would be happy to answer them. Thanks! 5. **Looks like the raise is oversubscribed, congratulations! Will there be an early close or will the max raise get increased?** - Hi Andrew, thank you! And thanks again for being one of our early investors and supporters! We are thrilled to have you on the team. Yes, I actually have a couple exciting updates planned for Monday; however, since you asked, one of the updates is that we have completed our financial review and will be raising the cap this week!  ## Team - Desiree Staples (Producer) - Clayton VanNortwick (Producer) - Kevin Harding (Producer) - Jared Meeker (Composer) - Terrance Stewart (Director of Photography) - Reiko Napier (UPM) - Ricki Maslar (Casting Director) - Edwin Rivera (Editor) - Steven Lowy (Legal) - Andre Rivas (Colorist) - Maceo Greenberg (founder) ## Recent posts - Casting Complete! (2019-05-16T16:09:25Z) - Only 10 Days to Invest! (2019-05-12T16:22:00Z) - Pre-Production Fun! (2019-05-07T14:30:46Z) - Casting Additions and TMTT News! (2019-04-29T17:29:05Z) - Tarzana Updates! (2019-04-25T21:47:53Z) - Exciting Updates! (2019-04-15T22:47:30Z) - Early Bird Terms Almost Capped! (2019-03-25T18:00:17Z) - Over $20k Raised in First Week! (2019-03-23T00:29:37Z) ## Q&A - Q: I am sorry to contact you via this method but could locate no other contact info. I received my 2019 K1 without a problem. I have no received my 2020 K1 and it was sent in a format not compatible with Mac. No (big) problem, I opened it on a PC, instead. Except it is password protected and the instructions your accountant provided to open it (last 4 of TMTT's EIN + TMTT's zip code) will not open it. The email sent by the accountant states they will not provide the actual PW, though. (seems kinda dumb... I would only need it if I had actually received a K1, which means I'm probably entitled to seeing it!?). Looking forward to seeing the film. BTW- I happen to have 4 capuchin monkeys (and a bunch of other primates, as well- we run an exotic animal sanctuary) and can tell you that they are NOT cuddly nor do they make good pets!!! I hope you had better luck with your "actor". - A: Hi Norm, apologies, I am just now seeing this because I have not been receiving notifications from these questions on here, but I am glad you reached out directly and you were able to access the 2020 K1. Thankfully we had great luck with our little capuchin star, Tara! She's a show monkey with nearly 25 years of experience, so she was able to hit all the right beats for us! Thanks again, Maceo - Q: whats the word on the project? can a playa get an update? - A: Hi Joe, yes, just provided an official update! - Q: Any news on distribution of the film? - Q: Invested a month ago and it was accepted. Increased my investment 3 days ago and it still say "investment increase pending", and 4 hrs later the round closed. Will this extra money be approved or is it likely that this increase won't go through? Still waiting on confirmation. - Q: Henry, The operating agreement on the SEC website is less than ideal, but is legible, at least for me. There is nothing in the agreement that I have found to be unusual but you should continue to work with the company and Wefunder to get a copy that you can read since I wouldn't expect anyone to invest without having read all of the documentation. Your big worry seems to be the company hoarding profits for years at a time. This isn't a tech startup that could have reasons to hold cash to use for growth or future expenses. This is a movie that gets made and then the movie gets sold/rented and the profits get paid out till investors get paid back %110 then it's 50/50. Could the company's management try to screw everybody (including themselves) and keep all funds in escrow? as a hypothetical, sure... but to what end? what would be the point? If you're scarred that the management of the company could screw us, then you are correct, that's possible for any company. However, that wouldn't be in anyone's best interest and there is no reason there would be huge profits that get held back for a movie LLC. Edited: for typo - Q: Henry, in the situation you describe it would be the owner of the theater that is doing business in whatever states they have theaters. In the same way that selling the movie on iTunes/Amazon would only involve doing business with a distributer/aggregator who would then do business with companies like Apple and Amazon, even if they are doing business in multiple states where they have a physical presence. If you sell an app on the Google Play Store you aren't doing business in every state and country it's available, you aren't even doing business in California (unless you live/work there) you are just doing business wherever you are and would owe state income tax to that state (and the feds). Again, not tax advice, talk to an accountant who can advise you for your unique situation. Edit: here's a better link for you: https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/why-do-film-companies-form-an-llc-for-a-movie - Q: There seem to be some pretty big misunderstandings on how LLCs are taxed. There is no situation where you will be filling out a state income tax form for states you don't live in for this LLC. When googling to educate yourself, be mindful of what you are reading, since the rules are different for real property. The only asset of this company will end up with is the Intellectual property (the movie). Disclosure: Nobody here, including myself, is going to be able to give anyone tax advice, even if they were a CPA or tax expert. Your taxes are your responsibility and if you are concerned you should find somebody who is a tax professional who is willing to give you personalized tax advice. Disclosure2: I did invest and am excited about this project. I am far more concerned about late tax forms from the companies I invest in because I hate not being able to files my taxes on time and needing an extension. Taxes won't even matter till the movie is done and making a return. - Q: Hello. Earlier, I asked that your LLC's operating agreement be made more readable. While we're waiting for that to happen, I have a question: Why are you putting your investors into your LLC in the first place? The producers of the film "I'll Be Next Door for Christmas" raised funds on StartEngine and WeFunder. These producers had an LLC, but these producers stated 1) that their investors would NOT be part of the LLC and 2) that the amounts received by the investors would be reflected on 1099 forms. LLCs are problematic for two reasons. 1) If an LLC does business in any given state, then a member of that LLC may receive a Form K-1 from that particular state, may have to file income-tax returns for that state, and may have to pay income tax to that state. So, in theory, a member of an LLC may have to file state income-tax returns in all 50 states. 2) A member of an LLC will be taxed on his share of the LLC's income (shown on the Form K-1 sent to the member), even if cash is not distributed to that member. The LLC's operating agreement describes how cash is distributed, which is why I would like to see your LLC's operating agreement. So, why not do what the producers of the Christmas movie did? Why not keep the investors out of the LLC and issue 1099 forms? - A: Hi Henry, Thanks for your questions. Based on discussions with our legal and accounting, we decided that this was the best structure for this particular project. We will be issuing K1s to our investors. Thanks! - Q: Looks like the raise is oversubscribed, congratulations! Will there be an early close or will the max raise get increased? - A: Hi Andrew, thank you! And thanks again for being one of our early investors and supporters! We are thrilled to have you on the team. Yes, I actually have a couple exciting updates planned for Monday; however, since you asked, one of the updates is that we have completed our financial review and will be raising the cap this week!  - Q: With the release of Take Me To Tarzana what is happening with our investment to the movie? - A: Hi Richard, I hope all is well. Have you been receiving the investor updates I've been sharing via the Wefunder portal? I have sent you an email as well. Thanks. - Q: Maceo - Sorry but I can't get your link to the 2021 k1's and streaming update to open. It just keeps taking me to the wefunder updates list but nothing from you is there. How do I get my k1? And how do I see the updates? - Q: Hello - please provide an update. It has been several months since the last update. Has the movie started to make any revenue? Thanks. - Q: Can you please provide an update on revenue so far? - Q: Still need the password for the K-1. I filed my taxes without including this. Please help me get the password - Q: I need the PASSWORD to the K-1 ASAP as I have an appointment on 7/7/2021 with my tax accountant. No one will reply or give me the password!