LA Run Riot is set in Los Angeles and unravels against the backdrop of a city in chaos. The story follows a group of young professionals navigating the breakdown of social order amidst an escalating citywide crisis.


LOS ANGELES, CA, November 14, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Anant Mehra Film LLC is proud to announce that acclaimed writer Tony Shi has joined the production of LA Run Riot as its Screenwriter. The upcoming feature film marks the next major creative undertaking from writer-director Anant Mehra, whose cinematic work delves deeply into existential identity, cultural tension, and the shifting dynamics of modern life.

LA Run Riot is set in Los Angeles and unravels against the backdrop of a city in chaos. The story follows a group of young professionals navigating the breakdown of social order amidst an escalating citywide crisis. The film explores urgent contemporary themes—race, class, and survival—through a visceral and human lens.

Tony Shi will helm the script's creative development, expanding a story concept by Anant Mehra into a full feature-length screenplay. His responsibilities include crafting the film's narrative structure, deepening its emotional core, and collaborating closely with Mehra and the producing team—Josias Chavez and Hatuey Rodriguez—to bring the story from treatment to locked screenplay and through production.

Combining Tony Shi's rigorous storytelling approach with Anant Mehra's bold visual style, LA Run Riot is positioned to offer a rare cinematic exploration of humanity under pressure. The production brings together a team of acclaimed collaborators including Devon Johns (Director of Photography), Mengqing (Production Designer), and David Myles Lewis (Composer), whose collective experience anchors the project in artistic depth and emotional realism.

Anant Mehra Film LLC remains dedicated to developing thought-provoking, globally resonant films that combine narrative daring with social commentary. LA Run Riot continues that tradition by uniting an accomplished creative team driven by shared artistic purpose.

Anant Mehra is a Los Angeles-based writer-director whose films explore identity and existential dilemmas, ranging from deteriorating anxieties to fantastical crises.

Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Anant developed his passion for cinema at an early age, His professional work is heavily influenced by his own fascinations with fate, magical realism and Eastern philosophies. He recently graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California with a master's degree in Film & Television production.

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