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Enjoy the day. Enjoy the moment!

The end of a good week as I sit watching our Nation remember the terrible acts committed those many years ago. I remember I was having one of my mornings of calm and peace until Dean Teaster called me and asked if I was watch the news. The 1st plane had hit and I watched the second plane and all the following events. I cannot image losing a loved one in such a manner. In my daily praise of life I try to appreciate the small things and the big people in my life. This weekend saw the start of a new batch of peach wine and next month is hard cider time again. Also a week with a new member of the pack with our little “Luke” a poop machine of a puppy who has brought many smiles into the house as well as a few other surprises.

I will try to give a few entertainment updates to you fine folks –

We announced the CDI feature film “Secondary Heroes” to be directed by our dear friend Stuart MacDonald in Spring 2012 in Adrian Michigan.

A few pick up shots on “7 Stones” as post in full speed ahead.

Great talks with our partners in the Philippines and “Darkest Night” is coming along great. The new website again is http://www.darkestnightmovie.com

The Lansing showings of our powerful documentary “Outside the Wire” directed by Anthony Hornus are listed below – I’m planning attending the Sat. showing and would love to see some of you come out and support it.

Sat – Sept 24th @ 8:00 pm and Sunday Sept 25th  @ 2:00 and 4:30 pm at Riverwalk Theater – Downtown Lansing – 228 Museum Dr. 517-482-5700 tickets $10.00 with some proceeds to Riverwalk Theater and The Wounded Warrior project.

On “Renovation” http://www.renovationthemovie.com we are working out details on foreign sales but are pretty much set on the theatrical and domestic aspects of the deal. I wanted to do a full announcement but I still want to wait. I will say we are looking at a limited release in Dec./Jan. and a domestic release in March 2012. I’m excited that this 1st feature will be getting out there to audiences soon!

September 20th is the release date for “Savage” a bigfoot script I initially penned after stories by my Uncle Jerry Jones and the various readings I’ve done over my lifetime. It is out in the UK and will also play here on CHILLER TV. So tune it to watch both “SAVAGE” and “GPS” on that network.

We’ve got a new featured leading lady on the Texas fan site ran by Pepper. My “7 Stones” co-star Melissa Anschutz.

http://www.djperryfanclub.com/MJ.html

More releases on projects to hit this week.

I gotta get ready for our last regular season soccer match before playoffs. We’ve been on a winning streak but we’ve had a week off with the past holiday. That said it is not boiling hot so it will be good for running.

Enjoy the day. Enjoy the moment!

 

DJ

Posted by  |  September 11, 2011 | Categories: Blogroll | Leave a comment

Premieres, Puppies and Philippines!

The heat has made a small roar back into Michigan. It has been an enjoyable holiday weekend already. On the football tip – both the Det. Lions and MSU put checks in the win BOX. We’ve got the week off from soccer but won our last two games. I even scored and had an assist in each game which does not always happen. I like the team mentality and often prefer the “pass off” vs the “glory goal”. Many large artistic endeavors are team efforts vs the individual actions. They often contain individual artistic endeavors but they are all woven together as one piece of collective art.

Furthermore, this weekend has been made special by the fact that we got a new rescue puppy that will be trained to be the ongoing guard dog. We have a great guard dog now but she is getting up there in age. We also figured that the training would be easier with a good role model. So, now there is a little understudy named “Luke”.  A handsome coffee-color dude with blue/green eyes that will surely be a welcome new family addition. Our current “baby dog” is 4 and is having a slight adjustment as all her toys get played with.  She is the younger dog and a real love bug but not a true guard dog. More like an alarm and if we had animals to herd she would be in her element. The total now reads 3 dogs and 3 cats and I think our wildlife rescue is good and complete for now.

Onto the Movie news –

I’m being told that November will be the premiere screenings for “Locked in a Room”. Actually it looks like I’ll have many films showings that month. I’m still waiting to hear on “Benjamin” premiere screenings but I know that “Darkest Night” and “Seven Stones” are both suppose to show in November. I will have much to be thankful for:)

Follow that with a slew of December releases and a line up 2012 roles already underway and that equals BUSY. My attorney is currently working on shoot dates for “Madam CJ” and “In Our Time”. We were told the business structures are now set up and final structuring/casting is underway. I also hope to have more info on “Shadows of Death” my follow-up Philippine shoot with GPI. That will have us casting one American Jodi Foster type in a lead role. Casting notices will circulate soon.

Development activity has been – WIN some, LOSE some with some projects jumping ahead with packaging and others taking a step back. I guess that is the way of things. We will be announcing some development updates on certain projects via a series of press releases this month. You can only do your best and often good things will follow.

We do have a couple of “Outside the Wire” showings happening this month is Lansing, MI and so I’m excited for the hometown crowd to see this amazing story! I will do a complete post of times and dates in my next update. It is towards the end of the month and I hope many of you can make it out.

Also look for  a new Leading Lady announcement on Pepper’s http://www.djperryfanclub.com site.

Have a safe and fun-filled weekend.

DJ

Posted by  |  September 3, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment