Almost three o’clock and my day feels like morning. I got up a few hours ago after a weekend of wrapping up shooting on “Locked in a Room” and it feels good! Other than b-roll or pickups that should be a wrap on the 1st co-production between CDI and At Risk Entertainment! I saw my buddy Carlucci Weyent who I have not seen since India. Also meeting, watching and working with Robert Miano was a great experience. He is a powerful actor and like Rance Howard, Bill McKinney and other vets of our industry, he had great stories and insights. It once again makes me proud to be part of the next generation of actors in our storytelling industry.

I’ve been also dealing with family issues as my father must have an operation that has been in the coming for a while. It is a common heart valve operation but still always scary anytime a loved one has to be put at risk. My dad is very active so this will really help his day to day. I will say that as I’m in the midst of development, production, post etc…it really took some stress off of me because at the end of the day we are just making movies. I say, work hard but don’t take ourselves too serious. I’ve said before, we entertain and provide escape/release for people who truly have stressful jobs. It was a good priority check because at the end of the day health, family and friends should be in your top three.

Many developments moving down the chain as projects move forward. I’m about to deliver paperwork on “Figure in the Forest” and “Heaven’s Neighbors” due out in August. You can also find and add to friends on facebook. Jeff & Nita Kennedy are managing two very fun sites that showcase indie filmmaking at its best. Dramas can be hard to get into the wide market but we are very happy that these two films are. Directors commentary done now on both films. DVD extras in works including a new behind the scenes “Heaven’s Neighbors” doc/interviews. Artwork is really looking cool and also I’m announcing that our 1st animated feature “The Patchwork Girl of OZ” is also getting a wide DVD release in Sept. It features some great voice talent like Kera O’Bryon and our dear friend Russ Stine RIP. I had fun voicing my 1st cartoon character “The Woodsman” and so enjoy. They are talking a series and my goal is to create better and better animation but is was a great 1st step and I’m happy the world will get to see it on DVD this summer.

In serious talks on some distribution on “Renovation” and so thank you for those who checked out the http://www.renovationthemovie.com website and trailer. It is an action packed suspenseful piece and I can’t wait to see it all together. I think we have a facebook site for this film as well so check it out. The beautiful Shawn Rougeron from “Renovation” is our leading lady featured on http://www.djperryfanclub.com so check her out!

I’m trying to return back to neutral after keeping that character in “Locked in a Room” going for a few weeks. I’m reading a few new scripts and doing some development. I think we will have even more updates soon. I want to thank all the cast and crew of “Locked In A Room” for their hard work and our partners Larry and Gordon At Risk Entertainment. I also had one of the BEST meals I’ve had in a long time at THE BONEYARD in Detroit. If you get a chance to check it out please do so! The lamb BBQ ribs are rocking!

Unpacking stuff from the stay in D-Town. I hope everyone has a great week!

DJ

SUNSHINE! Hazelnut coffee! LUCK OF THE IRISH:)

I’m Scottish/Irish on one side and German/English on the other and so today I embrace my Celtic roots and I’ll be taking the afternoon off to drink some green beer and talk shop with some of my amigos. Cornbeef and cabbage is cooking so I can shift down this evening to coffee and some eats. It is a wonderful day here and yesterday I even started some lawn clean up. I can’t wait for more grill and chill time this spring/summer/fall.

I have much to be thankful for and recently we have been gathering extra materials and doing retrospective interviews and commentary for the upcoming releases of FIGURE IN THE FOREST (Aug 10th) and HEAVEN’S NEIGHBORS (Aug 27th). The masters have been delivered and we are gathering artwork and also paperwork but digging it all up took us back to some good times.

Also deals are underway on 3 other movies for release for the years end. Once signed I will make some announcements. Also many development talks are underway and we are seeing some great movement on a few of our projects. I think we might have found our lead for WILD MICHIGAN and the soundtrack is also shaping up. The idea is that the soundtrack will be called BACK TO THE ROOTS and feature popular R&B artists doing old negro spirituals and also some other famous artists doing folk songs of the same time period. We did get interest from Fantasia to do a song and more will be announced.

I’m trying to finalize a few other acting deals. RENOVATION is hard in post and folks got a 1st peek at http://www.renovationthemovie.com and I pulled an all night shoot last weekend which because of the time change messed me up. I also feel bad because at the nights end I meant to send an email to a producer friend and it went out as a text message and long short I woke him up at 4:00am…sorry! I was sending it before I went to bed in the morning so I can get an answer to some business that happened Sat. night… Phones, technologies…ahhh! Hard to keep up on it all sometimes.

We won our indoor soccer league last session only losing one game by one goal. We will see how that translates to outdoor this season. I’m taking the last indoor session off because of acting commits. I love the game but work comes first and I may be out of state for a week here soon.

Well I’m going to make this a short update because I have guests coming soon but I hope everyone is enjoying the approaching Spring.

“You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind” – Irish Saying