The Year of Co-Productions

Where has the year gone? The winter solstice is almost upon us, and we are overdue for an update. CDI chief DJ Perry is recently back from a second trip to the Philippines. A press junket and the premiere of CDI’s first international co-production, DARKEST NIGHT, had him interacting with the international press and film [...]

International & National Associations for CDI

DJ Perry, actor, producer and CDI’s CEO, is back in the U.S. after nearly 3 weeks in the Philippines working on CDI’s first international associated project, DARKEST NIGHT. Production is wrapped and the film is currently in post-production. National and international distribution deals are in the works and DARKEST NIGHT will have a fall premiere [...]

International Associated Production to Film in Philippines

The shortest month of the year is about to draw to a close, but it’s been a busy one! Politically, there has been a lot of buzz about Michigan’s “budget bombshell” and the uncertain future of the film industry here in the Great Lakes state. While that whirlwind has been going on around us, CDI [...]

An Open Letter to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder

From DJ Perry, CEO of Collective Development Incorporated Dear Governor Snyder, I’m a lifelong resident of Michigan and have been CEO of the Lansing-based motion picture company Collective Development Inc. since 1996. I’m also an established actor, writer and producer who’s been taken as far as Costa Rica and even India in my endeavors. We’ve [...]

Welcome, Winter!

It’s finally really snowing here in Michigan and we’re taking time to catch up and let all of you know what we’ve been up to the last few months. CDI was hired in October by our associate Jim Leggett to produce the horror feature SILVER LAKE.  That project kept us busy for almost a month–some [...]

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