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 [...]
Hitting the Ground Running
Welcome to the new year! The annual CDI holiday party fell on New Year’s Eve so we had a chance to ring in the new year with old and new friends alike. In the last week, we’ve hit the ground running in 2011. An updated version of the Executive Summary for OUTSIDE THE WIRE is [...]
More Co-productions and Co-producing!
We’re happy to officially announce that CDI is now in association with At Risk Entertainment to produce the feature LOCKED IN A ROOM. Written and directed by At Risk Entertainment’s CEO Larry Simmons, LOCKED IN A ROOM is a thriller with some great twists and turns. A co-production seemed like a natural next step after [...]
Bright January
Believe it or not, but here in Michigan we’re having a pretty mild winter. Some very cold days here and there, but not much snow and even in this last cold spell we’ve had more than our normal dose of sunshine. It’s made January a bit brighter, and while February usually feels like the darkest [...]
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