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April 2nd, 2007

I had to get back April Fools day so that people would believe me. Today we
have some software being set up at the studio with the PRO TOOLS system
for
GHOST TOWN. Music and sound is well underway now and a new website
will soon be up. I will be announcing more info on the premiere and theatrical
showings soon.

We have the beautiful and talented
Carmen & Camille under Leading Ladies
now. They went with us to the Oscars and speaking of...Big Joe should be back
from Costa Rica.

I'm sending a sneak peek on the
IN THE WOODS special edition cover. It is
final and could change and you can note the names across the top. Jim's name
needs to be added.
Also I'm including a quick snap
pic taken at Walmart. Guess
what was
there???...WICKED SPRING!
I'm putting together movie
credits, reading scripts, writing
scripts and overseeing sound
design and music so busy, busy,
busy...

More soon! Have a great week!

DJ
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April 9th, 2007

Happy belated Easter to all. I wish fricken spring would come back. Damn
cold here in Michigan. I guess since I'm slavin' in a studio it is okay that it is
not beautiful outside.

Just a few quick updates:
Let me see: I read a script that I liked based on the work of
Ethan Frome. It is
a slightly different take but I like the group putting it all together and so I
think I will be shooting on that next year. Here is a link for that film:

http://www.fromethemovie.com/

Also Maggie Valley, N.C. is getting excited about the Ghost Town park
opening and of course a little film shot their! Here is the link to the park:

http://www.ghosttowninthesky.com/

And the film:

www.ghosttownthemovie.net

I also did an interview for a great guy Jon Moody. I was slightly late calling in
but once it gets started it is full of good insight on different past projects and
upcoming releases.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?show_id=19618

I'm off to the studio to hear some of the first music for the GHOST TOWN
film. I hope everyone has a great week!

Best,

DJ Perry
April 13th, 2007

Okay some might have seen we have my amigo
Joe Murphy's touring duo up
on my
LEADING LADIES page. Great girls, great music....ENJOY! I've been
busting my hump with
Dennis Therrian and Dean Teaster on post for GHOST
TOWN
. We have about 20 minutes locked with everything....music, sound
design etc...the master HD's just arrived from LA in Detroit and they will
start to conform the HD master. Color correct, graphics, sound and music lay
off and SHAZAM! We got a western!

We are set for a
June 2nd premiere and then the movie will run until Oct.
31st in conjuction with the Ghost Town theme park. I've started throwing
ideas around with Dean Teaster for the follow up and I think we are on to
something. The two books will be out soon in most retailers. The clothing line
is going up or may be up now at:

www.ghosttownthemovie.net !!!

Development, script reading, business taxes all go in today and it is my little
bro's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!!!

Love ya!

DJ

DJ Perry
CEO, Collective Development Inc.
VP, Lionheart Filmworks LLC
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April 17th, 2006

I'm sipping coffee and getting ready for another day of working music and
sound design with
Dean Teaster and Dennis Therrian. We were at the 42
minute mark yesterday and we should be close to an hour after today. It
really does sound beautiful and it all makes me miss the mountains. Things
are heating up for the premiere in
Maggie Valley and we are also looking at
setting up a
Hollywood screening. At the end of June I'm taking a vacation to
the
Virgin Islands for some R&R and I'll need it.

When I get back it looks like I'm close to finalizing another movie role and it
is a genre I haven't quite done so that will be exciting. It is a mafia picture
and so we'll keep you updated on that. I think it will shoot in August. In
October I would like to see
WILD MICHIGAN go but we are waiting as a
company shops it in Hollywood right now. I think it has a good chance of
launching. I'll give you more updates soon!

DJ
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April 23rd, 2007

Sunny days here in Michigan and what a nice week. I cut the lawn at
Ft.Perry
for the first time this year and besides those few duties I have been out at the
studio working on
GHOST TOWN. Sound design was completed yesterday and
music should be done today. We will mix tomorrow and start to lay the film
onto the HD master in
Detroit. They are going to do a test run of the film on
the 28th in
Maggie Valley to test out the projector. It will be an exciting day
and I'm looking forward to getting this story out there. HATS, SHIRTS and
such can now be bought at the Ghost Town store online at:
www.ghosttownthemovie.net
Go check it out!

Joe is meeting with Anthem Pictures to finalize things on SUPERMODEL
SHOWDOWN
that should be out late this year. I'm working on a few acting
and writing deals.
G.P.S. the movie will start playing theaters soon in
Washington state.

More later...back to work!

DJ
May 4th, 2007

Yesterday was catch up day with mowing the lawn, cleaning the house and
doing dishes. Yes. I got a call from
Johnny Rockitt from "The 8th PLAGUE"
and we laughed over the fact that movie actor or not I still do dishes. I bet
Mel
Gibson
even has to load the dishwasher:) "Honey you can go play William
Wallace after you do this dishes." FUNNY!

I will be going to Florida end of the month to start off a great thriller. It has a
great cast including
Dee Wallace Stone (E.T., Cujo) and I'm the Drew
Barrymore
like opening. Very powerful stuff and very opposite of say Will
Burnett
in GHOST TOWN. So they are making flight arrangements and that
will be a nice trip. I will most definately be at the premiere in
Maggie Valley.
Rance Howard and his wife are suppose to attend. Stella Parton, Princess
Lucaj
, Bill McKinney and maybe Terence Knox. Several other cast and crew
members are sure to attend. There are several posters going up for sale but
the first one is this one.
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There will be a Will Burnett poster
down the line and the book by
Bob
Terrell
will soon be fore sale. Hats,
shirts, etc are all at:
www.ghosttownthemovie.net         
Also within 2 weeks we will post
the trailer for
GHOST TOWN.
Next week the Special Edition IN THE WOODS will release. It has a fun
commentary and behind the scenes footage. I may have a little viewing next
week. I haven't seen that film in a long long time.

This month I have a meeting to negotiate my involvement in a mafia picture. I
will let you'all into that more once the ink is dry. I'm looking at getting
started on a few writing projects soon.

"
MURDER at HOLLOW's POINTE" is in post and will be done later this
summer. I hope "
Unconventional, the Movie" releases soon. It is a fun little
picture that Nathan Quinn did as a fan film. It has many great cameos in it.
"Figure in the Forest" is suppose to have a release this summer but no dates
yet.

Joe Murphy is in L.A. putting the final wrap up on a deal for SUPERMODEL
SHOWDOWN
. The server crashed and he lost his websites so those will be
rebuilt but that is okay as we have new artwork being put together.

Beautiful in
Michigan and I've been grilling out. I might try to see
SPIDERMAN 3 this weekend so big congrats to Michigan boy and fellow
MSU grad Sam Raimi. I have soccer on Sunday so we'll see if we can take
them. We play the leading teams over the next two weeks so we need to be
ready for a battle.

Okay folks. Have a great weekend!

DJ
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May 8th, 2007

The PR on
GHOST TOWN THE MOVIE is starting and people are are getting
excited!

http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=7754

The idea of this film being so tied in with the history of the theme park, the
area and the history of these two great actors (
McKinney and Coward) as well
as the collective efforts of all these wonderful actors. The bottom line is that
we really enjoyed making this film and all who have seen it so far enjoyed it.
The final lyrics for one of the songs is now complete and we should be DONE
DONE this week and do a final watch next week.

I'm sipping down my cups of coffee and reflecting on the fact that the first film
I starred in
IN THE WOODS is re-releasing today. Yes the script is wordy and
the performances over the top. Funny I'm watching
SPINAL TAP right now as
I'm typing and all I can think of is that at that time I thought that intensity
was always full bore...often my acting only went to 11 and then where do you
go. YOU MUST watch the commentary for the film. That is what really makes
the new release. It is a funny insight from 2005 looking back on 1999 when we
shot that film.

Well I'm off to the studio so this update will be a short one but get your
Ghost
Town merchandise
(I love the hat!) at www.ghosttownthemovie.net (The 1st
two posters are now for sale!) and go to
amazon.com and get your,
IN THE WOODS Special Edition.

More soon my friends!

DJ
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May 14th, 2007

Early morning and kind of chilly here at the Ft. Perry. I have the hazelnut
(my favorite) coffee to keep me warm. Yesterday was a beutiful day and we all
went out with mom to eat lunch and then we (my brother, mom and I) went to
the Potter's Park Zoo. It was great to go after all these years. I use to go often
with my grandfather and it brought back some great memories. The otters I
think were my favorite but the wolves and the rhino were pretty cool as well.
It is great days like yesterday that put it all into perspective and allows you to
keep it real with yourself.

I have pumpkins, squash and a few veggies in the ground so we'll see how all
that works out. It is grilling time and I'm loving life!

I have my contracts on the Florida thriller I will be off to do this month. It is
called "
The STALKER WITHIN" and I kick off the film with a very high
energy scene. It also has
Dee Wallace Stone (E.T., Cujo) in it and a few other
stars.  Overall the theme is about domestic violence. I'm told that the movie
has won a Panavision grant so I do believe that this will be a great film to be
part of. My name is
Graham Biggs in the movie and I'm...an antagonist.

I'm in the studio today on "
GHOST TOWN" and Dennis Therrian and I are
just adding sound FX splicers before we all get together to mix. Color
correction will be 100% done this week on the HD master and the 1st of
several trailers is almost complete. The Behind the scenes is done it also just
needs a mixing done to it.

All admissions into the premiere now come with a ticket to the theme park as
well.
That comes with our cross-promotion (TPB's J-Rock) and Ghost Town in
the Sky
. So who has gotten the new Ghost Town shirts? They look cool but I
haven't seen anything yet.
Send your pictures of you all wearing the Ghost
Town gear and we'll put them up
. I'm still waiting on a few pics from people
who bought
JUDGES Buddy Colt T shirts.

I'm in the final stages of putting together my next writing deal and so I'll have
more on that later. The movie
UNCONVENTIONAL: the Movie fan film that I
did with
Nathan Quinn will play around the Motor City Comic Con in Novi
next week. I might go and help support it. It should be a fun time.

Okay well back to work for me!

DJ
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May 18th, 2007

I'm sipping coffee on this chilly morning and I feel good after a good night's
sleep. We were mixing the final sound on
GHOST TOWN last night and have a
3 hour block today to finish up the last 30 min of the movie. Then it is down to
Detroit with it to marry it to the HD master that has been undergoing color
correction and credits.

I may go promote at the
Motor City Comic Con this weekend (tomorrow) if
I have any energy left. A part of me is ready for several bottles of wine sitting
on a deck eating shrimp and doing very little.

Dave B my buddy from L.A. formerly Detroit area is coming back into town
and we'll see him Monday night. Speaking of Dave my co-star in "
KNIGHT
CHILLS
" Brain Damage Films sold the DVD rights to Russia so watch out
comrades:) Speaking of Russia,
CDI has in development its 1st international
feature film. More on that later. Tuesday night next week is packing for
Florida for a few days shooting on that thriller. After that it is smooth sailing
down to N.C. to watch the
GHOST TOWN film, go to the theme park, and
chill. I will start some writing while I am there as well.

Well have to fullfill a few requests from media sources on the film so I'll
update again later!

DJ
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May 21st, 2007

What a cool weekend. On Friday we finished the sound mix on
GHOST TOWN
and I leave in a few minutes to go to Detroit with Dean and Dennis T and lay
that all in. We will then watch the final version of the movie with credits and
color corrected. The teaster trailer is about done just some final music to put
in tomorrow. I'm excited to give everyone a first look!

I'm packing my suitcase to leave for
Miami on Wednesday to shoot on this
thriller called "
The Stalker Within" so it will be nice to be there for a few. I
also signed the writing deal to turn the book "
One American Dreamer" into a
screenplay. I would recommend the book to all you out there.

Also I have been reading the book
TEASTER based on the Ghost Town
screenplay. It goes to print soon and it is very cool because it expands on
certain things and also the movie is slightly different. The ending of the book
and movie are different and it will allow readers to get both points of view.

The June 2nd premiere is coming soon so go to
www.ghosttownthemovie.net
and get your tickets. The poster and a PRWire News Story ran on the HUGE
electronic bill board in NYC Time Square. Awesome!

Well I have to get on the road to Det. so I hope you all have a great day and a
wonderful week!

DJ
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May 23rd, 2007

Hello PEPPER and friends, fans and just all around supporters! I'm writing
to you from a suite in
Miami with palm trees outside. I had to get up at 5am at
Ft. Perry and got here around noon. They have been shooting "
The Stalker
Within
" since Saturday and I missed seeing actress Dee Wallace Stone who
left this morning. She has worked with my producing buddy/actor
Curtis Hall
and filmmaker
Jeff Burton. I just had a Hawaiian Pizza and I'll be relaxing
and getting ready to go on camera tomorrow! The
director Arlene is just so
nice and again I feel very blessed to have connected with a project of quality!

The trailer teaser for
GHOST TOWN was completed today and sent down for
a story on
NBC and I think the trailer will launch anytime now on
www.ghosttownthemovie.net
Also I'm including a pic from NYC Time Square
where the poster and PRWire News Story
played over and over on the 22 story electronic
bill board! It is incredible the attention his film
is getting. We will be entering it for the SAG
Awards and also the Golden Boot (a western
award) contacted us so maybe we will take part
in all that. Maggie Valley is buzzing over all the
going on's and the theme park opens this
weekend I believe.
I also want to announce that I've signed a deal this week to turn the book
"
One American Dreamer" by Alice Bateman into a screenplay. It is the life of
a great man who came from simple beginnings named Don Tietz and I do
encourage you to read the book. It is a great insight into the hardships of the
post depression era and how many rose above all that to help shape this great
nation.

I will try to relax in N.C. and enjoy the hard work we have put into
GHOST
TOWN
and I will try to get some writing done. The Ghost Town screenplay
has been turned into a book called
TEASTER by the wonderful author Bob
Terrell
and a special run will be for sale at the premiere before they
distribute wide across the country to your major retails via
Alexander Press.
Check the Ghost Town site again for it. It is quite an honor to have him write
a novel from our story. I also rolled into Miami today with a short sleeve
Ghost Town T-Shirt and I have to say I had many people comment on the
shirt. I want to say that the designs and the quality of the products we are
putting out are ACES! Thank you
Oenita, Keith and Dean for personally
putting the hard work into this fun products that remind me of the early days
of
STAR WARS where I think me and my friends had every glass, poster,
comic, shirt, socks, bed sheets...sorry mom, dad and Santa:)

I encourage all of you to take the time to check out these films that all these
artists work so hard on. Some may be better then others as subjective taste
varies. Links to many can be found on Pepper's site here
www.djperryfanclub.com SHOPPING CENTER. I also encourage you to
buy the new Special Edition of
IN THE WOODS my 1st starring endeavor
into acting and it has some great early footage of me trying to do my thing and
the commentary in fun and informative. It was almost ten years ago now!
Crazy! The book by
Nancy Gideon is also in my opinion even better then our
film and well worth a read.

Best to you all from the set of "
The Stalker Within" !!!!

DJ

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