How A Superhero Elevated Our Production Meeting.

Good morning, fellow artists! On August 20th, 2025, the PDP 3.0 Collective had another production meeting to push our feature film, “The Third Act”, forward. Through Richard Lawson’s relationship map, we met with an incredible gentleman who is a prominent figure in Hollywood. When he was at a major movie studio, he played a pivotal role in the distribution of many films that have collectively generated billions of dollars at the box office. Many of those films have a superhero component to them…so he’s a real-life superhero in his own right!

It was wonderful to be in his presence, and we were honored that he liked the concept of our film. I took several notes as he shared his wisdom and expertise on marketing, distribution strategies, budgeting, pitch decks, and the components that make a script engaging and commercially viable by reaching the widest audience possible. Keep Keep reading below 🙂

Here are the next steps for us as the PDP 3.0 Collective. On the production side, we will send out Letters of Intent to certain notable actors that we would like to play specific roles in our script. Securing these Letters of Intent from name actors adds value to our film and makes it more attractive to investors. On the writing side, Kelly and I will continue our second draft rewrites, including the addition of a compelling teaser on the first page, which hints at what’s to come a little later in act one (By the way, I was so energized by the meeting that I wrote the teaser scene immediately after it ended!) Additionally, the Collective will consider attending this year’s American Film Market, as it would provide a great opportunity to showcase our project and meet potential partners.

The meeting left me so inspired! And one of my biggest takeaways came from a question I asked him: “How soon do you know when a script has it factor, or has box office hit written all over it? Or are those intangibles that you just can’t predict?” His answer was simple: “The first 10 pages.” Makes so much sense. You gotta hook the reader in right away. Make them want to turn to the next page and the next. Keep reading below:)

See you next week!