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In 2015, Dec launched Elston Films production company with Kat Stephans and Hollywood producers DeAnna Cooper and Kevin Cooper. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Elston Films is dedicated to creating inspiring content across genres & formats for a global audience. With a focus on storytelling and working with top talent, Elston Films is determined to help bring a larger part of the entertainment industry to Chicago through movies and television projects. On January 9, 2016, Elston announced the acquisition of Justin Kremer’s Black List script “Bury the Lead, about a talented journalist on a quest for a Pulitzer Price who fabricates the truth to create a compelling news story. But when his concocted conspiracy becomes real, right and wrong become entangled as his career, family and life are engulfed in murder and mayhem. On March 7, 2017, Elston Films announced Anthony Hemingway as the director for "Bury the Lead," their first feature film scheduled to be filmed in 2017 in Chicago.