The Stories Are Already Written.
Dallas is becoming one of the most powerful production hubs in America. The infrastructure is rising. The studios are coming. The investment is here. What's needed now are the stories — and the storytellers ready to tell them. That storyteller is already here.
Dallas Is Ready.
So Is the Content.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is rapidly emerging as one of the top production destinations in the country. Major studios and filmmakers — including Taylor Sheridan, who has made North Texas a home base for large-scale production — are proof that the infrastructure, talent, and appetite are all here. Dallas is no longer a satellite market. It is becoming a primary one.
There is an entire world of modern Dallas — Black Dallas, family Dallas, sports Dallas, the Dallas of rooftop parties and high school football and skyline offices — that has never been the center of a prestige drama franchise. That gap is the opportunity. And that content already exists.
The Dallas skyline is one of the most recognizable in America. The culture, the energy, the ambition of this city is unlike anywhere else. Productions that are rooted here — that shoot here, hire here, and tell stories that are genuinely of this city — give Dallas what every great city eventually gets: its own cinematic identity on a national stage.
The cities that position themselves early become the cities that define the era. Atlanta did it. New Orleans did it. Albuquerque did it. Dallas has everything those cities had — and more. The moment to establish Dallas as the home of a major connected TV universe, with local talent, local locations, and local stories, is right now. Before someone else tells it first.
Dallas doesn't need someone to come here and make a show featuring Dallas. Dallas needs a creator who already made the shows — whose entire universe is already set here, already written, already ready to film the moment the right partnership is in place.
Three Shows. One City.
One Connected Universe.
The Missing The Pieces Universe is a connected franchise of three original one-hour drama series — all set in Dallas, all featuring the same anchor character, all ready for production. This is not a concept. These are written, developed shows with full pilot scripts, multiple episodes written, character breakdowns, season arcs, and a pitch deck built for network and studio review.
A respected Black therapist in Dallas has built the picture-perfect life — until the same day his teenage daughter from the past appears at his door and his estranged brother returns. The show that asks: can the man who fixes families fix his own? Set against the backdrop of Dallas homes, offices, churches, and the iconic AT&T Stadium during a high-profile breast cancer awareness game.
Comps: This Is Us meets Greenleaf meets Black-ish
Three Black couples at three different stages of marriage — confronting emotional immaturity, unresolved trauma, and the real cost of love. Set in the world of modern Dallas: rooftop events, upscale venues, and the kind of social circles where image and reality are always in conflict. Donovan and Ava from the first show, The Missing Pieces, appear as marriage mentors threading through all three storylines.
Comps: Insecure meets Marriage Boot Camp
Donovan Glory transitions into an accountability coach, crossing paths with high-powered super agent Mike Ableman in the world of professional sports. Working directly with the Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Cowboys, and TCU — this is a show about what happens when fame, money, temptation, and purpose collide at the highest level. One man protects contracts. The other transforms lives.
Comps: HBO Ballers meets All American
What This Means for Dallas
Three interconnected shows mean sustained, long-term production in Dallas — not a one-time shoot. Local crew, production staff, extras, and support industries all benefit from a franchise built here.
The DFW area has a deep, talented, and underutilized pool of actors. A connected universe of three shows creates recurring roles, ensemble casts, and real career opportunities for local talent at every level.
Productions that showcase the Dallas skyline, culture, and energy on a national platform drive tourism, economic interest, and city pride. Dallas becomes a character — not just a backdrop.
AT&T Stadium, American Airlines Center, The Star, TCU, Dallas rooftops, skyline views — these aren't just locations. They are woven into the storylines, giving them national screen time across multiple seasons.
These are stories about Black Dallas — Black families, Black professionals, Black athletes, Black love. Authentic stories that reflect a community rarely centered in prestige television. This is tackling just one side of the Dallas stories. An untapped side.
This isn't a pitch to come film in Dallas one time. This is a proposal to plant a franchise — a connected universe of shows that makes Dallas the permanent home of something that grows, expands, and keeps giving back to this city for years.
Already Prepared.
Already Here.
Donald Gibson Jr. is a writer, creator, ready to be a showrunner who has spent years developing the Missing The Pieces Universe — a connected franchise of original scripted series that are not only set in Dallas, but built around its culture, its people, and its landmarks. This is not a creator who wants to come to Dallas. This is a creator who already built Dallas into every story he's written.
With a background as a certified life design coach, a published author, and a writer with full pilot scripts, full additional episodes, a complete pitch deck already developed, and a team of producers, writers, and cameramen Donald brings everything needed to move from development to production — with the right partner in the room.
Dallas Is Becoming Hollywood.
Let's Make Sure It Has the Stories.
The scripts are written. The universe is built. The locations and cultutre are already in the stories. All that's needed is the right conversation with the right people. That conversation starts here.