In 2012, he quit the commercial directing business and focused on writing a script for an action comedy film set in the 1980s, inspired by action films of that era. In December 2013, David released the trailer and began a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund the film's production with the goal of raising $200,000 to produce a 30-minute film and stream it online for free. By the end of the campaign he had more than 17,000 backers with a total of $630,019.