 The book reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list within days of its release.For Columbia Pictures he co-wrote the 1994 film "Blankman", a film starring and produced by Damon Wayans who plays Darryl, a nerdy, comical ghetto superhero with a pure heart ready to fight criminals in his own style.The film also stars Jason Alexander, who previously had worked with Lawton in "Pretty Woman", and Greg Kinnear early in his
career.