streets, to being incarcerated for 35 years to life. A couple of years later, Johnson, a convicted felon
was hired as the first felon in America to become a police officer with the Memphis Gang Task force
at which point, this hardened criminal started a crusade not only to change his life, but the lives of
so many others. Today, TJ, is both an anti-violence motivational speaker as well as minister. He
went from street thug to convict, to being a convicted felon invited by the Clinton Administration
and then two other bipartisan administrations to receive awards for the work which both he and his
wife Lisa do in communities across the united states. Terrell Johnson beat all of the odds and has
been honoured by the Whitehouse five times. Either Hollywood doesn’t know or is not interested in
telling his epic story, but it’s a story that must be told.
Pan Entertainment, based in Louisiana has been diligently working to bring this story to the world
and the public is starting to respond. Two weeks ago, members of Pan Entertainment have reached
out to their friends and 23,000 people have responded. 23,000 people have forwarded their name,
phone number and email address to be added as supporters of this project. They expect to have
a quarter of a million people in their database within the next two weeks, bringing them closer
to their immediate goal of 2 million supporters. The story is one of reality, hope and overcoming
adversity…the message is one of positivity. There is only one thing that makes this project different
from other stories spreading the message of hope, overcoming obstacles and changing peoples’
lives for the good. Perhaps this one issue is so blatant in the United States of America in the year
2012, that it overshadows the fact that this film has generated interest and has had presales in
over 20 different countries outside the United States. This prevalent issue overlooks the fact that
an innovative method of distribution will guarantee any investor their principal within the first
three months of premiering. This one issue, the only issue is the same one that George Lucas was
up against when attempting to fund Red Tails. Yes, unfortunately, there is a myth that exists in
the United States, that films with a predominately minority cast doesn’t do as well as other films,
but it’s a myth that must be broken; marketing is the key with any film. Is this a case of African
Americans playing the “race card”? Absolutely not, as this writer is a white Canadian Female who
finds herself thoroughly amazed with this story and the people involved. I am spell bound by this
tale and others have been caught in their web as well, such as, The President of Liberia whom has
issued letters requesting the film to be shown to her country as a way to inspire the former child
soldiers of Liberia. Pakistan, Angola, Brazil, Dubai, Portugal, Germany, France, Italy, Canada
and many others to a total of 32 Countries have requested this film dubbed in five languages and
screened in their countries.
Once again, the story itself is incredible, but, the story behind the story has to be told as well. Thus
the reason why DMX, who is no stranger to adversity or overcoming odds with a passion burning
within him second to none is the perfect fit for this role both on and off the screen.
For more information on king Dog, the story, the cast list as well as the project plight please visit
www.kingdogthemovie.com
Media inquiries:
Nelia DiBiase Foreign Sales
Toronto Canada
647-210-8241
Curtis Nichouls Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Curtis.nichouls@
267-290-7476
