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January 2004
Sneak Peek: Never Die Alone

Release Date: March 26th, 2004
World Premiere: January, 2004 (Sundance Film Festival, Premiere selection)
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production Company: Bloodline Films (DMX's company), ContentFilm, Fearon Entertainment
Director: Earnest Dickerson
Screenwriter: James Gibson (feature debut
Cast: DMX (King David, AKA King Cobra), David Arquette (Paul Pawlowski), Michael Ealy, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Rhoda Jordan, Jennifer Sky, & Aisha Tyler
Based Upon: This movie is based upon the 1974 novel "Never Die Alone" by gangster-turned-author Donald Goines, who published 16 pulp novels between his release from prison in 1970 and his death by shooting four years later.
Premise: When a gang leader named King David (DMX) dies, a reporter (Arquette) who witnessed his murder investigates the circumstances leading up to his death by reading his journal, which becomes a framing device for this film's depiction of King Cobra's story, including his rise to power and eventual fall, via a series of flashbacks.


  DMX in NEVER DIE ALONE.
Photo Credit: Dale Robinette 
DMX in NEVER DIE ALONE.
Photo Credit: Dale Robinette