Dmitri M. Johnson

CO-FOUNDER

Dmitri M. Johnson co-founded dj2 Entertainment, and until Story Kitchen’s launch, dj2 was widely known as the top production company for specializing in adapting videogame IP for television and film. Beyond videogames, Dmitri found success from untapped sources including tabletop games, novels, formats and speculative scripts. With numerous projects around town, Johnson’s successes range from co-producing Paramount Pictures’ tentpole franchise, the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG films, to the new TOMB RAIDER Anime series at Netflix (with a two-season order). Upcoming dj2 projects for Johnson include the Sterling K. Brown actioner COYOTE BLUE for Amazon, the film adaptation of Hazelight’s hit game franchise, IT TAKES TWO, for Amazon, with Dwayne Johnson starring, Square Enix’s BAFTA/Peabody award-winning game, LIFE IS STRANGE, for television, one of Time Magazine’s Top 100 All-Time Toys, TEDDY RUXPIN, for both TV and film and the Phoebe Waller-Bridge live-action TOMB RAIDER series for Amazon.