User talk:Kenneth J. Willis

Kenneth J. Willis was Born to John and Shirley Mae Willis on January 1, 1959 in Jackson, Mississppi born.He graduate from Jackson State University in 1982, with a BS Degree in Mass Communication, with a major in Radio, Television, Film, and Photography.

After, being a Cartoonist for his Alumni and The Legendary Jackson Advocate Newspaper. He later moved to Hollywood in 1984 in order to turn his childhood Cartoon super hero character "Blade" by Stan Lee And Marv Wolveman into a major motion picture. He worked for Chuck Berris Productions in 1987 at Gower Studios, where he being to develop new inventions.

One day while watching a Lakers and Chicago Bull game between Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson in 1987 the same year his son Keenen Willis was born, he was inspired to invent the "Hot Net" Loop-U-Hoop (Hand-Held Basketball Game)and Clothing Line to finance a movie called "Blade".

Which was also televised on the Regis & Kathy Lee Show, Good Morning America, and numerous of newspapers and magazines. on his journey as an inventor he was able to get President, Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore to play with his Loop-U-Hoop (Hand-Held Basketball Game) at the White House in Washington D.C.

The Loop-U-Hoop toy was sold world-wide and was selected by the International Inventors Association as the number one invention for the year of 1998, where he was later on inducted into the Black Inventors Museum in 1998. who show cased his invention in 50 states and well over 177 cities across the United States America.

In 1993, Kenneth J. Willis accomplished his child hood dream in making "Blade" a motion picture. When he single handedly pitched and picked actor, Wesley Snipes to play the cartoon character "Blade" at a beach party in Marina Del Rey. Who later on persuaded New Line Cinema to turn "Blade" into an full length motion picture.

Even though neither actor, Wesley Snipes nor New Line Cinema, gave Mr. Willis any cash or credit. He was still proud of the fact that Wesley Snipes, kept his word with him when he promise Kenneth J. Willis that he would in fact turn the cartoon super hero "Blade" into a full length motion picture. He is currently shopping his new screenplay called "Mask Men" to the Hollywood studios where hopes that his new screenplay will be as successful as "Blade".