Centropolis Entertainment

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Centropolis Entertainment
TypePrivate
IndustryMotion Pictures
FoundedJuly 26, 1985; 36 years ago (1985-07-26)
FoundersRoland Emmerich
Dean Devlin
Number of locations
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Berlin, Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Roland Emmerich
Ute Emmerich
Marco Shepherd
ProductsFilms
DivisionsCentropolis Television
Websitecentropolis.com

Centropolis Entertainment is a film production company founded in 1985 as Centropolis Film Productions by German film director Roland Emmerich and American film producer Dean Devlin.[1][2] As of 2001, the company was a subsidiary of Das Werk AG.[3][4]

History[]

In 1996, Emmerich launched his special effects studio Centropolis Effects to provide VFX effects for its motion pictures. It was shut down in 2001.[5]

In 1997, the studio launched its television division Centropolis Television. Its first production was The Visitor, a show that was aired on Fox.[6]

In 1998, Centropolis stuck a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce motion pictures for its studio.[7][8]

Dean Devlin, however ultimately left in 2001 in order to form Electric Entertainment. Electric has inherited and finished development on the films he's developing, including Eight Legged Freaks.[9][10]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year Title Director Studio Distributor Name
1985 Making Contact Roland Emmerich Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Bisokop Film
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen 		New World Pictures as Centropolis Film Productions
1987 Ghost Chase Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Hessicher Rundfunk
Spectrum Entertainment 		Filmverlag der Autoren
1990 Moon 44 Spectrum Entertainment Warner Bros.
CineVox
1992 Universal Soldier Carolco Pictures
The IndieProd Company 		TriStar Pictures
1994 The High Crusade Klaus Knoesel Carolco Pictures Overseas Filmgroup
Stargate Roland Emmerich Carolco Pictures
Le Studio Canal+ 		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1996 Independence Day 20th Century Fox as Centropolis Entertainment
1998 Godzilla TriStar Pictures
Fried Films
Independent Pictures
Toho Co., Ltd. 		Sony Pictures Releasing
1999 The Thirteenth Floor Josef Rusnak Columbia Pictures
2000 The Patriot Roland Emmerich Columbia Pictures
Mutual Film Company
2002 Eight Legged Freaks Ellory Elkayem Warner Bros. Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures


Electric Entertainment

2004 The Day After Tomorrow The Mark Gordon Company
Lionsgate Films 		20th Century Fox
2007 Trade Marco Kreuzpaintner Lionsgate Roadside Attractions
2008 10,000 BC Roland Emmerich Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures
2009 2012 Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing as Centropolis
2011 Anonymous Columbia Pictures
Relativity Media
Studio Babelsberg 		as Centropolis Entertainment
2013 White House Down Columbia Pictures
Mythology Entertainment
2015 Stonewall Roadside Attractions as Centropolis
2016 Independence Day: Resurgence TSG Entertainment
Electric Entertainment 		20th Century Fox as Centropolis Entertainment[11]
2019 Midway Summit Entertainment
Shanghai Ruyi Media

Starlight Culture Entertainment
AGC Studios
Street Entertainment
Entertainment One
Mels Studios

Lionsgate

TV Series[]

Year Title Creator Studio Networks Notes
1997–1998 The Visitor Roland Emmerich
Dean Devlin 		20th Century Fox Television Fox as Centropolis Television
1998–2000 Godzilla: The Series based on Godzilla by:
Toho Co., Ltd.
developed by:
Jeff Kline
Richard Raynis 		Adelaide Productions
Columbia TriStar Television 		Fox Kids

References[]

  1. ^ "Roland Emmerich Principal: Centropolis Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ "ZeniMax Media Profile". ZeniMax.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Profile on Bloomberg". Bloomberg. bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  4. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 24, 2016). "Roland Emmerich's Centropolis Elevates Marco Shepherd to Head Production & Development". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  5. ^ Graser, Marc (2001-01-09). "It's off to Werk for f/x house Centropolis". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  6. ^ Rice, Lynette (1997-03-24). "Fox struts its stuff" (PDF). Broadcasting Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  7. ^ Cox, Dan (1998-02-19). "Calley sealed Centropolis". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  8. ^ Fleming, Michael (1998-02-18). "'Godzilla' duo Devlin, Emmerich ink 3-year SPE pact". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  9. ^ Fleming, Michael (2001-05-04). "Devlin plays new role as Electric man". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  10. ^ Fleming, Michael (2001-05-09). "Devlin goes solo, plugs in Electric". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  11. ^ "Centropolis Entertainment". metacritic.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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