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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Motion Pictures |
Founded | July 26, 1985 |
Founders | Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich |
Number of locations | Los Angeles, CA, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ute Emmerich Marco Shepherd Roland Emmerich |
Products | Films |
Divisions | Centropolis Television |
Website | centropolis |
Centropolis Entertainment is an American film production company founded in 1985 as Centropolis Film Productions by American film producer Dean Devlin and German film director Roland Emmerich. [1] [2] As of 2001, the company is a subsidiary of Das Werk AG. [3] [4]
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]
In the late 1990s, Centropolis' video game division, Centropolis Interactive, published online multiplayer games like Godzilla Online , ID4 Online , Darkness Falls: The Crusade , and Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict . [9] [10]
Dean Devlin, however ultimately left in 2001 in order to form Electric Entertainment. Electric inherited and finished development on the films he developed, including Eight Legged Freaks . [11] [12]
Year | Title | Creator | Studio | Networks | Notes |
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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 | |
2024 | Those About to Die | based on Those About to Die by: Daniel P. Mannix developed by: Robert Rodat | AGC Studios Hollywood Gang Productions Street Entertainment | Peacock | |