Metrostop Entertainment

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Metrostop Entertainment is a production company founded in 2002. The President and Executive Producer is Philip Spilker.

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Pre-Metrostop

Robert Keyghobad (born May 1, 1972 [1] ) and Philip Spilker, co-founders of Metrostop Entertainment are producers who had, prior to 2002 been involved in developing such projects as HBO's Carnivàle , 20th Century Fox pilot Honey Vicarro , commercials for McDonald's, Budweiser, Kraft and Nintendo, music videos for artists including White Zombie and Meredith Brooks and an aborted film from Oscar-winning director Jon Blair, entitled "Shadow of the Jaguar". [2]

Prospective projects

Metrostop Entertainment optioned a number of properties in a short space of time, including properties created by Rick Rapier, Bob Layton, David Michelinie and Dick Giordano of Future Comics, Helen Falconer's 1999 novel Primrose Hill and the THQ PlayStation 2 videogame franchise Red Faction II . [3]

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