Centropolis Entertainment Explained

Centropolis Entertainment
Type:	Private
Founders:	Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich
Locations:	Berlin, Germany Los Angeles, CA, United States
Area Served:	Worldwide
Key People:	Ute Emmerich Marco Shepherd Roland Emmerich
Industry:	Motion Pictures
Products:	Films
Divisions:	Centropolis Television

Centropolis Entertainment is a German-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]}

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]}

In the late 1990s, Centropolis' video game division, Centropolis Interactive, published online multiplayer games like Godzilla Online, ID4 Online, , and .^{[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]}

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		Fried Films^[13] Independent Pictures	TriStar Pictures^[14]
1999	The Thirteenth Floor	Josef Rusnak	Centropolis Entertainment	Columbia Pictures^[15] ^[16]
2000	The Patriot	Roland Emmerich	Mutual Film Company
2002	Eight Legged Freaks	Ellory Elkayem	Village Roadshow Pictures Electric Entertainment	Warner Bros. Pictures
2004	The Day After Tomorrow	Roland Emmerich	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			TSG Entertainment Electric Entertainment	20th Century Fox	as Centropolis Entertainment^[17]
2019	Midway		Shanghai Ruyi MediaStarlight Culture Entertainment AGC Studios Street Entertainment Entertainment One Mels Studios	Lionsgate
2022	Moonfall		AGC Studios Street Entertainment Huayi Brothers International Huayi Tencent Entertainment International	Lionsgate (North America) AGC International (International)
	The Magic Flute	Florian Sigl	Flute Film	Tobis Film

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		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

External links

• Centropolis Entertainment website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roland Emmerich Principal: Centropolis Entertainment. Variety. 28 July 2016.
2. Web site: ZeniMax Media Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20010211201113/http://www.zenimax.com/profile9.html . February 11, 2001. ZeniMax.com . October 27, 2016.
3. Web site: Profile on Bloomberg. Bloomberg. bloomberg.com. 20 May 2019.
4. Web site: Fleming . Mike Jr.. Roland Emmerich's Centropolis Elevates Marco Shepherd to Head Production & Development. Deadline Hollywood. 28 July 2016. March 24, 2016.
5. Web site: It's off to Werk for f/x house Centropolis. Graser. Marc. 2001-01-09. Variety. en. 2020-05-01.
6. Web site: Fox struts its stuff. Rice. Lynette. 1997-03-24. Broadcasting Magazine. 2020-05-01.
7. Web site: Calley sealed Centropolis. Cox. Dan. 1998-02-19. Variety. en. 2020-05-01.
8. Web site: 'Godzilla' duo Devlin, Emmerich ink 3-year SPE pact. Fleming. Michael. 1998-02-18. Variety. en. 2020-05-01.
9. Web site: Joel. Hulsey. Godzilla Goes Live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030710232408/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/098/godzilla.html. Computer Games Magazine. July 10, 2003. November 10, 1998. August 1, 2022.
10. Web site: Centropolis Goes Online . . . 7 December 2023 . 10 April 1999.
11. Web site: Devlin plays new role as Electric man. Fleming. Michael. 2001-05-04. Variety. en. 2020-05-01.
12. Web site: Devlin goes solo, plugs in Electric. Fleming. Michael. 2001-05-09. Variety. en. 2020-05-01.
13. Web site: Godzilla (1998). American Film Institute. January 29, 2023. live. January 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230130015451/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60841-GODZILLA?sid=93e39781-bbc2-4617-b748-2a05d40e23c7&sr=10.432128&cp=1&pos=1.
14. Web site: Film Review; So, How Big Is It Again? Sizing Up the Lizard King. Stephen Holden. The New York Times. May 19, 1998. February 1, 2021. dead. February 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210202040007/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/19/movies/film-review-so-how-big-is-it-again-sizing-up-the-lizard-king.html.
15. Web site: 'The Thirteenth Floor': Traveling in Cyberspace Can Get a Guy Cyberkilled. Lawrence Van. Gelder. The New York Times. May 28, 1999. December 3, 2022. live. December 4, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221204013127/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/052899thirteenth-film-review.html.
16. News: Mitchell. Elvis. Elvis Mitchell. Film Review; A Gentle Farmer Who's Good at Violence. June 28, 2000. The New York Times. November 20, 2014. live. December 4, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221204012801/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/28/movies/film-review-a-gentle-farmer-who-s-good-at-violence.html.
17. Web site: Centropolis Entertainment. metacritic.com. 28 July 2016.