| Industry | Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Mark Burg Oren Koules Gregg Hoffman |
Key people | Oren Koules (President 1999–2011) Michael Menchel (President 2011–present) |
| Products | Motion pictures, television programs, entertainment management |
| Subsidiaries | Twisted Pictures |
Evolution Entertainment is an American independent entertainment management and film production company. The company was founded in 1998 byMark Burg andOren Koules[1] and is best known forexecutive producing theSaw film series.
Gregg Hoffman joined the company in 2003 as Head of Production.[2] The box office success of the horror filmSaw led to a distribution deal withLionsgate and the formation ofTwisted Pictures.[1] Hoffman unexpectedly died on December 4, 2005.[3]
In August 2005, the lead actor inSaw,Cary Elwes, filed a lawsuit against Evolution Entertainment, who were his managers at the time, stating he was promised a minimum of one percent of the producers' net profits of the film and did not receive the full amount.[4] The case eventually wassettled out of court and in 2010, Elwes reprised his role inSaw 3D.
In June 2011, after twelve years, Koules departed from the company; Burg purchased his 50% of the company.[5] Burg choseCAA agent-turned-producerMichael Menchel as the new president.
The company's clients includeCharlie Sheen and at one timeShawnee Smith andDanny Glover.[5][6][7]
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