Evolution Entertainment is an American independent entertainment management and film production company. The company was founded in 1998 Mark Burg

Mark Burg

Mark Burg is an American film producer and actor, perhaps best known for his work on the SAW series of films and on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.-Career:...

 and Oren Koules

Oren Koules

Oren Koules is an American entertainment industry and professional sports industry executive. He was president of Evolution Entertainment, producer of the Saw film series...

. and is best known for producing the first Saw

Saw (film)

Saw is a 2004 American independent horror film directed by James Wan. The screenplay, written by Leigh Whannell, is based on a story by Wan and Whannell. The film stars Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Whannell and Tobin Bell...

film.

History

Gregg Hoffman

Gregg Hoffman

Gregg Hoffman born in Phoenix, Arizona, was a film producer responsible for developing Saw and Saw II. He studied communications, law and economics at American University in Washington, D.C. Hoffman was working on Saw III and other films for Twisted Pictures when he died in a hospital in...

 joined the company in 2003 as Head of Production. The box office success of the horror film Saw

Saw (film)

Saw is a 2004 American independent horror film directed by James Wan. The screenplay, written by Leigh Whannell, is based on a story by Wan and Whannell. The film stars Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Whannell and Tobin Bell...

led to a distribution deal with Lionsgate

Lions Gate Entertainment

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...

 and the formation of Twisted Pictures

Twisted Pictures

Twisted Pictures is an independent production company, mainly creating films of the horror genre. The company was founded in 2004 by Evolution Entertainment's Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Gregg Hoffman...

. Hoffman unexpectedly died on December 4, 2005. In June 2011, after twelve years, Koules departed from the company; Burg purchased his 50% of the company. Burg chose CAA agent-turned-producer Michael Menchel as the new president.

The company's clients include Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Estevez , better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen....

 and at one time Shawnee Smith

Shawnee Smith

Shawnee Smith is an American film and television actress and singer. Smith is best known for her roles as Amanda Young in the Saw films and Linda in the CBS sitcom Becker....

, Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Danny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is perhaps best known for his role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise.-Early life:...

, Carey Elwes.

Filmography

• Spoils of War
  Spoils of War
  Botín de guerra is a 2000 Argentine documentary film directed and written by David Blaustein with Luis Alberto Asurey. The film premiered on 11 April 2000 in Buenos Aires...
  
  (1994) (TV)
• Lockdown
  Lockdown (film)
  Lockdown is a 2003 drama film, starring Richard T. Jones, Clifton Powell, and Master P.-Plot:Avery Montgomery is taking time off from college to spend time with his girlfriend Krista , help raise their young son, and spend time on his other love in life, swimming...
  
  (2000)
• Good Advice
  Good Advice
  Good Advice is a 2001 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon and Denise Richards. Includes support roles by Jon Lovitz and Rosanna Arquette as a married couple.- Plot summary:...
  
  (2001)
• John Q
  John Q
  John Q is a 2002 film directed by Nick Cassavetes starring Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it...
  
  (2002)
• Saw
  Saw (film)
  Saw is a 2004 American independent horror film directed by James Wan. The screenplay, written by Leigh Whannell, is based on a story by Wan and Whannell. The film stars Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Whannell and Tobin Bell...
  
  (2004)