Metrostop Entertainment is a production company founded in 2002. The President and Executive Producer is Philip Spilker.
Pre-Metrostop
Robert Keyghobad (born May 1, 1972) and Philip Spilker, co-founders of Metrostop Entertainment are producers who had, prior to 2002 been involved in developing such projects as
HBO
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's ''
Carnivàle
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20th Century Fox
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pilot ''
Honey Vicarro'', commercials for
McDonald's,
Budweiser,
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Nintendo
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,
music videos for artists including
White Zombie and
Meredith Brooks and an aborted film from
Oscar-winning director
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, entitled "''Shadow of the Jaguar''".
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
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videogame franchise ''
Red Faction II
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''' Hollywood Progress" Press Release at Newsarama July 23, 2003">"''Future Comics''' Hollywood Progress" Press Release at Newsarama July 23, 2003
Accessed March 24, 2008
References
IMDb:Philip Spilker
Film production companies of the United States
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