Twisted Pictures is an American

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and a

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of Evolution Entertainment that specializes in

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and thriller movies. The company was founded by Evolution's

Mark Burg Mark Burg is an American film producer, manager and actor. He is the co-founder of Evolution Entertainment and produced the ''Saw'' film series as well as the CBS television series '' Two and a Half Men''. Biography Burg graduated from the R ...

Oren Koules Oren Koules (born January 31, 1961) is an American entrepreneur and film producer. He is the co-founder of Evolution Entertainment and produced the ''Saw'' film series as well as the CBS television series ''Two and a Half Men''. Koules is als ...

, and Gregg Hoffman in 2004. The company is known for producing the ''Saw'' film franchise.

History

In 2004, following Evolution Entertainment's pre-release success with '' Saw'', its executives,

, and Gregg Hoffman, founded Twisted Pictures as Evolutions's

for films in the

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. ''Saw'' was released in October 2004 and became a success at the

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, leading

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, the film's distributor, to sign a nine-picture deal with Twisted Pictures in November that year. Twisted Pictures has since produced all installments in the ''Saw'' franchise. Carl Mazzocone served as president for four years. In June 2007, the company formed a

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with

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to remake four films from the latter's library, namely '' Five Came Back'' (1939), ''

I Walked with a Zombie ''I Walked with a Zombie'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton for RKO Pictures. It stars James Ellison, Frances Dee, and Tom Conway, and follows a Canadian nurse who travels to care for the aili ...

'' (1943), ''

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'' (1945), and ''

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'' (1946). In October 2009, Twisted Pictures landed a deal with ''

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hanse ...

'' rights holders, Bob Kuhn and Kim Henkel, after discussions with the film's production company,

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, fell apart. The deal was stated to cover multiple pictures. On June 28, 2012, Twisted Pictures opened Twisted Television, a new television division that would produce an eponymous television adaptation of the movie ''

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''.

Filmography

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History

Filmography

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