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Electric Entertainment is a full-service film, television and new media production company, established in 2001 by veteran writer/producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate, The Patriot), and led by Devlin along with partners Kearie Peak, Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan.
[edit] Company Biography
On December 7, 2008, TNT debuted “Leverage,” a new action-packed series from Electric Entertainment executive produced by Devlin, who made his directorial debut on the pilot. The series, starring Oscar winner Timothy Hutton, spotlights a team of five high-tech thieves who circle the globe and utilize their talents to fight underworld mobsters, unethical global corporations and corrupt politicians. The premiere ranked as TNT’s best original series telecast ever in delivery of the key 18-49 demographic during a regular broadcast season. The series currently airs in its regular timeslot Tuesday nights at 10pm on TNT. December 7 also marked TNT’s debut of “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice,” the third installment of the company’s popular “Librarian” franchise, starring Noah Wyle (“ER”), which was seen by over 5.4 million viewers. Electric is in pre-production on the science-fiction action film Isobar, with MGM to distribute domestically, as well as the feature film Ghosting, a supernatural thriller which Devlin will produce and direct.
Electric’s previous films include the World War I action/adventure Flyboys; the politically charged documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? (nominated by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Documentary Feature); Cellular, starring Kim Basinger and Jessica Biel; and Eight Legged Freaks, with David Arquette and Scarlett Johansson.
The company’s television credits include “The Librarian: Quest for the Spear,” starring Noah Wyle, which aired on TNT in December 2004 and was the highest-rated movie on cable that year; its sequel, “The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines”; and The Sci Fi Channel’s “The Triangle,” which won a Visual Effects Emmy and was the highest-rated miniseries on the cable channel since “Steven Spielberg Presents Taken.” Electric Entertainment recently teamed with TNT for the crime thriller “Blank Slate,” starring Eric Stoltz, a microseries which will debut this fall on the network as well as TNT.tv and which will also be re-packaged and distributed on mobile devices, home video and broadcast television.
Along with Electric Interactive, a division of the company which developed the multi-player online game Flyboys Squadron in conjunction with its feature film Flyboys, Electric Entertainment also benefits from an in-house digital effects and post production division, Electric FX (EFX). Its team draws from industry veterans Devlin previously collaborated with on Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot and Eight Legged Freaks. EFX is headed by seasoned visual effects producer Mark Franco, whose career spans more than a quarter-century and includes Titanic, Batman & Robin, Armageddon and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, among many others. In March 2005, Devlin, along with business partner Nicolas Chartier, founded Voltage Pictures, which is a sales and financing operation.
Additionally, Electric Entertainment owns and operates the online independent film magazine IF (www.IFmagazine.com), which reports the entertainment industry’s daily news.
[edit] Electric Visual Effects (EFX)
EFX is the in-house division of Electric Entertainment. The company is made up of the film industry veterans who had previously collaborated on projects produced by Dean Devlin. EFX is headed by Mark Franco whose previous film credits include Titanic, Batman & Robin, Armageddon, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
