Evolution Entertainment

Evolution Entertainment is an American independent entertainment management and film production company. The company was founded in 1998 by Mark Burg and Oren Koules^[1] and is best known for executive producing the Saw film series.

Gregg Hoffman joined the company in 2003 as Head of Production.^[2] The box office success of the horror film Saw led to a distribution deal with Lionsgate and the formation of Twisted Pictures.^[1] Hoffman unexpectedly died on December 4, 2005.^[3]

In August 2005, the lead actor in Saw, 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 was settled out of court and in 2010, Elwes reprised his role in Saw 3D.

In June 2011, after twelve years, Koules departed from the company; Burg purchased his 50% of the company.^[5] Burg chose CAA agent-turned-producer Michael Menchel as the new president.

The company's clients include Charlie Sheen and at one time Shawnee Smith and Danny Glover.^[5][6][7]

• Spoils of War (1994) (TV)
• Lockdown (2000)
• Good Advice (2001)
• John Q. (2002)
• Saw (2004)
• Saw II (2005)
• Saw III (2006)
• Catacombs (2007)
• Dead Silence (2007)
• Death Sentence (2007)
• Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
• The Con Is On (2018)

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