Centropolis Entertainment  Centropolis Entertainment is a film production company founded in 1985 as Centropolis Film Productions by German film director Roland Emmerich and American film producer Dean Devlin. As of 2001, the company was a subsidiary of Das Werk AG. In 1996, Emmerich launched its special effects studio Centropolis Effects to provide VFX effects for its motion pictures. It was shut down in 2001. In 1997, the studio launched its television division Centropolis Television. Its first production was "The Visitor", a show that was aired on Fox. In 1998, Centropolis stuck a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce motion pictures for its studio. Dean Devlin, however ultimately left in 2001 in order to form Electric Entertainment. Electric has inherited and finished development on the films he's developing, including "Eight Legged Freaks".