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Firestone's current work is done under the name Prodigy Pictures, his most recently founded company.
He produced Stuck a horror film released in 2007 starring Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea, which tells the true story of a man hit by a car and left for dead in the driver's garage.
Firestone produced a mini-series out of the popular comic book series XIII released in 2008 starring Stephen Dorff and then a 13-episode follow-up series starring Stuart Townsend. The series aired in France on Canal Plus in 2011 and on Showcase in Canada in spring 2011.
Firestone produced the supernatural series Lost Girl, starring Anna Silk, which broke Showcase's viewing records for Canadian scripted series premiere when it premiered in 2010. Lost Girl now airs in several other countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Portugal and Brazil.
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