Village Roadshow Pictures

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Village Roadshow Pictures
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryMotion picture
Founded1986; 37 years ago (1986)
FounderVillage Roadshow
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Key people
Bruce Berman (Chairman & CEO)
ProductsFilm Production
ParentVillage Roadshow
Websitevreg.com

Village Roadshow Pictures is an American subsidiary of an Australian co-producer and co-financier of major Hollywood motion pictures established in 1986. It is a division under Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG),[1] which in turn is owned by Australian media company Village Roadshow. It has produced over 100 films since its establishment in 1986 including, as co-productions with Warner Bros., The Matrix series, the Sherlock Holmes series, the Happy Feet series, the Ocean’s series, The Lego Movie and Joker. The films in the Village Roadshow library have achieved 34 number one U.S. box office openings and received 50 Academy Award nominations, 19 Academy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards.[2][3]

Village Roadshow Pictures self-distributes its film entertainment through affiliates in several territories around the world, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore (the latter through Golden Village).[4] J.P. Morgan Chase and Rabobank International provides some funding for Village Roadshow's film slate with Warner Bros.[1] Village Roadshow had a secondary finance slate with Sony Pictures which ended in 2016.[5]

History

Village Roadshow Pictures was formed in 1986.[5] One of its original presidents was Greg Coote.[6] In 1995, Village Roadshow Pictures was heading into their television division, headed by Greg Coote and Jeffrey Hayes.[7] In 1996, the Village Roadshow Pictures Television unit started up a joint venture with animator Yoram Gross to start a venture company that was dedicated to animation.[8] In 1997, Village Roadshow Pictures inked a deal with Intermedia to launch a joint venture company Village Intermedia Pictures.[9] The deal up broke several months later.[10] Also, Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow had signed EM.TV & Merchandising to a joint pact.[11] On September 4, 1997, the company underwent restructuring with Michael Lake joined the company as managing director.[12]

In 1997, the company had signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Pictures to finance their films for a five-year period. Bruce Berman, of the aborted Plan B Entertainment company was signed on as president of the studio.[13] On October 2, 1998, Village Roadshow Pictures announced that they would shut down its television division in favor of launching a new company Coote/Hayes Productions, which would be headed by two Roadshow heads Greg Coote and Jeffrey Hayes.[14] Also that year, Village Roadshow sold off its 50% stake in the Yoram Gross animated studio venture to EM.TV & Merchandising, which would become Yoram Gross-EM.TV.[8]

In 2012, Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures had extended their co-financing first look deal through 2017.[citation needed] In May 2014, VRPG established a supplementary co-financing production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment which commenced with the release of The Equalizer and Annie.[citation needed] A second agreement was made due to the large amount of available capital.[5]

In 2015, VREG, the holding company of Village Roadshow Pictures and Village Roadshow Television, was recapitalized with a $480 million investment that included funds from Falcon Investment Advisors and Vine Alternative Investments.[citation needed] Falcon Investment Advisors and Vine Alternative Investments added additional capital in April 2017 to take a controlling stake in the corporation.[citation needed] This was to fund a new strategic plan for an expanded film slate and add production of television programs and other content forms.[15]

More recently, his Phantom Four company held by David S. Goyer has struck a first look deal with Village Roadshow Pictures.[16] On September 27, 2021, Bruce Berman announced that they would step himself down as CEO of the film studio.[17]

Filmography

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References

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  2. ^ Groves, Don (26 February 2015). "Village Roadshow Pictures Bets on Three Potential Hollywood Franchises". Forbes. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ^ Ellingson, Annlee (14 September 2015). "Village Roadshow closes $480 million in capital for 'Ghostbusters,' Spielberg flick". Los Angeles Business. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. ^ Eller, Claudia (5 March 2009). "For Warner and Roadshow Studios, No Need to Analyze Joint Ventures". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Cheney, Alexandra (5 May 2014). "Village Roadshow Inks Co-Finance Deal with Sony Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Variety Media. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. ^ Groves, Don (3 March 1994). "Asian market boom may be local". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ Groves, Don (18 September 1995). "Roadshow subsid bows TV division". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b Muttalib, Bashirah (11 May 2000). "Yoram Gross Studios flips for animated series". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  9. ^ Petrikin, Chris; Weiner, Rex (21 April 1997). "Intermedia & Roadshow link". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  10. ^ Cox, Dan (15 October 1997). "Village, Intermedia split". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  11. ^ Guider, Elizabeth (7 October 1997). "Yoram Gross, EM.TV pact". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Lake takes new post at Village Roadshow". Variety. 4 September 1997. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  13. ^ Karon, Paul (10 December 1997). "WB takes a Village". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  14. ^ Groves, Don (2 October 1998). "Roadshow will ankle L.A." Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  15. ^ Hipes, Patrick (25 October 2018). "Steve Mosko Lands At Village Roadshow Entertainment Group As CEO". Deadline. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  16. ^ Kroll, Justin (10 September 2021). "David Goyer's Phantom Four Films Signs First-Look Deal With Village Roadshow, Sets 'Reincarnation Of Peter Proud' As First Project". Deadline. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  17. ^ Lang, Brent (27 September 2021). "Bruce Berman Steps Down as Village Roadshow Pictures CEO, Ending 24-Year Run". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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  22. ^ Busch, Anita (30 September 2015). "'Concussion' To Get World Premiere at AFI Fest". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  23. ^ Davidson, Mike (20 May 2013). "Keanu Reeves makes director debut with Kung Fu film". Reuters. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  24. ^ Slatter, Sean. "George Miller's 'Mad Max' prequel 'Furiosa' to film in NSW". IF Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  25. ^ Houghton, Rianne (22 December 2020). "Ready Player Two movie is in the works despite brutal reviews". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  26. ^ Webb, Katherine (12 April 2020). "San Andreas 2? Alexandra Daddario Still Sounds Game For Sequel With Dwayne Johnson". CinemaBlend.
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  28. ^ Jeff Snider (10 October 2019). "Exclusive: 'Training Day' Prequel in the Works at Warner Bros". Collider. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  29. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (30 April 2020). "Village Roadshow Boards Film Adaptation Of Stephen King Novel 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon'; Christy Hall Scripting". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  30. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (16 November 2020). "Lynne Ramsay To Direct 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' Adaptation For Village Roadshow Pictures". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

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