Village Roadshow Pictures is an American co-producer and co-financier of major Hollywood motion pictures, established in 1986. It has produced over 85 films since its establishment in 1986 including, as co-productions with Warner Bros., The Matrix trilogy, the Sherlock Holmes series, the Ocean's series, and The Lego Movie. The films in the Village Roadshow library have achieved 24 number one U.S. box office openings and received 37 Academy Award nominations, 17 Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Village Roadshow Pictures self-distributes its filmed entertainment through affiliates in several territories around the world, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. J.P. Morgan Chase and Rabobank International provides some funding for Village Roadshow's film slate with Warner Bros. Village Roadshow has a secondary finance slate with Sony Pictures.
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History
Village Roadshow Pictures was formed in 1985.
In 2012, Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures had extended their co-financing first look deal through 2017. 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. A second agreement was made due to the large amount of available capital.
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Filmography
Warner Bros. Pictures
Columbia Pictures
- Saving Silverman (2001) (co-production with Original Film) First movie from Columbia Pictures
- The Equalizer (2014) (co-production with Escape Artists)
- Annie (2014) (co-production with Overbrook Entertainment)
- Goosebumps (2015) (co-production with LStar Capital, Sony Pictures Animation, Original Film and Scholastic Entertainment)
- Concussion (2015) (co-production with LStar Capital)
- The Brothers Grimsby (2016) (co-production with Four by Two Films, Big Talk Productions and Working Title Films)
- Ghostbusters (2016) (co-production with The Montecito Picture Company, Feigco Entertainment and Pascal Pictures)
- The Magnificent Seven (2016) (co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, LStar Capital, Pin High Productions, and Escape Artists)
- Passengers (2016) (co-production with Original Film)
Paramount Pictures
- The Phantom (1996) (co-production with The Ladd Company)
- Down to Earth (2001) (co-production with Alphaville Films)
- Zoolander (2001) (co-production with VH1 Films and Red Hour Productions)
20th Century Fox
- Don't Say a Word (2001) (co-production with Regency Enterprises)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Fortress (1992) (under Dimension Films) (co-production with Davis Entertainment)
- A Walk on the Moon (1999) (under Miramax Films)
The Weinstein Company
- Rogue (2008) (under Dimension Films) (co-production with Emu Creek Pictures)
Carolco Pictures
- Bloodmoon (1990) (Village Roadshow distributed in Australia, while Carolco distributed elsewhere)
Artisan Entertainment
- Hotel de Love (1996) (under LIVE Entertainment) (co-production with Pratt Films)
- Critical Care (1997) (under LIVE Entertainment) (co-production with Mediaworks and ASAQ Film Partnership)
Savoy Pictures
- Lightning Jack (1994)
Upcoming
- Ready Player One (2018) (under Warner Bros. Pictures) (co-production with Amblin Partners, Amblin Entertainment, De Line Pictures, and Farah Films & Management)
- Ocean's 8 (2018) (under Warner Bros. Pictures) (co-production with Smokehouse Pictures, Larger Than Life Productions, and Warner Bros.)
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group was founded by Village Roadshow Limited and owns Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment, which controls Village Roadshow Pictures.
In 2015, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group was recapitalized with a $480 million investment that included funds from Falcon Investment Advisors and Vine Alternative Investments. Falcon Investment Advisors and Vine Alternative Investments added additional capital in April 2017 to take a controlling stake in the corporation. This was to fund a new strategic plan for an expanded film slate and add production of TV programs and other content forms. For the expanded film slate, which would add one to two films per year to its already planned six to ten films, the group planned to move beyond equity investments to project development with some direct adaptation rights purchases. Vine CEO Jim Moore took over as the group's board chairman.
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