Village Roadshow Entertainment Group said Wednesday it hired former MRC chief financial officer Louis Santor as chief operating officer and that it is launching a film and TV production division to be headed by Shannon Perry, the former Embassy Row exec who becomes SVP Reality and Production Services and will oversee…

Australian industry veteran Graham Burke is to retire as CEO of Village Roadshow at the end of this calendar year. Upon the appointment of a new CEO, Burke will remain on the VRL Board as a non-executive director, the company said today. The firm also said it will now “conduct a wide-ranging, global and domestic…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has hired Imperative Entertainment exec Jillian Apfelbaum as EVP Content. It’s one of the first moves made at VREG since the producer-financier appointed ex-Sony Pictures TV boss Steve Mosko its new CEO last month. Apfelbaum's focus will be to identify and develop feature film…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has named former Sony Pictures TV boss Steve Mosko as its CEO, as the production and financing company looks to further push into TV and streaming. Bruce Berman, currently Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO, will remain in his position and report to Mosko. As…

EXCLUSIVE: Industry veteran Peter Schlessel has been elected to the board of directors of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group. He joins as Ocean’s 8, Village Roadshow’s 100th film, just released to a franchise-topping domestic result and a strong early start overseas. Schlessel has had a traditional and…

4th UPDATE, Sunday AM: Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s Ocean’s 8 is sailing in with a $41.5M opening, still the best debut for the franchise and a solid start for what will be a good piece of counter-programming in the event-filled marketplace. When it comes to gender-swapping an established franchise, it’s also safe…

Sunday AM: Ready Player One is arriving a little higher at $53.2M over four days after a $15.8M Saturday that’s 4% higher than Friday. Over three days, the Steven Spielberg movie is headed to $41.2M. We’ll talk about whether this is a profitable movie toward the end. However, WB got this Village Roadshow co-production…

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Griffiths is getting ready to jump into the feature directing saddle, taking on horse-racing drama Ride Like A Girl. With shooting set to begin in March, Village Roadshow has boarded Australian rights. In the aspirational drama, Teresa Palmer is playing Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win…

Clint Eastwood's drama The 15:17 to Paris from Warner Bros/Village Roadshow will open worldwide on Feb. 9, 2018. The pic centers around the real-life heroes who derailed a terrorist attack during a highspeed train ride. The announcement was made today by Sue Kroll, President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution…

Village Roadshow Entertainment is teaming with China's Perfect World Pictures and WME-IMG to launch Perfect Village Entertainment, a Chinese film and TV production venture. The new company will have offices in Beijing and Hong Kong and will be headed up by Village Roadshow's Ellen Eliasoph, who currently runs Asia…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has sold a controlling interest — more than 51% — of the 20-year-old company to current financial partners Vine Alternative Investments and Falcon Investment Advisors with the CEO of Vine, Jim Moore, taking on the chairmanship role. The deal is described by VREG as Vine and Falcon…

Warner Bros and Village Roadshow have released the first image of its upcoming female-driven caper film  Ocean's 8. It shows the ensemble cast riding the New York subway. A caption for the photo reads: "In Summer 2018, the tide will turn as (left to right) Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) attempts to pull off the heist…