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EXCLUSIVE: The Matrix and Joker co-producer Village Roadshow Pictures is teaming with Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho (The Batman) and XYZ Films (Mandy) for the English-language remake of recently-released Russian sci-fi-thriller Sputnik. Set in the Soviet Union in the 1980s during the Cold War, the film follows a young…

Warner Bros has called time on its long-lasting partnership with Australian company Village Roadshow after four decades of the latter distributing the studio's films in the territory. Roadshow made an announcement to the Australian stock exchange today noting the arrangement would come to a close at the end of this…

EXCLUSIVE: Joker and The Matrix co-producer Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned and is looking to fast-track The Prize, a spec feature written by Buried and Greenland scribe Chris Sparling with Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales co-helmer Espen Sandberg aboard to direct. The conspiracy thriller…

A group of production companies, distributors, sales agents and completion bond guarantors have created a new tasks force to push for government funding and support to independent production threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Coalition for Independent Content Production (ACICP) said its aim is to help…

Australian theme park and movie theater operator Village Roadshow said Monday it’s agreed to exclusive takeover talks with BGH Capital after the private equity firm offered to buy it for $465 million – or about $2.40 a share – its second offer, and a lower one. The company said BGH will have four weeks to review its…

Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s The Matrix 4 is looking to return to production in Berlin, Germany in early July. This as news has hit tonight that the cast has signed eight-week extensions to keep the actors on hold until July 6, Deadline has confirmed. Production began back in February on the Lana Wachowski-directed…

EXCLUSIVE: Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned Stephen King's psychological horror novel, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, which will be adapted for the screen by Christy Hall, the co-creator and executive producer of the Netflix series, I Am Not Okay With This. Jon Berg of Stampede Ventures is producing the project…

EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Village Roadshow Pictures has acquired rights to adapt the upcoming Emma Brodie novel Songs In Ursa Major into a feature film. The author will write the script and Berlanti Productions’ Sarah Schechter and Greg Berlanti will produce. The book will be published in summer 2021 by…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken global rights, excluding China, Australia and New Zealand, to Aussie family feature Go Karts. Pic comes from director Owen Trevor, most noted for helming multiple episodes of UK series Top Gear, and production outfit See Pictures, which has credits including the Guy Pearce and Kylie…

Village Roadshow, the Australian media giant that has distribution, exhibition, studio and theme parks wings, has received a takeover bid worth north of $500 million. The company released a statement Thursday saying that Pacific Equity Partners, a Sydney-based private equity firm, had made an offer of $2.68 (AUD$3.90)…

UPDATED, 11:59 AM: With $788.1M worldwide, Warner Bros./Village Roadshow/Bron Studio’s Joker has just passed Fox’s Deadpool to become the highest grossing R-rated movie of all-time. That Marvel pic ended its run with $783M. By the end of the weekend, it’s expected that Joker‘s global tally will stand at $825M. At…