Television

Tribeca Film Festival Selection ‘Cinnamon’ Debuts First Trailer

Los Angeles, CA – April 18, 2023 – “Cinnamon” — the inaugural project filmed under Village Roadshow Pictures’ Black Noir Cinema banner, co-founded by NBA all-star Kevin Garnett — has debuted its…

Chris Case Inks Overall Deal With Village Roadshow TV

Los Angeles, CA – October 13, 2022 – Steve Mosko’s Village Roadshow Television continues to bulk up its roster of overall deals. The studio has signed writer Chris Case to an overall deal in…

Bryan Cranston’s Moonshot Entertainment Strikes Deal With Village Roadshow Television

Village Roadshow Television is partnering with acclaimed actor, writer, director and producer Bryan Cranston and Emmy nominated producer James Degus, via Cranston’s Moonshot Entertainment, to source, develop and produce television content…

Village Roadshow Television Names Cory Lanier Senior Vice President, Scripted Television

Los Angeles, CA – June 16, 2022 – Village Roadshow Television (VRT) announced today that Cory Lanier has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Scripted Television. Lanier’s arrival bolsters…

Village Roadshow Pictures Partners With The USC School Of Cinematic Arts To Develop Don Yaeger’s Turning Of The Tide: How One Game Changed The South

LOS ANGELES, CA – June 1, 2022 – Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP) announced today a partnership with the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts to develop a film…

Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Rise As One Of America’s Leaders To Be Subject Of Limited Series From Village Roadshow Television

Village Roadshow to Closely Collaborate with Reverend Jackson and His Family on the Series

Emmy Nominee Damon Wayans And Golden Globe Nominee Pam Grier Join Tubi’s Film “Cinnamon,” From Village Roadshow Pictures’ New Slate Of Black Noir Cinema

April 5, 2022 – Los Angeles – CINNAMON is a thriller that follows a struggling small-town gas station attendant and aspiring singer, Jodi Jackson (Tony nominee Hailey Kilgore “Raising Kanan”)…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Teams With NBA Legend Kevin Garnett’s Content Cartel Studios For Content Partnership

Partnership Encompasses Content Opportunities Across Multiple Genres and Formats with an initial Feature Documentary in the Works About NBA Legend Wilt Chamberlin

MSNBC Films Acquires ‘In the Dark of the Valley’ Documentary

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (October 7, 2021) – MSNBC Films has announced today the acquisition of feature-documentary, ‘IN THE DARK OF THE VALLEY’ produced by Village Roadshow Television. The film was directed and…

Tom Bergeron Hosting Remake Of Classic Gameshow ‘Tic-Tac-Dough’ In The Works At NBCUniversal; Harry Friedman & Village Roadshow TV To Exec Produce

Former Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron is hosting a new take on Tic-Tac-Dough that is in the works at NBCUniversal. The ex-Hollywood Squares man has teamed up with…

Village Roadshow Pictures Lands Film Rights To ‘Turning The Tide’ Book, About Famous Alabama-USC Game That Changed College Football Forever

Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP) has acquired the feature film rights to adapt “Turning of the Tide: How One Game Changed the South” by New York Times bestselling-author, Don Yaeger. Yaeger,…

David Goyer’s Phantom Four Films Signs First-Look Deal With Village Roadshow, Sets ‘Reincarnation Of Peter Proud’ As First Project

Village Roadshow Pictures has inked a multi-year, first-look deal with David S. Goyer’s Phantom Four Films to source, develop and produce feature films. Through the terms of the deal, Phantom Four…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Names Tristen Tuckfield EVP Feature Film

Los Angeles, CA – March 29, 2021 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group’s (VREG) CEO Steve Mosko announced today that tenured film executive Tristen Tuckfield has joined the Company as Executive…

Village Roadshow & Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Team For English-Language Remake Of Russian Sci-Fi ‘Sputnik’

Los Angeles, CA – March 29, 2021 – It was announced today that Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP), 6th & Idaho and XYZ Films are partnering for the English-language remake of…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Appoints Media Executive and Creative Leader Christina Norman to Its Board of Directors

Los Angeles, CA – March 11, 2021 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) announced today that Christina Norman has joined its Board of Directors. Norman currently serves as the Head…

Village Roadshow Promotes General Counsel Kevin Berg to Director, Creative Diversity and Inclusion

Los Angeles, CA – February 1, 2021 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) announced today that its long-time general counsel Kevin Berg has also been appointed the Director, Creative Diversity…

Lynne Ramsay To Direct ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’ Adaptation For Village Roadshow Pictures

Los Angeles, CA — November 16, 2020 — Village Roadshow Pictures has set Lynne Ramsay to direct their adaptation of Stephen King’s psychological horror novel, THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON with…

Peyton Manning Set To Quarterback New NBC Battle Of The Brains Series ‘College Bowl’

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Nov. 23, 2020 – Some of the greatest rivalries among the nation’s universities are being moved from the playing field to the quiz show space as…

Village Roadshow Pictures Teams With ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Director & ‘Buried’ Scribe For Conspiracy Thriller ‘The Prize’

Los Angeles, CA — August 20, 2020 — Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned and is looking to fast track THE PRIZE, a new spec feature written by Chris Sparling, with…

Village Roadshow, Phantom Four Films Team On ‘Legacy’ From T.J. Fixman

Los Angeles, CA — July 13, 2020 — Village Roadshow Pictures has acquired LEGACY based on an original idea by T.J. Fixman. David Goyer and Keith Levine will produce via…

Series Based On Brooklyn’s Lo Lifes In The Works By Kevin Garnett, Village Roadshow & Happy Madison

Los Angeles, CA — July 10, 2020 — LO LIFES: STEALING THE AMERICAN DREAM. Kevin Garnett’s Content Cartel is partnering with Village Roadshow Television, Happy Madison Productions and Blowback Productions…

Mark Duplass to Direct Adaptation of ‘A Horse Walks Into a Bar’

Los Angeles, CA — May 13, 2020 — Village Roadshow Pictures has tapped filmmaker Mark Duplass to helm the upcoming film adaptation of David Grossman’s 2017 Man Booker International Prize-winning…

Village Roadshow Boards Film Adaptation Of Stephen King Novel ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’; Christy Hall Scripting

Los Angeles, CA — April 30, 2020 — Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned Stephen King’s psychological horror novel, THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON, with Christy Hall set to write. Jon Berg…

Songs In Ursa Major’ Film Rights Acquired By Village Roadshow Pictures & Berlanti Productions

Los Angeles, CA — April 28, 2020 — In a competitive bidding situation, Village Roadshow Pictures has acquired the rights to adapt SONGS IN URSA MAJOR by Emma Brodie into…

Village Roadshow Taps ‘X-Men: First Class’ Writer Ashley Edward Miller To Adapt Video Game ‘Myst’ For Television

Los Angeles, CA — April 15, 2020 — Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) set Ashley Edward Miller to write the pilot and showrun the television adaptation of the best-selling video…

Village Roadshow Adapting ‘The Athena Protocol’ All-Female Thriller Novel For Television

LOS ANGELES, CA – December 17, 2019 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has made a pre-emptive acquisition of the rights to adapt Shamim Sarif’s explosive YA thriller, THE ATHENA PROTOCOL, into…

Vine Acquires Lakeshore Film & TV Library

LOS ANGELES, CA – October 23, 2019 – Vine Alternative Investments has acquired Lakeshore Entertainment’s 300 title film and television library, as well as its international servicing and sales operations. During…

‘Hogan’s Heroes’ Sequel Series In the Works From Al Ruddy, Village Roadshow & Rough House Pictures

Los Angeles, CA — September, 17, 2019 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG), Al Ruddy, and Rough House Pictures have closed a deal to reboot “Hogan’s Heroes” as a series. Veteran…

Lana Wachowski to Write and Direct All-New Film Set in the World of ‘The Matrix’

BURBANK, CA – August 20, 2019 – Lana Wachowski—the co-creator of the record-breaking and genre-defining world of “The Matrix”—is set to write, direct and produce an all-new film, returning audiences…

Ernest Hemingway’s ‘A Moveable Feast’ In Works For TV With Village Roadshow Entertainment Group

Los Angeles, CA – August 13, 2019 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG), Mariel Hemingway, John Goldstone, and Marc Rosen have closed a deal to produce Ernest Hemingway’s memoir A Moveable…

Village Roadshow Pictures Options ‘A Horse Walks Into A Bar’

Los Angeles, CA – August 5, 2019 – Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned David Grossman’s 2017 Man Booker International Prize-winning novel A Horse Walks Into A Bar to develop into a feature film.…

‘Nash Bridges’ Revival With Don Johnson in the Works at USA Network

Los Angeles, CA – July 18, 2019 – Don Johnson is heading back to San Francisco. Eighteen years after Nash Bridges signed off following a six-season run on CBS, NBCUniversal-owned cabler…

Village Roadshow and Valparaiso Pictures Partner on Film Adaptation of Bestselling Novel BABY TEETH

Los Angeles, CA – July 11, 2019 – Village Roadshow and Valparaiso Pictures have partnered on a film adaptation of the bestselling 2018 novel Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage. Screenwriter Nina…

‘Myst’ Film and TV Rights Sell to Village Roadshow

Los Angeles, CA – June 26, 2019 – In a key move under its expanded production mandate, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) has acquired the film and TV rights to…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Names Alix Jaffe Executive Vice President of Television

Los Angeles, CA – April 1, 2019 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) announced today the appointment of veteran producer and network executive Alix Jaffe as Executive Vice President, Television.…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Continues to Ramp Up Under New Production and Business Mandate With Key Executive Appointments

Los Angeles, CA – February 27, 2019 – Continuing under its expanded mandate and the arrival of new Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) CEO, Steve Mosko, the company announced today…

Bruce Berman Reups As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Of Village Roadshow Pictures

Los Angeles, CA – February 19, 2019 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) CEO Steve Mosko announced today that Bruce Berman has entered into an agreement to continue as Chairman…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Names Jillian Apfelbaum Executive Vice President of Content

Los Angeles, CA – November 29, 2018 – In a hire that strategically supports its expanded content production mandate, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) has appointed Jillian Apfelbaum as Executive…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Appoints Steve Mosko as Chief Executive Officer

Los Angeles, CA – October 25, 2018 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) announced today the appointment of leading executive Steve Mosko as Chief Executive Officer. Mosko’s appointment reinforces VREG’s…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Elects Film Industry Leader Peter Schlessel to Board of Directors

Los Angeles, CA – June 12, 2018 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) announced today that Peter Schlessel has been elected to its Board of Directors. Schlessel joins the VREG…

Perfect World Pictures, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group and WME | IMG China Launch New Filmed Entertainment Production Company

Ellen Eliasoph will Serve as President and CEO of Perfect Village Entertainment, Launching an Initial Slate of Feature Films to be Distributed in China and Beyond June 20 2017 Shanghai…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Expands Global Content Platform with Significant Capital from Vine Alternative Investments

April 19, 2017 – Los Angeles, CA – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) is expanding and complementing the Company’s business model as a leading co-financier and co-producer of filmed entertainment…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Secures $480M in Capital

LOS ANGELES, CA (SEPTEMBER 14, 2015) – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) has completed a $480 million recapitalization, including $325 million of new capital from a consortium of worldwide investors (including…

Delegation of Leading Chinese Filmmakers in Australia for Inaugural Industry Familiarisation Tour

Thursday 21 May 2015: Ausfilm in partnership with the Australian Embassy Beijing and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia (VRPA) welcomed today a delegation of leading Chinese filmmakers to Sydney for their…

Hairun Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia’s Mountain Cry Begins Production

TAIHANG MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, Shanxi, China (October 5, 2014) –Mountain Cry, a Hairun Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia co-production, started production today at its shooting location in Tongtianxia, a district…

Village Roadshow Promotes Kevin P. Berg to General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs

LOS ANGELES (June 25, 2013) – Village Roadshow today announced the promotion of Kevin P. Berg to General Counsel at Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) and Executive Vice President, Business…

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Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Announces Local China Film Unit Download PDF Initial Slate of Films Under Village Roadshow Pictures Asia Banner Joins Chinese Talent with International Strategic Alliances Beijing and…

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威秀娱乐集团开启中国电影制作业务

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Pictures Asia, China Film Group, Wanda Media Group and Universal Pictures Partner on Keanu Reeves’ Directorial Debut Download PDF Universal Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia…

Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, China Film Group, Wanda Media Group and Universal Pictures Partner on Keanu Reeves’ Directorial Debut

LOS ANGELES, CA, December 14, 2011—Village Roadshow Pictures Asia today announced that the company will co-produce with China Film Group and Wanda Media Group Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut, Man of…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Announces Local China Film Unit

Beijing and Hong Kong November 1, 2011 – Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (“VREG”) today unveiled its newly-launched platform for Chinese film production and distribution, together with details of its partner…

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