Village Roadshow Pictures

Village Roadshow Pictures

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Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Motion picture
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Number of locations	West Hollywood, California, US
Key people	Bruce Berman
Parent	Village Roadshow Entertainment Group
Website	vreg.com

Village Roadshow Pictures is a leading Australian co-producer and co-financier of major Hollywood motion pictures, having released over 85 films since its establishment in 1986 including, as co-productions with Warner Bros., The Great Gatsby, The Matrix Trilogy, The Sherlock Holmes franchise, I Am Legend, the Ocean’s series, The Happy Feet franchise, Mystic River, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Get Smart, Sex and the City 2, Gran Torino, The Lego Movie and American Sniper.

Village Roadshow Pictures self-distributes its filmed entertainment through affiliates in several territories around the world, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

The films in their library have achieved 24 number one U.S. box office openings and received 17 Academy Award nominations, six Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.

History

Village Roadshow Pictures was formed in 1997.

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” part of the four movies to start off the deal. A second agreement was made due to the large amount of available capital.

Filmography

Warner Bros. Pictures

• Hurricane Smith (1992) first film teamed up with Warner Bros. Pictures
• The Power of One (1992) (co-production with Le Studio Canal+, Alcor Films and Regency Enterprises)
• Turtle Beach (1992) co-production with Regency Enterprises and Le Studio Canal+)
• Bullet (1996) (under New Line Cinema)
• Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
• Practical Magic (1998)
• Analyze This (1999)
• The Matrix (1999) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• Deep Blue Sea (1999)
• Love Lies Bleeding (1999)
• Three Kings (1999)
• Three to Tango (1999)
• Gossip (2000)
• Space Cowboys (2000)
• Red Planet (2000) (co-production with The Mark Canton Company)
• Miss Congeniality (2000) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• Valentine (2001)
• See Spot Run (2001)
• Exit Wounds (2001) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• Swordfish (2001) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• Cats & Dogs (2001)
• Hearts in Atlantis (2001) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• Training Day (2001)
• Ocean's Eleven (2001) (co-production with JW Productions)
• The Majestic (2001) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• Queen of the Damned (2002)
• Showtime (2002)
• Eight Legged Freaks (2002) (co-production with Electric Entertainment)
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• Ghost Ship (2002) (co-production with Dark Castle Entertainment)
• Analyze That (2002)
• Two Weeks Notice (2002) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• Dreamcatcher (2003) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• Mystic River (2003)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• Torque (2004)
• Taking Lives (2004)
• Catwoman (2004)
• Ocean's Twelve (2004) (co-production with JW Productions)
• Constantine (2005) (co-production with Vertigo DC Comics and The Donners' Company)
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• House of Wax (2005) (co-production with Dark Castle Entertainment)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) (co-production with The Zanuck Company and Plan B Entertainment)
• The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
• Rumor Has It… (2005)
• Firewall (2006) (co-production with Beacon Pictures)
• The Lake House (2006)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
• Music and Lyrics (2007) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• The Reaping (2007) (co-production with Dark Castle Entertainment)
• Lucky You (2007)
• Ocean's Thirteen (2007) (co-production with JW Productions)
• License to Wed (2007) (co-production with Phoenix Pictures)
• No Reservations (2007) (co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment)
• The Invasion (2007) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• The Brave One (2007) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• I Am Legend (2007) (co-production with Weed Road Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Heyday Films and Original Film)
• December Boys (2007) (with Warner Independent Pictures) (co-production with Becker Entertainment)
• Speed Racer (2008) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• Get Smart (2008) (co-production with Mosaic Media Group)
• Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
• Yes Man (2008) (co-production with The Zanuck Company and Heyday Films)
• Gran Torino (2008)
• Where the Wild Things Are (2009) (co-production with Legendary Pictures and Playtone)
• Sherlock Holmes (2009) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• Sex and the City 2 (2010) (under New Line Cinema) (co-production with HBO Films)
• Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
• Life as We Know It (2010)
• Happy Feet Two (2011)
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) (co-production with Silver Pictures)
• The Lucky One (2012)
• Dark Shadows (2012) (co-production with Infinitum Nihil, GK Films and The Zanuck Company)
• Gangster Squad (2013)
• The Great Gatsby (2013) (co-production with Bazmark Productions)
• The Lego Movie (2014) (co-production with Warner Animation Group)
• Winter's Tale (2014) (co-production with Weed Road Pictures)
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment)
• Into the Storm (2014) (with New Line Cinema)
• The Judge (2014) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment)
• American Sniper (2014) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment)
• Jupiter Ascending (2015) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment)
• San Andreas (2015) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment)
• In the Heart of the Sea (2015) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment, Roth Films and Imagine Entertainment)

Sony Pictures Entertainment

• Saving Silverman (2001) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with Original Film)
• The Equalizer (2014) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with Escape Artists)
• Annie (2014) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with Overbrook Entertainment)
• Goosebumps (2015) (under Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation) (co-production with LStar Capital, Original Film and Scholastic Entertainment)
• Concussion (2015) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with LStar Capital and Scott Free Productions)

Paramount Pictures

• The Phantom (1996) (co-production with The Ladd Company)
• Down to Earth (2001)
• Zoolander (2001) (co-production with VH1 Films)

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)

Savoy Pictures

• Lightning Jack (1994)

Upcoming

• The Brothers Grimsby (2016) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with Four by Two Films)
• The Legend of Tarzan (2016) (under Warner Bros. Pictures) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment, JW Productions and Dark Horse Entertainment)
• Ghostbusters (2016) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with Pascal Pictures, Feigco Entertainment and The Montecito Picture Company)
• Sully (2016) (under Warner Bros. Pictures)(co-production with RatPac Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Flashlight Films, Playtone, Malpaso Productions, BBC Films and FilmNation Entertainment)
• The Magnificent Seven (2016) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• Passengers (2016) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with Original Film)
• Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur (2017) (under Warner Bros. Pictures) (co-production with RatPac Entertainment and Weed Road Pictures)
• The Equalizer 2 (2017) (under Columbia Pictures) (co-production with Escape Artists)
• Ready Player One (2017) (under Warner Bros. Pictures) (co-production with DreamWorks Pictures, RatPac Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment and De Line Pictures)

External links

• Village Roadshow Pictures
• Village Roadshow Pictures at the Internet Movie Database