Village Roadshow Pictures Logo History (#58, Fullest Version, 2024)

Warning: Some sections will not included in this video, and this video was made before Village Roadshow Pictures filled Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

Village Roadshow Pictures is the main film division of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG), which in turn is owned by equity firms Vine Alternative Investments and Flacon Investment Advisors. It was founded in 1989 by Australian company Village Roadshow Limited (the parent of Roadshow Entertainment, Roadshow Films, and FilmNation Entertainment) after it acquired the local operations of the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group.

In 1997, the company signed a five-year first-look deal with Warner Bros. that was later extended in 2012. Around that time, Bruce Berman was signed on as president of the studio. In May 2014, the company signed a co-financing production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment, which ended in 2016 after the box office disappointments of Annie, Passengers, and Ghostbusters. The following year, Vine Alternative Investments and Flacon Investment Advisors acquired a controlling stake in VREG, leaving Village Roadshow with 20% (later reduced to 3%).

On September 27, 2021, Berman stepped down as the CEO of the company. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2025, citing an overly ambitious studio expansion, staff layoffs, and ongoing arbitration disputes with Warner Bros. over the release of The Matrix Resurrections. As a result, Village Roadshow announced they would revoke VREG's rights to use their former parent's name and logo. On June 18, 2025, Alcon Entertainment won an auction bid to acquire VREG's film library, including its future development slate and intellectual properties. As of today, the company remains as an in-name only unit of Alcon Entertainment.