Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, the film production company behind franchises such as The Matrix, the Joker and Ocean’s has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, according to a filing with a Delaware court.

  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com
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    15 days ago

    Bummer to see them go, but the movie industry is notorious for screwing over production studios. They stopped being useful or creative teams wanted better pay; cut off life support and find a new crew. This outcome was planned in a meeting ages ago.

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  • SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one
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    15 days ago

    The CEO was a fucking hack. Good riddance.

    He straight up said ‘movie pirates are worse than drunk drivers’ at one point.

    I don’t know about any of you, but I’m pretty sure media pirates haven’t killed people with their negligence.