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.
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.
Village RoadShow and WB produced and co-owned dozens of films over the years but their relationship soured in early 2022 after the release of the latest Matrix film - The Matrix Resurrections - on the streaming platform HBO Max.
I didn’t even know this had been released, so I guess they failed hard.
it was complete and utter garbage
The reviews on it - both critics and public - seem yo say it was like a B-.
I haven’t seen it and no one I’ve asked has seen it, and I don’t plan to ever see it. Bit it doesn’t sound like it was quite that bad.
