Village Roadshow Entertainment Group USA Inc.

  1. October 21, 2025

    Village Roadshow Film Rights Sale Set For 'Prompt' Ruling

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge hopes to issue a decision quickly after arguments wrapped up Tuesday over the proposed Chapter 11 sale of the derivative rights of bankrupt movie producer Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, which helped create titles like "The Matrix" and "Ocean's Eleven."

  2. October 20, 2025

    Village Roadshow Defends Auction Amid Warner Bros. Bid

    Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. made a last-minute offer for the derivative rights of bankrupt movie producer Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, which helped create titles like "The Matrix" and "Ocean's Eleven," an attorney for the debtor said at a hearing Monday.

  3. October 17, 2025

    What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week

    Village Roadshow's third proposed sale will go before a judge. A bankruptcy court will consider confirming Heritage Coal's liquidation plan. And a CVS Health subsidiary will seek final approval of its bankruptcy financing.

  4. August 26, 2025

    Village Roadshow Can Sell Studio Biz For $4.25M In Ch. 11

    Movie producer Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, which helped create titles like "The Matrix" and "Ocean's Eleven," received a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval Tuesday to sell its independent studio to Alcon Entertainment for $4.25 million.

  5. July 02, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    A bankruptcy judge approved Village Roadshow's proposal to pay a handful of important employees bonuses to stick around. A brokerage insurer backed a bid for $35.5 million in fees by counsel for the trustee overseeing the Bernie Madoff bankruptcy. A bankruptcy judge threw out media production company Splashlight Holding LLC's Chapter 11.

  6. June 27, 2025

    What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week

    With a slightly lighter calendar thanks to Independence Day, bankruptcy judges will consider the Chapter 11 plans and disclosure statements of Molecular Templates and the former owner of social media company Parler, rule on the asset sales of a charter school funder and Village Roadshow, and decide whether a California real estate firm can receive additional postpetition financing.

  7. June 18, 2025

    Village Roadshow Approved For $417.5M Ch. 11 Asset Sale

    Movie production company Village Roadshow Entertainment Group received approval Wednesday from a Delaware bankruptcy court for a $417.5 million sale of its film library assets, including blockbusters like "The Matrix," "Ocean's Eleven" and "Sherlock Holmes," after informing the court it had resolved all outstanding objections to the transaction.

  8. June 12, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    A Pennsylvania coal company and creditors for an orthopedic implant maker are looking to end their respective Chapter 11 cases, the trustee for Bernie Madoff's investment firm has struck a deal with a feeder fund, and a movie production company wants permission to pay "key" employees to stay on board until the end of its own Chapter 11.

  9. May 15, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    Warner Bros. asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge in Village Roadshow's Chapter 11 case to allow arbitration over profits tied to "The Matrix" films to continue. Rap artist Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson III asked to reopen his Connecticut bankruptcy, saying his confirmed Chapter 11 plan discharged a personal injury claim filed against him in New York. And the Second Circuit deployed the chief bankruptcy judge of the Eastern District of New York to help mediate adversary proceedings in Chinese exile Miles Guo's Chapter 11 case.