[7] Village Roadshow Pictures was founded in 1989 by Greg Coote, who served as president, when it purchased certain assets of De Laurentiis Entertainment Group.
[14] In 1996, Village Roadshow Pictures Television and Yoram Gross formed a joint venture focused on animation.
[16] The deal ended several months later when Village Roadshow Pictures and Intermedia decided to cut ties and became independent again.
[15] In 2006, through a group led by Act III Communications, Norman Lear and his partner Hal Gaba purchased 50% of Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP).
Investors in VREG included the shareholders of Crescent, as shown above, as well as Australia's Village Roadshow Limited and Tailwind Capital.
[30] 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.
[34] This was to fund a new strategic plan for an expanded film slate and add production of television programs and other content offerings.
[37] On December 14, 2021, the company had signed a pact with Fox Entertainment to distribute pictures for Tubi and partnered with Kevin Garrett to launch Black Noir Cinema.