Village Roadshow blames its troubles on a fall-out with Warner Bros and a failed move into independent film production.

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.

    • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      15 days ago

      i like the part where they’re explaining why they did it by showing corporate forcing a sequel to a video game whether the original writers are in on it or not…

        • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          14 days ago

          yep… it’s only good if you look at it through the “fuck you” lens….
          also they get to tell off the “red pill” people by pointing out that originally the matrix was a metaphor for being trans…

    • lobut@lemmy.ca
      2·
      15 days ago

      I saw Bugs as a character and was excited. Then Bugs decided to watch the original Matrix movie inside this other Matrix movie. I’m like … what the hell am I watching?

      It was soooo bad.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    9·
    15 days ago

    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.

      • InfiniteHench@lemmy.world
        10·
        15 days ago

        I don’t have a definitive source, but I’ve heard that was intentional. WB said they were gonna do it with or without the Wachowskis. So they agreed to do it and torpedoed it so WB would stop trying to mess with the franchise.

        • ngdev@lemm.ee
          6·
          15 days ago

          heard the same, also heard a rumor they’re gonna make more without them now lol

      • ripcord@lemmy.world
        71·
        15 days ago

        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.

        • lapping6596@lemmy.world
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          15 days ago

          I almost felt insulted after watching it. I’m somsone who enjoyed all 3 ones before it. I’m not sure if rumor that it sucked on purpose to prevent WB from touching the franchise is true, but I was so disappointment that it feels more likely than that was really the best they could do.