Village Roadshow Television is developing a scripted series and a two-part docuseries based on the story of convicted serial killer William Dathan Holbert, better known as “Wild Bill,” who is currently serving 47 years in prison for murdering at least five American expatriates.
The company recently acquired the rights to an unpublished memoir by Scott McAda, who Wild Bill attempted to frame for his crimes, as well as “The Jolly Roger Social Club,” a book about the murders by journalist Nick Foster.
Per Village Roadshow, the two series tell the story of “a tropical ex-pat community in Panama’s Bocas del Toro, where a wealthy American retiree is framed for multiple murders by a serial killer.”
Chris Goldberg, who produces Village Roadshow’s previously announced upcoming podcast “Natural Selection: Scott vs. Wild Bill” on behalf of Winterlight Pictures, pursued the story of Wild Bill for a decade, eventually bringing together Foster and McAda’s books.
The company recently acquired the rights to an unpublished memoir by Scott McAda, who Wild Bill attempted to frame for his crimes, as well as “The Jolly Roger Social Club,” a book about the murders by journalist Nick Foster.
Per Village Roadshow, the two series tell the story of “a tropical ex-pat community in Panama’s Bocas del Toro, where a wealthy American retiree is framed for multiple murders by a serial killer.”
Chris Goldberg, who produces Village Roadshow’s previously announced upcoming podcast “Natural Selection: Scott vs. Wild Bill” on behalf of Winterlight Pictures, pursued the story of Wild Bill for a decade, eventually bringing together Foster and McAda’s books.
- 3/8/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
The exec producer behind BBC comedy-drama We Might Regret This has said his ambition was for a show starring and written by a disabled performer to be “at the very top table of creativity.”
The Office and People Just Do Nothing producer Ash Atalla, whose Roughcut TV outfit is making We Might Regret This in association with Village Roadshow Television, said there has been a tendency for British broadcasters to “use the dry slopes of smaller budget shows or ancillary channels as training progams” when it comes to projects led by disabled people.
Penned by Kyla Harris and Lee Getty, We Might Regret This, on the other hand, is being positioned as a bigger-budget primetime offering for the UK’s national broadcaster, which its backers feel could be a potential awards winner.
“There was always an ambition to make a show that stars a disabled performer sat at the very top table of creativity,...
The Office and People Just Do Nothing producer Ash Atalla, whose Roughcut TV outfit is making We Might Regret This in association with Village Roadshow Television, said there has been a tendency for British broadcasters to “use the dry slopes of smaller budget shows or ancillary channels as training progams” when it comes to projects led by disabled people.
Penned by Kyla Harris and Lee Getty, We Might Regret This, on the other hand, is being positioned as a bigger-budget primetime offering for the UK’s national broadcaster, which its backers feel could be a potential awards winner.
“There was always an ambition to make a show that stars a disabled performer sat at the very top table of creativity,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The BBC has greenlit a comedy-drama about a Canadian tetraplegic moving to London from Stath Lets Flats producer Roughcut TV in association with Village Roadshow Television.
In the Catastrophe-esque We Might Regret This, Freya, played by the show’s co-writer Kyla Harris, moves to the English capital to live with Abe (Killing Eve and Smack the Pony’s Darren Boyd). Abe thinks he’s an old dog that can learn new tricks but Freya requires constant PAs who are always present and, after failing to find the right person for this intimate role, invites chaotic and impulsive best friend Jo (Elena Saurel) to take the job.
The show is inspired by the lives of Harris and co-writer Lee Getty, who said it will be about the “messiest and most joyous lived experiences of friendship, love and disability.”
We Might Regret This was initially reported to be in development as a Channel 4 pilot.
In the Catastrophe-esque We Might Regret This, Freya, played by the show’s co-writer Kyla Harris, moves to the English capital to live with Abe (Killing Eve and Smack the Pony’s Darren Boyd). Abe thinks he’s an old dog that can learn new tricks but Freya requires constant PAs who are always present and, after failing to find the right person for this intimate role, invites chaotic and impulsive best friend Jo (Elena Saurel) to take the job.
The show is inspired by the lives of Harris and co-writer Lee Getty, who said it will be about the “messiest and most joyous lived experiences of friendship, love and disability.”
We Might Regret This was initially reported to be in development as a Channel 4 pilot.
- 6/22/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The NAACP Image Award-nominated film “Memory Builds the Monument” was acquired by Paramount for continuous airings on BET throughout Black History Month. The documentary short, which spotlights the vibrant community of Black artists in the Historic 5th Ward of Houston, Texas, will also be available for streaming on BET+ starting Feb. 1.
The 11-minute film centers around the Houston-based concert venue Club Matinee, which was founded in 1936 amid rampant segregation and racially-driven violence. The musical hotbed became known for hosting legends like Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Louis Armstrong, Sam Cooke, Little Richard and B.B. King in the early stages of their careers. Simultaneously, director Isaac Yowman uses the short as a vehicle to explore the sociopolitical hardships faced by African Americans living in the South during the civil rights movement.
Yowman, who also doubles as a Grammy-nominated music producer, partnered with nonprofits like Fifth Ward Crc and...
The 11-minute film centers around the Houston-based concert venue Club Matinee, which was founded in 1936 amid rampant segregation and racially-driven violence. The musical hotbed became known for hosting legends like Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Louis Armstrong, Sam Cooke, Little Richard and B.B. King in the early stages of their careers. Simultaneously, director Isaac Yowman uses the short as a vehicle to explore the sociopolitical hardships faced by African Americans living in the South during the civil rights movement.
Yowman, who also doubles as a Grammy-nominated music producer, partnered with nonprofits like Fifth Ward Crc and...
- 1/31/2023
- by Julia MacCary, Katie Reul and Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
The Television Academy named four new members to its board of directors on Monday.
The new members include “Access Hollywood” host Scott Evans, Village Roadshow Entertainment group executive vice president of television Alix Jaffe, Madison Media Management chariman and CEO Paula Williams Madison and Babette Perry, a partner at Innovative Artists’ Broadcast Division, to its board of directors.
Evans, Jaffe, Madison and Perry have been elected to serve three-year terms, effective immediately.
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Additionally, four officers have been re-elected to the board for two-year terms.
They include Foundation chair, Banijay chairman of the Americas and Endemol Shine Holdings president and CEO Cris Abrego; treasurer and A+E Networks executive vice president of global content sales Deborah Bradley; secretary and Billie Greer Consulting public policy advisor Billie Greer; and vice chair and Bunim/Murray co-founder and executive consultant Jonathan Murray.
The new members include “Access Hollywood” host Scott Evans, Village Roadshow Entertainment group executive vice president of television Alix Jaffe, Madison Media Management chariman and CEO Paula Williams Madison and Babette Perry, a partner at Innovative Artists’ Broadcast Division, to its board of directors.
Evans, Jaffe, Madison and Perry have been elected to serve three-year terms, effective immediately.
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Additionally, four officers have been re-elected to the board for two-year terms.
They include Foundation chair, Banijay chairman of the Americas and Endemol Shine Holdings president and CEO Cris Abrego; treasurer and A+E Networks executive vice president of global content sales Deborah Bradley; secretary and Billie Greer Consulting public policy advisor Billie Greer; and vice chair and Bunim/Murray co-founder and executive consultant Jonathan Murray.
- 1/30/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
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Steve Mosko’s Village Roadshow Television continues to bulk up its roster of overall deals.
The studio has signed writer Chris Case to an overall deal in which the Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher alum will develop new scripted projects for all platforms.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Chris and tap into his exceptional vision and ability to create must-see, premium content. Having worked with Chris over the years, I appreciate his sharp eye for talent and great relationships throughout the industry. This will be especially important as we continue to elevate Village Roadshow’s overall slate across film and television and into sports,” said Alix Jaffe, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group’s executive vp TV.
Case was one of the original writers on Politically Incorrect and, after a four-year run there, shifted into scripted programming as a writer and producer on such...
Steve Mosko’s Village Roadshow Television continues to bulk up its roster of overall deals.
The studio has signed writer Chris Case to an overall deal in which the Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher alum will develop new scripted projects for all platforms.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Chris and tap into his exceptional vision and ability to create must-see, premium content. Having worked with Chris over the years, I appreciate his sharp eye for talent and great relationships throughout the industry. This will be especially important as we continue to elevate Village Roadshow’s overall slate across film and television and into sports,” said Alix Jaffe, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group’s executive vp TV.
Case was one of the original writers on Politically Incorrect and, after a four-year run there, shifted into scripted programming as a writer and producer on such...
- 10/13/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Village Roadshow Television has acquired the rights to Lana Harper’s novel “Payback’s a Witch” with the intention of developing it onto a TV series, Variety has learned exclusively.
The book is the first installment in Harper’s “Witches of Thistle Grove” novel series, with the planned show set to take that name as well.
Per the official logline, “Witches of Thistle Grove” is “a show about Emmy Harlow, a young woman with big dreams who abandoned her charming but podunk hometown to prove herself in the big city. When she’s suddenly called home nine years later to fulfill a family obligation — which, okay, happens to be arbitrating a centuries-old gauntlet — she’s forced to confront family rifts, broken friendships, and Gareth Blackmoore — a detestable but Hot Af ex who broke her heart and, it turns out, also screwed her friends: Her childhood bestie Linden Thorn, and the sexy,...
The book is the first installment in Harper’s “Witches of Thistle Grove” novel series, with the planned show set to take that name as well.
Per the official logline, “Witches of Thistle Grove” is “a show about Emmy Harlow, a young woman with big dreams who abandoned her charming but podunk hometown to prove herself in the big city. When she’s suddenly called home nine years later to fulfill a family obligation — which, okay, happens to be arbitrating a centuries-old gauntlet — she’s forced to confront family rifts, broken friendships, and Gareth Blackmoore — a detestable but Hot Af ex who broke her heart and, it turns out, also screwed her friends: Her childhood bestie Linden Thorn, and the sexy,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Bryan Cranston and James Degus’ Moonshot Entertainment has entered into a partnership with Village Roadshow Television.
Under the deal, the two companies will work together to source, develop, and produce television shows across all platforms and genres. Village Roadshow TV executive vice president Alix Jaffe will work closely with Cranston and Degus, as well as Village Roadshow Entertainment Group CEO Steve Mosko, on the new initiative. Cranston previously worked with Mosko when the latter was the head of Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind “Breaking Bad.”
“I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Bryan for nearly two decades and his strength in front of the camera is matched only by his skills behind the camera as a director, writer and producer,” Mosko said. “He is a singular talent in the industry and one of the best storytellers I know. Our partnership to identify, develop and produce elevated TV content furthers...
Under the deal, the two companies will work together to source, develop, and produce television shows across all platforms and genres. Village Roadshow TV executive vice president Alix Jaffe will work closely with Cranston and Degus, as well as Village Roadshow Entertainment Group CEO Steve Mosko, on the new initiative. Cranston previously worked with Mosko when the latter was the head of Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind “Breaking Bad.”
“I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Bryan for nearly two decades and his strength in front of the camera is matched only by his skills behind the camera as a director, writer and producer,” Mosko said. “He is a singular talent in the industry and one of the best storytellers I know. Our partnership to identify, develop and produce elevated TV content furthers...
- 7/26/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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Bryan Cranston is reuniting with former Sony Pictures Television chairman Steve Mosko.
The former Emmy-winning Breaking Bad star has inked a TV producing deal with Mosko’s Village Roadshow. Mosko, during his tenure atop Sony, was among the primary executives who developed and oversaw AMC’s Breaking Bad.
Under the pact, Cranston and his Moonshot Entertainment banner will create and develop TV content for various distribution platforms. Cranston had a long relationship with Sony TV and, following the show’s five-season conclusion, opened a new chapter with the indie studio and signed a first-look deal back in 2013. His Moonshot banner — named after Dodger favorite Wally Moon’s famed home run — was based at Sony until mid-2019, when Cranston signed a multiple-year pact with Warner Bros. TV. That deal has since expired, paving the way for Cranston to reunite with Mosko at Village Roadshow.
Bryan Cranston is reuniting with former Sony Pictures Television chairman Steve Mosko.
The former Emmy-winning Breaking Bad star has inked a TV producing deal with Mosko’s Village Roadshow. Mosko, during his tenure atop Sony, was among the primary executives who developed and oversaw AMC’s Breaking Bad.
Under the pact, Cranston and his Moonshot Entertainment banner will create and develop TV content for various distribution platforms. Cranston had a long relationship with Sony TV and, following the show’s five-season conclusion, opened a new chapter with the indie studio and signed a first-look deal back in 2013. His Moonshot banner — named after Dodger favorite Wally Moon’s famed home run — was based at Sony until mid-2019, when Cranston signed a multiple-year pact with Warner Bros. TV. That deal has since expired, paving the way for Cranston to reunite with Mosko at Village Roadshow.
- 7/26/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bryan Cranston is reuniting with Steve Mosko.
The Breaking Bad star has signed a development and production deal with Village Roadshow Television, which is run by Cranston’s former Sony Pictures Television boss Mosko.
The deal will see Cranston and his production partner James Degus source, develop and produce programming for a range of platforms.
The actor previously had an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television and before that had a deal at the Mosko-run Sony Pictures TV.
Cranston is best known for starring as Walter White in AMC’s Breaking Bad and recently starred in an exec produced Showtime hit Your Honor. His company has production credits on series including Your Honor, Amazon’s Sneaky Pete and The Dangerous Book For Boys and Channel 4 co-pro Electric Dreams, animated series SuperMansion and HBO film All The Way.
Village Roadshow Television’s EVP, Alix Jaffe, will work closely with Cranston and Degus,...
The Breaking Bad star has signed a development and production deal with Village Roadshow Television, which is run by Cranston’s former Sony Pictures Television boss Mosko.
The deal will see Cranston and his production partner James Degus source, develop and produce programming for a range of platforms.
The actor previously had an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television and before that had a deal at the Mosko-run Sony Pictures TV.
Cranston is best known for starring as Walter White in AMC’s Breaking Bad and recently starred in an exec produced Showtime hit Your Honor. His company has production credits on series including Your Honor, Amazon’s Sneaky Pete and The Dangerous Book For Boys and Channel 4 co-pro Electric Dreams, animated series SuperMansion and HBO film All The Way.
Village Roadshow Television’s EVP, Alix Jaffe, will work closely with Cranston and Degus,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Bryan Cranston and producer James Degus, via Moonshot Entertainment, are teaming up with Village Roadshow Television, to source, develop and produce content for all distribution platforms, the companies announced in a joint release on Tuesday.
As part of the partnership, Village Roadshow Television’s executive vice president, Alix Jaffe, will work closely with Cranston and Degus, as well as Steve Mosko, to push the content initiative forward.
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“I’m beyond excited to be working again with my friend, Steve Mosko, and his exceptionally creative team at Village Roadshow,” Cranston said in a statement. “We are in the best position to continue producing compelling television – focusing on stories that tickle the brain and touch the heart.”
Village Roadshow CEO Mosco said in a statement: “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Bryan for...
As part of the partnership, Village Roadshow Television’s executive vice president, Alix Jaffe, will work closely with Cranston and Degus, as well as Steve Mosko, to push the content initiative forward.
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“I’m beyond excited to be working again with my friend, Steve Mosko, and his exceptionally creative team at Village Roadshow,” Cranston said in a statement. “We are in the best position to continue producing compelling television – focusing on stories that tickle the brain and touch the heart.”
Village Roadshow CEO Mosco said in a statement: “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Bryan for...
- 7/26/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Village Roadshow is bolstering its television ranks.
The company’s television arm has hired Cory Lanier, who has worked on series including Amazon’s Hunters and Jordan Peele comedy series Weird City.
Lanier joins as SVP, Scripted Television. He will report to Village Roadshow’s Alix Jaffe, EVP, Television.
He will help the company produce scripted content across all platforms including streaming, network, and syndication.
Lanier joins from Sreda Global, where he was SVP, establishing an LA studio for the international company. He was previously VP, Television Series and Digital at Sonar Entertainment, where he produced Weird City and Amazon docuseries Lorena as well as exec producing Team Downey’s YouTube Premium docuseries The Age of AI.
In addition to helping develop and oversee Hunters, he had a four year stint at Legendary Television, serving as Vice President, Television and Digital Studios, and also worked for veteran film producer Hunt Lowry.
The company’s television arm has hired Cory Lanier, who has worked on series including Amazon’s Hunters and Jordan Peele comedy series Weird City.
Lanier joins as SVP, Scripted Television. He will report to Village Roadshow’s Alix Jaffe, EVP, Television.
He will help the company produce scripted content across all platforms including streaming, network, and syndication.
Lanier joins from Sreda Global, where he was SVP, establishing an LA studio for the international company. He was previously VP, Television Series and Digital at Sonar Entertainment, where he produced Weird City and Amazon docuseries Lorena as well as exec producing Team Downey’s YouTube Premium docuseries The Age of AI.
In addition to helping develop and oversee Hunters, he had a four year stint at Legendary Television, serving as Vice President, Television and Digital Studios, and also worked for veteran film producer Hunt Lowry.
- 6/17/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron is hosting a new take on Tic-Tac-Dough that is in the works at NBCUniversal.
The ex-Hollywood Squares man has teamed up with former Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! exec producer Harry Friedman and Village Roadshow Television on the project, which is being piloted at the company, sources told Deadline.
NBCUniversal is producing with Friedman and Village Roadshow TV as exec producers. It reunites Friedman and Village Roadshow Entertainment Group CEO Steve Mosko, who worked closely together during their time at Sony Pictures Television.
Based on the classic tic-tac-toe game, Tic-Tac-Dough sees contestants answering questions in various categories in order to put an X or an O on the board.
The series had a number of different incarnations; it began on NBC from 1956-59 with both a daytime and primetime version before moving to CBS for a daytime run 1978, followed by...
The ex-Hollywood Squares man has teamed up with former Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! exec producer Harry Friedman and Village Roadshow Television on the project, which is being piloted at the company, sources told Deadline.
NBCUniversal is producing with Friedman and Village Roadshow TV as exec producers. It reunites Friedman and Village Roadshow Entertainment Group CEO Steve Mosko, who worked closely together during their time at Sony Pictures Television.
Based on the classic tic-tac-toe game, Tic-Tac-Dough sees contestants answering questions in various categories in order to put an X or an O on the board.
The series had a number of different incarnations; it began on NBC from 1956-59 with both a daytime and primetime version before moving to CBS for a daytime run 1978, followed by...
- 9/22/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Peabody has added six more members to its West Coast board of directors, including Lorrie Bartlett, co-head of talent, ICM; Channing Dungey, chairman, Warner Bros. Television Group; Alix Jaffe, executive VP of television, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group; Tilane Jones, president of Array; Charles D. King, founder and CEO of Macro; and Josh Sapan, president and CEO of AMC Networks.
The board of directors, separate from the board of jurors that decide the annual Peabody Awards, is made up of “prominent executives from leading media companies and networks,” the organization said. “The board provides expert counsel and stewardship, and advances Peabody’s commitment to outstanding and transformative storytelling.”
The board was first launched in 2015 to support the Peabody organization, which is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. It’s comprised of an East Coast and West Coast arm.
“We’re extremely proud...
The board of directors, separate from the board of jurors that decide the annual Peabody Awards, is made up of “prominent executives from leading media companies and networks,” the organization said. “The board provides expert counsel and stewardship, and advances Peabody’s commitment to outstanding and transformative storytelling.”
The board was first launched in 2015 to support the Peabody organization, which is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. It’s comprised of an East Coast and West Coast arm.
“We’re extremely proud...
- 5/26/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The podcasting business continues its march on Hollywood.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has struck a deal with Treefort Media, the podcast company behind well-regard audio series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood to cross-develop and produce a slate of scripted and unscripted podcasts and television series.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, run by CEO Steve Mosko, will look to adapt Treefort Media’s library of podcasts for TV and film, while Treefort Media will look for audio opportunities for Village Roadshow’s projects.
Treefort Media is also behind Keegan-Michael Key’s NFL series Drafted as well as podcast spin-offs of TV series and films including shows covering Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story and For Life.
Village Roadshow has increasingly been expanding its television business including adapting Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, a reboot of College Bowl, an adaptation of video-game Myst and Lo Life, a scripted...
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has struck a deal with Treefort Media, the podcast company behind well-regard audio series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood to cross-develop and produce a slate of scripted and unscripted podcasts and television series.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, run by CEO Steve Mosko, will look to adapt Treefort Media’s library of podcasts for TV and film, while Treefort Media will look for audio opportunities for Village Roadshow’s projects.
Treefort Media is also behind Keegan-Michael Key’s NFL series Drafted as well as podcast spin-offs of TV series and films including shows covering Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story and For Life.
Village Roadshow has increasingly been expanding its television business including adapting Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, a reboot of College Bowl, an adaptation of video-game Myst and Lo Life, a scripted...
- 1/8/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Australia’s media giant Village Roadshow said it has received a conditional takeover bid from private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners for $761.2 million Australian dollars ($517 million Usd), the studio, theme park and movie theater operator announced Wednesday.
Village Roadshow shares were halted for sale on Thursday, but the takeover bid, amounting to A$3.90 per share, is 21.9% above Village Roadshow’s Wednesday closing price, Reuters reported Wednesday. The shares would be purchased from Village Roadshow Corporation, the privately-owned parent company that with 34% holding serves as Village Roadshow’s largest shareholder.
According to the Australian Financial Review, the final deal could be worth as much as A$1 billion, including debt.
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Village Roadshow said Wednesday that Pacific Equity Partners has indicated willingness to offer a full cash transaction or a combination of cash and a scrip issue.
Village Roadshow’s Australian film studios,...
Village Roadshow shares were halted for sale on Thursday, but the takeover bid, amounting to A$3.90 per share, is 21.9% above Village Roadshow’s Wednesday closing price, Reuters reported Wednesday. The shares would be purchased from Village Roadshow Corporation, the privately-owned parent company that with 34% holding serves as Village Roadshow’s largest shareholder.
According to the Australian Financial Review, the final deal could be worth as much as A$1 billion, including debt.
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Village Roadshow said Wednesday that Pacific Equity Partners has indicated willingness to offer a full cash transaction or a combination of cash and a scrip issue.
Village Roadshow’s Australian film studios,...
- 12/19/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Vine Alternative Investments, the parent of production company Village Roadshow, has acquired the library and international sales operations of indie film producer and financier Lakeshore Entertainment, it said on Wednesday.
Lakeshore’s library includes roughly 300 films and TV series, including Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-winning “Million Dollar Baby,” the “Underworld” franchise, which has grossed more $530 million worldwide, as well as “Runaway Bride,” Lincoln Lawyer” and “The Ugly Truth.”
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Vine plans to move the library under the Village Roadshow umbrella, giving it control over a library of films and IP for which Lakeshore had held on to the rights for worldwide distribution rights, copyrights, as well as remake and sequel rights for most of its productions.
Lakeshore’s management had been exploring opportunities for the strategic sale of its...
Lakeshore’s library includes roughly 300 films and TV series, including Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-winning “Million Dollar Baby,” the “Underworld” franchise, which has grossed more $530 million worldwide, as well as “Runaway Bride,” Lincoln Lawyer” and “The Ugly Truth.”
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Vine plans to move the library under the Village Roadshow umbrella, giving it control over a library of films and IP for which Lakeshore had held on to the rights for worldwide distribution rights, copyrights, as well as remake and sequel rights for most of its productions.
Lakeshore’s management had been exploring opportunities for the strategic sale of its...
- 10/23/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
“Hogan’s Heroes” is the latest classic TV series seeking the reboot treatment, with a sequel series from original series co-creator Al Ruddy in the works.
The new single-camera comedy would be set in present-day and would center on the descendants of the original characters as they team up for a global treasure hunt. No writer or network is currently attached to the project.
Ruddy will serve as an executive producer on the project, alongside “Vice Principals” trio Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill. Brandon James of Rough House Pictures and Alix Jaffe and Adam Dunlap of Village Roadshow will also executive produce.
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The original “Hogan’s Heroes” ran for six seasons and 168 episodes on CBS from 1965 to 1971. Bob Crane, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon and Larry Hovis starred as...
The new single-camera comedy would be set in present-day and would center on the descendants of the original characters as they team up for a global treasure hunt. No writer or network is currently attached to the project.
Ruddy will serve as an executive producer on the project, alongside “Vice Principals” trio Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill. Brandon James of Rough House Pictures and Alix Jaffe and Adam Dunlap of Village Roadshow will also executive produce.
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The original “Hogan’s Heroes” ran for six seasons and 168 episodes on CBS from 1965 to 1971. Bob Crane, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon and Larry Hovis starred as...
- 9/17/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Another classic TV sitcom is mounting a comeback. The iconic 1960s comedy Hogan’s Heroes is being rebooted by the original series co-creator Al Ruddy, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group and Rough Pictures.
The reimagined version will be a single-camera action adventure comedy series set in present day focusing on the descendants of the original heroes, now scattered around the world, who team up for a global treasure hunt.
Ruddy will executive produce with Rough House Pictures principals Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill and the company’s president of production Brandon James. Alix Jaffe and Adam Dunlap will oversee for Vreg
Co-created by Ruddy and the late Bernard Fein, the original Hogan’s Heroes spanned 168 episodes that ran on CBS from 1965-1971. It centered around a group of Allied POWs imprisoned in a German prison camp, led by U.S. Colonel Robert Hogan, who secretly used the...
The reimagined version will be a single-camera action adventure comedy series set in present day focusing on the descendants of the original heroes, now scattered around the world, who team up for a global treasure hunt.
Ruddy will executive produce with Rough House Pictures principals Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill and the company’s president of production Brandon James. Alix Jaffe and Adam Dunlap will oversee for Vreg
Co-created by Ruddy and the late Bernard Fein, the original Hogan’s Heroes spanned 168 episodes that ran on CBS from 1965-1971. It centered around a group of Allied POWs imprisoned in a German prison camp, led by U.S. Colonel Robert Hogan, who secretly used the...
- 9/17/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Ernest Hemingway’s memoir “A Moveable Feast” could soon be coming to the small screen.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (Vreg), Mariel Hemingway, John Goldstone, and Marc Rosen have closed a deal to produce a series based on the book, which was originally published in 1964. Alix Jaffe, Vreg’s executive vice president of television, will oversee the project along with Jillian Apfelbaum, executive vice president of content, and Adam Dunlap, vice president of television. Scribner’s published the book in the Us and Jonathan Cape published in the U.K.
“A Moveable Feast” details Hemingway’s life as a young expatriate journalist in Paris in the 1920s while he was married to his first wife, Hadley Richardson. Famous figures including F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce are also featured in the book.
“‘A Moveable Feast’ has been my favorite book since I was 11 years...
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (Vreg), Mariel Hemingway, John Goldstone, and Marc Rosen have closed a deal to produce a series based on the book, which was originally published in 1964. Alix Jaffe, Vreg’s executive vice president of television, will oversee the project along with Jillian Apfelbaum, executive vice president of content, and Adam Dunlap, vice president of television. Scribner’s published the book in the Us and Jonathan Cape published in the U.K.
“A Moveable Feast” details Hemingway’s life as a young expatriate journalist in Paris in the 1920s while he was married to his first wife, Hadley Richardson. Famous figures including F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce are also featured in the book.
“‘A Moveable Feast’ has been my favorite book since I was 11 years...
- 8/13/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Ernest Hemingway’s memoir A Moveable Feast is in the works for the small screen. Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, along with Oscar-nominated actress Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, John Goldstone (Get Carter) and Marc Rosen (Sense8), have closed a deal to produce a television series based on the book. A search is underway for a writer.
Being told as a Hemingway origin story, A Moveable Feast is Hemingway’s earliest known work about his years as a poor but ambitious young expat journalist and writer in Paris in the 1920s. The book was first published in 1964 and describes the author’s apprenticeship as a young writer while he was married to his first wife, Hadley Richardson.
The memoir consists of various personal accounts, observations, and stories by Hemingway. Other notable people featured in the book include Sylvia Beach, Hilaire Belloc, Aleister Crowley, John Dos Passos, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald,...
Being told as a Hemingway origin story, A Moveable Feast is Hemingway’s earliest known work about his years as a poor but ambitious young expat journalist and writer in Paris in the 1920s. The book was first published in 1964 and describes the author’s apprenticeship as a young writer while he was married to his first wife, Hadley Richardson.
The memoir consists of various personal accounts, observations, and stories by Hemingway. Other notable people featured in the book include Sylvia Beach, Hilaire Belloc, Aleister Crowley, John Dos Passos, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald,...
- 8/13/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A television adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s memoir “A Moveable Feast” is in the works at Village Roadshow Entertainment Group with Hemingway’s granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, John Goldstone and Marc Rosen set to produce the series, the company said Tuesday.
Like the memoir, first published in 1964, the series will follow the famed author’s years as a poor but ambitious young expat journalist and writer in Paris in the 1920s. It will detail his apprenticeship as a young writer as well as his first marriage, to Hadley Richardson.
The book features appearances by other noteworthy figures of his era, including Sylvia Beach, Hilaire Belloc, Aleister Crowley, John Dos Passos, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Pascin, Ezra Pound, Evan Shipman, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas and Hermann von Wedderkop.
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Like the memoir, first published in 1964, the series will follow the famed author’s years as a poor but ambitious young expat journalist and writer in Paris in the 1920s. It will detail his apprenticeship as a young writer as well as his first marriage, to Hadley Richardson.
The book features appearances by other noteworthy figures of his era, including Sylvia Beach, Hilaire Belloc, Aleister Crowley, John Dos Passos, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Pascin, Ezra Pound, Evan Shipman, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas and Hermann von Wedderkop.
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- 8/13/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group CEO Steve Mosko has made another key hire as he continues to build his executive team.
Former Amigos de Garcia president and CBS current executive Alix Jaffe has joined Vreg as Evp Television. She will oversee Vreg’s independent television business focusing on scripted content, reporting to Mosko.
Jaffe’s appointment follows the recent hire of Jillian Apfelbaum as Evp Content as Vreg is making a push in development and production of content with an emphasis on television.
“Alix is an ideal addition to our executive team as we ramp up content production in all areas of our business,” said Mosko. “She brings invaluable experience and knowledge to all aspects of this role, and I look forward to building Vreg’s content slate with her direct input.”
Since 2013, Jaffe had served as President of Greg Garcia’s production company, Amigos de Garcia, which is based at...
Former Amigos de Garcia president and CBS current executive Alix Jaffe has joined Vreg as Evp Television. She will oversee Vreg’s independent television business focusing on scripted content, reporting to Mosko.
Jaffe’s appointment follows the recent hire of Jillian Apfelbaum as Evp Content as Vreg is making a push in development and production of content with an emphasis on television.
“Alix is an ideal addition to our executive team as we ramp up content production in all areas of our business,” said Mosko. “She brings invaluable experience and knowledge to all aspects of this role, and I look forward to building Vreg’s content slate with her direct input.”
Since 2013, Jaffe had served as President of Greg Garcia’s production company, Amigos de Garcia, which is based at...
- 4/1/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group is bringing on Alix Jaffe as executive vice president of television.
The veteran producer will continue the company’s recent commitment to ramp up its development and production of content, with an emphasis on TV. Reporting to chief executive officer Steve Mosko, she will oversee the company’s plans to build out an independent television business with a focus on scripted content.
“Alix is an ideal addition to our executive team as we ramp up content production in all areas of our business,” Mosko said Monday. “She brings invaluable experience and knowledge to all aspects of this role and I look forward to building Vreg’s content slate with her direct input.”
Also Read: Village Roadshow Names Jillian Apfelbaum Evp of Content
Jaffe’s past experience before joining Village Roadshow includes serving as president of Amigos de Garcia, Greg Garcia’s production company, as part of...
The veteran producer will continue the company’s recent commitment to ramp up its development and production of content, with an emphasis on TV. Reporting to chief executive officer Steve Mosko, she will oversee the company’s plans to build out an independent television business with a focus on scripted content.
“Alix is an ideal addition to our executive team as we ramp up content production in all areas of our business,” Mosko said Monday. “She brings invaluable experience and knowledge to all aspects of this role and I look forward to building Vreg’s content slate with her direct input.”
Also Read: Village Roadshow Names Jillian Apfelbaum Evp of Content
Jaffe’s past experience before joining Village Roadshow includes serving as president of Amigos de Garcia, Greg Garcia’s production company, as part of...
- 4/1/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
New hire was president of Amigos de Garcia.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (Vreg) has appointed TV producer and former network executive Alix Jaffe to oversee its plan to push into scripted television.
As executive vice-president, television, Jaffe will report to Steve Mosko, the former Sony TV chief named CEO of Los Angeles-based Vreg last October.
Jaffe was previously president of Amigos de Garcia, the production company of Greg Garcia, creator of network sitcoms The Millers and My Name Is Earl. Before that, she was vice-president of current programmes at CBS.
Mosko said, “Alix is an ideal addition to our executive...
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (Vreg) has appointed TV producer and former network executive Alix Jaffe to oversee its plan to push into scripted television.
As executive vice-president, television, Jaffe will report to Steve Mosko, the former Sony TV chief named CEO of Los Angeles-based Vreg last October.
Jaffe was previously president of Amigos de Garcia, the production company of Greg Garcia, creator of network sitcoms The Millers and My Name Is Earl. Before that, she was vice-president of current programmes at CBS.
Mosko said, “Alix is an ideal addition to our executive...
- 4/1/2019
- ScreenDaily
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has made another key hire as it builds out its TV business.
Producer and former CBS executive Alix Jaffe has joined the company as executive vp television. She will focus on development and production of scripted TV series as part of the company's efforts to up its output across media. Jaffe will report to Village Roadshow CEO Steve Mosko.
"Alix is an ideal addition to our executive team as we ramp up content production in all areas of our business," Mosko said Monday in a statement. "She brings invaluable experience and knowledge to ...
Producer and former CBS executive Alix Jaffe has joined the company as executive vp television. She will focus on development and production of scripted TV series as part of the company's efforts to up its output across media. Jaffe will report to Village Roadshow CEO Steve Mosko.
"Alix is an ideal addition to our executive team as we ramp up content production in all areas of our business," Mosko said Monday in a statement. "She brings invaluable experience and knowledge to ...
Greg Garcia, the creator of My Name Is Earl and TBS show The Guest Book, is giving new meaning to the term pay TV.
Garcia will select one of his Twitter followers to receive $10,000 to present to their favorite charity, as well as a collectible copy of Earl’s list from My Name is Earl. He also plans on giving up to $50,000 to the Red Cross for Hurricane Michael relief.
How can you get aboard this gravy train? Details below:
Win $10,000 for your favorite charity & Earl’s List! (One of the few used on the show) Retweet Now & from Oct 23-26 reply with a picture of you watching The Guest Book premiere on TBS. Winner picked Oct 27. You get the list & your charity gets the $$$. #theguestbook #karmacontest pic.twitter.com/W8yf7fKP3Z
— Greg Garcia (@whoisgreggarcia) October 21, 2018
Everyday from now until the premiere of The Guest Book on TBS...
Garcia will select one of his Twitter followers to receive $10,000 to present to their favorite charity, as well as a collectible copy of Earl’s list from My Name is Earl. He also plans on giving up to $50,000 to the Red Cross for Hurricane Michael relief.
How can you get aboard this gravy train? Details below:
Win $10,000 for your favorite charity & Earl’s List! (One of the few used on the show) Retweet Now & from Oct 23-26 reply with a picture of you watching The Guest Book premiere on TBS. Winner picked Oct 27. You get the list & your charity gets the $$$. #theguestbook #karmacontest pic.twitter.com/W8yf7fKP3Z
— Greg Garcia (@whoisgreggarcia) October 21, 2018
Everyday from now until the premiere of The Guest Book on TBS...
- 10/22/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
TBS’ The Guest Book has booked three new regular residents for Season 2 along with a slew of guest stars. The Turner-owned cable net also has set an October 23 premiere date for the Greg Garcia comedy and released the first trailer; check it out above.
In the small oceanside community of Mabel Beach, vacationers who stay at the Bare Feet Retreat record their confessions, alibis and farewells in the cottage’s guest book. They are hosted by town locals Bodhi, Nikki and Tommy — played respectively by Jimmy Tatro (American Vandal), Kimiko Glenn (Orange Is the New Black), and Dan Beirne (Fargo). They are the new season’s series-regular actors; as planned with every new season of The Guest Book, Season 2 features a new town, new series regulars and new guest stars.
Carly Jibson and Eddie Steeples are returning for the sophomore season. She plays Vivian, the scheming bikini bar owner who...
In the small oceanside community of Mabel Beach, vacationers who stay at the Bare Feet Retreat record their confessions, alibis and farewells in the cottage’s guest book. They are hosted by town locals Bodhi, Nikki and Tommy — played respectively by Jimmy Tatro (American Vandal), Kimiko Glenn (Orange Is the New Black), and Dan Beirne (Fargo). They are the new season’s series-regular actors; as planned with every new season of The Guest Book, Season 2 features a new town, new series regulars and new guest stars.
Carly Jibson and Eddie Steeples are returning for the sophomore season. She plays Vivian, the scheming bikini bar owner who...
- 9/19/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS is developing a series with “My Name Is Earl” creator Greg Garcia that could prove to be quite timely. The multi-camera project from CBS Television Studios is called “Welcome to Maine.” It centers on a ninth-generation Maine family interacting with a recent immigrant and his daughter once they share the same workplace in a small rural town. Austen Earl (“The Millers”) is writing the pilot and executive produces. Garcia and Alix Jaffe are also executive producers. Also Read: Disney Boss Bob Iger on Daca Sunset: 'Cruel and Misguided' Garcia created the TBS anthology comedy series “The Guest Book,” which debuted last month.
- 9/5/2017
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Wrap
TBS’ The Guest Book has filled out its cast.
The new 10-episode comedy series from My Name Is Earl’s Greg Garcia has added Kellie Martin (Army Wives), Charlie Robinson (Hart of Dixie), Aloma Wright (Suits), Carly Jibson (Broadway's Hairspray), Lou Wilson (Tween Fest), Garret Dillahunt (The Mindy Project), Laura Bell Bundy (Scream Queens) and Eddie Steeples (My Name Is Earl). The anthology-style show, written by Garcia and executive produced by him and Alix Jaffe, will premiere in August.
Martin will play Officer Kimberly Leahy, who serves on the police force in the small mountain town of Mount Trace....
The new 10-episode comedy series from My Name Is Earl’s Greg Garcia has added Kellie Martin (Army Wives), Charlie Robinson (Hart of Dixie), Aloma Wright (Suits), Carly Jibson (Broadway's Hairspray), Lou Wilson (Tween Fest), Garret Dillahunt (The Mindy Project), Laura Bell Bundy (Scream Queens) and Eddie Steeples (My Name Is Earl). The anthology-style show, written by Garcia and executive produced by him and Alix Jaffe, will premiere in August.
Martin will play Officer Kimberly Leahy, who serves on the police force in the small mountain town of Mount Trace....
- 1/14/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CBS has given a pilot order to an untitled multi-camera comedy written/executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Greg Garcia. CBS TV Studios, where Garcia's company Amigos de Garcia Productions is based, is the studio. Alix Jaffe co-exec produces. The project (formerly known as Y'all In The Family) is set in Texas and centers on a conservative, small-town family who is forced to reconcile their family values when they discover their…...
- 2/9/2016
- Deadline TV
CBS has given a pilot order to an untitled comedy from “Mad TV” alum Stephnie Weir. The multi-camera comedy revolves around a conservative, small town family that is forced to reconcile its values when it discovers that its children’s lives are less than perfect. Weir serves as writer and executive producer on the project from CBS Television Studios. Greg Garcia also serves as Ep for Amigos de Garcia Productions. Alix Jaffe is co-executive producer. Also read: CBS Orders Ridley Scott Drama Pilot 'Sensory' Among the network’s other comedy pilots are “The Kicker” from “30 Rock” team Jack Burditt, Tina Fey...
- 2/9/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
CBS' Alix Jaffe has been tapped to head Greg Garcia's production company. The executive, who since June 2004 had been vp current programs with the network, will oversee the prolific showrunner's Amigos de Garcia Productions unit and be responsible for current and future development beginning with his upcoming comedy The Millers. "As a current executive on the show Yes, Dear, I was always impressed with Alix's contributions to the show, and over the years she has remained not only a good friend but someone whose opinion I have always sought out and valued,” Garcia said. “She’s incredibly smart and funny, and I consider
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- 6/26/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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