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Village Roadshow Accused of Late Payments As Writers Guild Readies Stop-Work Order
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Katie Kilkenny
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Troubled studio Village Roadshow faces a writers' stop-work order amid allegations of late payments and a contentious split from long-time partner Warner Bros.
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- A WGA spokesperson confirms that a stop-work order against Village Roadshow is imminent due to the studio's late payments to its writers.
- Village Roadshow has been trimming costs and exploring strategic options, including taking on new investors, as it grapples with the ongoing Hollywood contraction and a lawsuit with Warner Bros. over the release of The Matrix Resurrections.
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Jimmy Hoffa, Writers Guild of America, Village Roadshow, Vine Alternative Investments, Content Cartel, Warner Bros., Ocean's, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Lego Movie, The Matrix Resurrections, Sherlock Holmes, Ready Player One, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, University of Idaho murders