Steve Mosko Steps Down As Village Roadshow CEO

deadline.com:

Steve Mosko, the CEO of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group since 2018, is stepping down, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes amid apparent financial troubles at the finance and production company’s majority owner Vine Alternative Investments, though Vine did not comment on Mosko’s exit Thursday.

VREG, the umbrella company of Village Roadshow Pictures and Village Roadshow Television, has credits that include Joker and Mad Max: Fury Road.

In late December, it came to light that Village Roadshow was late on payments to writers working on their film and TV projects, and the WGA West issued a stop-work order. “It has come to the Guild’s attention that over the last few months Village Roadshow hasn’t paid writers on numerous projects,” the guild told members at the time. “Village Roadshow owes writers compensation, interest, and benefit contributions but has refused to pay.

As such, the Guild has determined that Village Roadshow is not reliable or financially responsible and requires the posting of a bond to protect writers.