UK-Ireland production news
BFI Shorts scheme open for applications
The scheme is being managed by Lighthouse, the digital agency behind filmmaker mentoring programme Guiding Lights.
Naomi Watts to play Princess Diana
Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel will direct Caught In Flight for Ecosse Films.
Billy Connolly joins cast of The Hobbit
Connolly to play Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior, in Peter Jackson’s anticipated adventure-epics.
Bankside boards Gillian Armstrong’s The Great and Amma Asante’s Belle
Annette Benning to star in irreverent comedy inspired by the life of Catherine The Great; Damian Jones producing period-drama Belle about a mixed race woman in 18th century London high society.
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WestEnd boards The Invisible Woman, Kristin Scott Thomas joins cast, Fiennes to star as Dickens and direct
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HanWay picks up Daniel Stamm thriller The Darkness
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Lena Headey to play lead in Gary Sinyor thriller The Unseen
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Goodwin joins UK production company Western Edge; busy slate includes golf, Dumas projects
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K5 boards Groundswell’s Very Good Girls starring Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen
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W2 Media moves into The Killing House
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Screen Yorkshire unveils £15m production fund
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Aspect strikes three-picture genre deal with Blanc/Biehn
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Working Title confirms Hugh Grant still in Bridget Jones's Baby cast
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Juno Temple to play Princess Margaret in Ecosse’s Girls' Night Out




