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NewsRenowned UK TV writer Kay Mellor dies suddenly aged 71
Her credits included Band Of Gold, Fat Friends and The Syndicate.
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NewsMichelle Savill’s ‘Millie Lies Low’ scores US, UK sales (exclusive)
New Zealand drama has screened at Berlin and SXSW film festivals.
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NewsFortissimo Films acquires UK-China drama ‘Untamed’ ahead of Cannes (exclusive)
The drama will revolve around the true story of Zhu Shenghao, the first person to translate nearly all of Shakespeare’s works into Chinese in the 1930s.
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NewsUK’s Film Seekers launches sister firm in France (exclusive)
Film Seekers boss Caroline Couret-Delègue will head both branches.
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NewsFilm Constellation launches sales at Cannes on ‘The Last Dinosaur’ (exclusive)
Director Ben Smith’s credits include animation ‘StarDog And TurboCat’.
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NewsMubi takes key territories for ‘Medusa Deluxe’ including UK-Ireland and India (exclusive)
Further territories include Germany, Latin America, Italy.
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NewsVertical Entertainment gets ‘Medieval’ for UK/Ireland (exclusive)
The historical drama stars Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe and Michael Caine.
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News‘Doctor Strange 2’ dominates on second weekend at UK-Ireland box office
Second week on top for Disney release.
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NewsKen Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’ sells to the UK-Ireland
The film is now shooting in the north east of England.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund receives £21m extra funding for three-year extension
‘Living’, ‘The Miracle Club’, ’Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ and ‘Enys Men’ have benefitted so far.
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NewsOlga Kurylenko to play legendary warrior queen in ‘Boudica’, Bleiberg/Dimbort to launch Cannes sales (exclusive)
Bleiberg Entertainment, Picture Perfect production anticipated to start shooting in August in Wales.
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NewsAriane Labed, Christopher Abbott, Mackenzie Davis to star in ‘Swimming Home’ for Bankside (exclusive)
The adaptation of Deborah Levy’s novel will be directed by Justin Anderson.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: indie titles ‘The Quiet Girl’, ‘Vortex’ search for space
The second weekend of ‘Doctor Strange 2’ will dominate cinema screens.
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NewsCarnaby boards UK feature ‘Kindling’ starring ‘Sex Education’, ‘The Witcher’ actors (exclusive)
‘The King’s Speech’ exec producer Mark Foligno produced ‘Kindling’.
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NewsPremier unveils restructured filmed entertainment division
The UK-based comms agency has announced promotions and new hires.
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NewsLorton Entertainment launches content fund to invest in film and TV
Group says it has raised ’signficant capital’ for drama and documentary fund
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NewsFilm Seekers boards ‘Pizza With Love’ starring Colin Morgan and Rosabell Laurenti Sellers (exclusive)
Feel-good drama will be pre-sold internationally at Cannes.
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NewsSadiq Khan, Film London’s Adrian Wootton, UFEG head Donna Langley in diversity pledge
NBCUniversal’s Below-the-Line Traineeship.
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NewsBrilliant Pictures acquires survival thriller ‘Jericho Ridge’ as production wraps (exclusive)
Nikki Amuka-Bird, Michael Socha star.
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NewsSci-fi feature ‘Rubikon’ sells to UK, Japan, France and South Korea (exclusive)
Austrian disaster movie, sold by The Playmaker Europe, has market premiere next week at Cannes’ Marché du Film