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NewsUK tax boost expected for £20m+ productions
EXCLUSIVE: This summer’s VFX consultation could lead to an extended cash rebate for films budgeted above £20m, in a bid to encourage more inward investment to the UK.
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NewsStone Roses premiere set for May
Shane Meadows’ documentary about Manchester band The Stone Roses is to have its UK premiere in Manchester on May 30 - with the group in attendance - satellite-linked to 100 cinemas.
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NewsARRI pays tribute to Bill Lovell
Bill Lovell, head of digital and 3D at ARRI Media in London, has died aged 58.
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NewsLipSync Post seeks deal over debts
LipSync Post has contacted its creditors in a bid to renegotiate its debt through a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).
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NewsBFI's Greg Dyke named FA chairman
Greg Dyke, the chairman of the British Film Institute (BFI), is to become the chairman of the Football Association (FA).
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NewsBudget boost for creative industries
Creative industries pledged skills and innovation funding, support for VFX industries; corporation tax reduced, support for SMEs.
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NewsWalking Dead star supports Honeytrap
Laurie Holden, star of US zombie drama The Walking Dead, is to executive produce London gang drama Honeytrap.
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NewsDoc/Fest reveals 2013 guests
Michael Palin, Melvyn Bragg and Adam Buxton among confirmed guests at the festival’s 20th annual event.
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NewsRoeg readies First World War romance
Montreal-based Amérique Films producing Western Front feature centered on a young British sniper.
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NewsTributes paid to producer Tim Hampton
Director Roman Polanski and Monty Python’s Terry Jones and Michael Palin are among those to have paid tribute to Tim Hampton, the British producer who worked on Frantic, Life of Brian and Superman, and has died aged 65.
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NewsBankside seals Spike Island, Everyday deals
EXCLUSIVE: Vertigo/Universal Pictures UK to release Spike Island in UK, IFC picks up Winterbottom drama for US, The Philosophers in-demand.
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NewsUK releases update: Before Midnight, Interstellar
Warner Bros set dates for The Call and Interstellar among others, while Koch Media date four including The Frozen Ground.
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NewsFear spreads for StudioCanal
EXCLUSIVE: StudioCanal has sold Sundance Film Festival title In Fear to Umbrella for Australia and New Zealand at Filmart.
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NewsSPC acquires Turner biopic
The distributor has made a pre-emptive swoop on North American, Latin American and Eastern European rights. Focus Features International handles the rest of the world and introduced the Mike Leigh project at the EFM last month.
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NewsJim Gillespie to direct Take Down
Radiant Films International has signed on to represent the teen thriller Take Down, to be directed in the UK later in the year by I Know What You Did Last Summer director Jim Gillespie, from a script by Ransom writer Alexander Ignon.
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NewsThe Bureau launches third 'Save Our Scripts'
Seven month programme will see writers develop a feature length screenplay and producers fast track their development experience.
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NewsAng Lee joins 3D Creative Summit
Ang Lee, who scooped this year’s Best Director Oscar for Life of Pi, is to speak at the inaugural 3D Creative Summit alongside the film’s VFX consultant, David Conley.
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NewsMcCorkell named Organic Publicity MD
Organic is to operate its publicity business as a standalone division and has promoted Emma McCorkell to run it.
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NewsHalo expanding after Oscar success
The post-production company’s current slate includes Richard Curtis’ About Time, Shane Meadows’ Stone Roses feature documentary and Justin Chadwick’s Long Walk to Freedom.
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NewsStephen Graham drama Orthodox set to shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director David Leon’s feature debut, the first backed by Ingenious’ SEIS fund, is set to shoot in and around Newcastle.