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NewsBlue Finch Films acquires UK sci-fi horror ’Hostile Dimensions’ (exclusive)
The film was been selected for the Frontières Buyers Showcase in Cannes.
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News‘McQueen’ producer Misfits hires Passion Pictures’ Lizzie Gillett
Gillett has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of documentary at Misfits.
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NewsRocket Science to launch Cannes sales on ‘Cliffhanger’ reboot starring Sylvester Stallone
Ric Roman Waugh to direct, Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film among producers.
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NewsEva Green wins “painful and damaging” UK court battle over collapse of sci-fi film ‘A Patriot’
In a statement Green said she was proud to stand up against “bully-boy tactics”.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Harold Fry’, ‘Polite Society’ vie for bank holiday audiences
Further new releases include ’Big George Foreman’ and ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’.
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NewsRichard Sharp resigns as BBC chair
Independent report concludes Sharp breached public appointment governance rules.
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NewsChristine Healy steps down as chair of UK’s ScreenSkills HETV council
Healy oversaw £28m of investment into HETV Skills fund in her tenure.
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NewsSean Connery Foundation reveals first £1m grant recipients
This grant aims to fund organisations supporting Scottish filmmakers and producers.
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NewsMubi acquires Cannes Un Certain Regard title ‘How To Have Sex’
Film is the debut from Screen Star of Tomorrow Molly Manning Walker, sold by mk2 Films.
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NewsSony Pictures Television hires Big Talk’s Matthew Justice to head UK and European production operations
Exec will report into SPT’s president of international productions Wayne Garvie.
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NewsUK screenwriting incubator The Script Factory to re-launch
The programme is back after a nine-year hiatus.
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NewsNetflix reveals £4.8bn investment in UK economy, teases upcoming slate
New projects include UK series ‘Black Doves’, ‘Department Q’ and ‘Bank Of Dave: The Sequel’
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NewsAnthony Bregman, UK execs, producers to take part in Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme (exclusive)
Speakers include BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Film4’s Farhana Bhula and The British Blacklist’s Akua Gyamfi.
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NewsRodrigo Reyes, Sean McAllister docs among 48 projects selected for Sheffield DocFest’s MeetMarket
Projects come from 34 different countries.
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NewsUK’s Windrush Caribbean Film Festival unveils line-up, launches Menelik Shabazz award
The festival will run across the UK from June 6-21.
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News101 Films appoints director of acquisitions (exclusive)
Executive will be involved in acquisitions, casting and production.
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NewsUK’s Independent Entertainment and Lowkey Films team for three-feature deal (exclusive)
Slate includes horror ‘Tender Omens’ and sci-fi thriller ‘Beyond The Deep’.
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NewsCurzon Mayfair landlord lays out plans for future of the London cinema
The landlord wants to keep the 38 Curzon Street building as a cinema, but operated independently.
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News‘Evil Dead Rise’ bites into second place at UK-Ireland box office as ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ holds lead
‘Evil Dead Rise’ started with £1.5m – a healthy result for an 18-rated title.
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NewsTilda Swinton, Steven Spielberg back growing campaign to save London cinema Curzon Mayfair
The future of the Curzon Mayfair looks uncertain with the landlord refusing to renew the Curzon’s lease, which ends in 2024.