All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 48
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NewsBankside Films boards Irish comedy ‘West The Road’ starring Imelda Staunton, Hannah Waddingham (exclusive)
Siobhán McSweeney and Eileen Walsh are also attached.
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NewsJohn Maclean survival thriller ‘Tornado’ swept up by HanWay
Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki star.
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NewsWorldwide deals roll in for Cornerstone’s ‘The Tank’
UK and Ireland, Germany, Italy, the Middle East and Central Eastern Europe have all sold.
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NewsSignature swoops for romantic comedy ‘Cupid & Me’ starring Brittany Snow, Cobie Smulders (exclusive)
Project is written and directed by UK filmmaker Jamie Adams.
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NewsLoop Talent expands team of agents and representation remit
Nikki Molloy and Zoe Martin have joined as lead agents.
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News‘Chuck Chuck Baby’, ‘Starve Acre’, ‘Layla’ among UK’s Great 8 showcase at Cannes 2023
The buyers’ event is organised by the BFI and British Council.
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NewsHanWay Films acquires erotic horror ‘The One’; Melissa Barrera, Lana Condor, Nicholas Hoult star
WME Independent and UTA co-rep for North America.
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NewsUK-Ireland releases hit nine-year high in Q1 2023 but cinema admissions plummet
The BFI has issued statistics on box office and production activity for the first quarter of 2023.
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NewsBafta reveals membership data, chair calls on industry to step up
Krishnendu Majumdar described a ”shared mission for a more equitable industry”.
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NewsScreen Ireland names director of industry and corporate affairs
It is a newly-created role for the national agency.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures alights UFO comedy ‘Jules’ starring Ben Kingsley (exclusive)
Marc Turtletaub directs, cast also includes Harriet Sansom Harris, Succession’s Zoe Winters and Jane Curtin.
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London sets 2023 line-up, Gregg Araki retrospective
Nicole Holofcener’s ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ will close this year’s festival.
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NewsSignature Entertainment acquires Second World War spy thriller ‘The Partisan’ (exclusive)
Cast includes ‘A Clockwork Orange’ star Malcolm McDowell and Morgane Polański.
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News‘Harold Fry’ leads new releases at UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ stays top
Franchise titles continue to dominate, with ‘Big George Foreman’ the second best performing new release.
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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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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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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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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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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’.