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NewsSkyfall, Expendables co-producers team
EXCLUSIVE: Newly minted UK production outfits Magnetik and Reelart to produce original comedy script.
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NewsDespicable Me 2 tops UK DVD list
18.5m people are expected to buy DVDs or Blu-rays as Christmas gifts in Britain this holiday season.
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News8 Minutes Idle confirms release after Kickstarter success
EXCLUSIVE: Kickstarter fundraising paves the way for theatrical release after Revolver’s shuttering.
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NewsSlave leads London Critics nominations
Other multiple nominees include Philomena, Blue Jasmine, Filth, Gravity and The Wolf of Wall Street
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CommentThe problem with the 7% stat
Producer Ken Marshall responds to the recent BFI statistics and calls for more support for the UK’s independent producers.
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NewsKorean box office breaks 200m record
South Korea’s box office has topped a record 200 million admissions, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) integrated ticketing website.
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NewsHobbit 2 triumphs despite Korean distribution discord
In South Korea, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug topped the box office its opening weekend in spite of discord between local distributor Warner Brothers Korea and exhibitors CJ CGV and Lotte Cinema about profit sharing.
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NewsSteve McQueen: UK industry 'hugely behind' on diversity
12 Years a Slave director says British executives need to be held accountable for lack of diversity.
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NewsSearchlight boosts 'Slave' release
Fox Searchlight is to boost the number of US screens showing 12 Years A Slave in January.
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NewsWanda, IMAX strike deal
The companies announced on December 18 that they will build additional theatres throughout China.
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NewsMeryl Streep in PSIFF honour
The star of August: Osage County will collect the Icon Award at the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF).
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NewsRose Kuo exits Lincoln Center
The executive director is stepping down from the Film Society Of Lincoln Center in New York and will be replaced by current managing director Lesli Klainberg.
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NewsI, Origins in Sundance honour
Mike Cahill’s upcoming world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January has become the inaugural recipient of the Dolby Family Sound Fellowship.
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NewsValderrama joins Castro’s Daughter
Mankind Entertainment and Smokewood Entertainment Group made the announcement on December 18.
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Random Media takes Mirage Men
The recently established multi-platform content company acquired North American rights from New York-based sales agent Cargo Film & Releasing.
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NewsSFFS unveils FilmHouse Residencies
Four film-makers have been awarded the residencies starting in February 2014.
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NewsCinema Guild acquires What Now?
What Now? Remind Me won the 2013 Locarno Film Festival jury prize.
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NewsDaniel Wu joins Warcraft
Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures executives have announced two casting additions to their upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game adaptation.
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NewsBFI: 7% stat misleading in healthy UK industry
BFI chief executive Amanda Nevill and Film Fund head Ben Roberts talk about why the controversial 7% profitability statistic doesn’t reflect the full picture of UK film success.