UK News
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ swings into 700 cinemas
Further releases include ‘They Will Kill You’ and ‘Splitsville’.
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NewsUK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2026
Bookmark this page and keep track of the latest film release dates in the UK & Ireland.
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News2026 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers.
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NewsAlison Oliver replaces Daisy Edgar-Jones in Rich Peppiatt’s ‘Bad Bridgets’
Oliver to star alongside Emilia Jones for LuckyChap, Coup d’Etat.
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NewsUK PR agency Premier makes key promotions in film division
Amanda Telfer has been promoted to director.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund head outlines details of minimum guarantee strand and revamped strategy
“The goal is to support UK sales agents to be able to take on films and to be more risk-taking,” said Denitsa Yordanova today.
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NewsBrady Corbet, Audrey Diwan, Harry Lighton join Element Pictures’ Storyhouse screenwriting festival
EXCLUSIVE: Will Tracy, Abi Morgan and Eva Victor are also in the line-up.
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NewsFormer Google exec Matt Brittin to become next BBC director general
The BBC broadcaster is now recruiting for his deputy.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund strategic plans for expanded 2026-29 funding unveiled
Plans include support for majority co-production, development, and UK sales agents’ MGs.
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NewsFinal three cities in running to host Edinburgh TV Festival unveiled
Final trio to host flagship event from 2027 whittled down from eight bids.
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NewsAmazon MGM Studios appoints head of UK theatrical distribution in new role
Former Black Bear, Universal, eOne, STX executive joins Amazon.
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NewsKirk Jones signs to direct live-action film adaptation of ‘Mr Benn’
Casting is starting later this year with production slated for 2027.
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NewsBritish Screen Forum awarded £200,000 to address data gaps in UK film industry
EXCLUSIVE: The award is part of the BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
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NewsAdam Cunningham, Kelly Estrella promoted at Allied Global Marketing
Clint Kendall transitions to the board of directors.
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NewsJude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment hires former House exec
Georgia Ince was previously a development executive at House.
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NewsUK's Secret Cinema to launch permanent London venue in 2026
Venue aiming to open at Greenwich Peninsula later this year.
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NewsUK’s New Black Film Collective’s 2026 XPO unveils revised date and venue
EXCLUSIVE: The March event was postponed owing to a proposed London Underground strike.
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News‘Project Hail Mary’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £4.6m; ‘Dhurandhar 2’ excels in second
‘Project Hail Mary’, ‘Dhurandhar 2’ record best-ever openings for Amazon MGM and Indian film, respectively.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Project Hail Mary’ takes off at 701 sites
Also new this weekend: Disney’s ’Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’ and Kaleidoscope’s ’The Land Of Sometimes’.
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NewsNFTS forced to cancel 2026 Inside Pictures programme due to a lack of funding
EXCLUSIVE: The NFTS said it is exploring a European partnership for 2027.