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NewsDarth Vader actor Dave Prowse dies aged 85
Prowse was also hugely famous in the UK for playing the Green Cross Code Man.
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Lionsgate UK head of acquisitions Nick Manzi set to leave company
His departure follows the exits of Zygi Kamasa and Nicola Pearcey.
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UK distributors, exhibitors react to government’s controversial tier system in England
The UKCA is lobbying MPs for a change in the tier 3 rules to allow cinemas to open.
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UK’s Production Guild names winners of inaugural Innovation Awards
Awards were launched in September to celebrate resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Cinemas in London, Liverpool can reopen but many others must remain closed under new English 'tiers'
Cinemas in tier three regions must remain closed for now.
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Women in Film and Television UK appoints Katie Bailiff as CEO
Bailiff has been executive producer on shows including ‘Feltham Sings’, ‘Lifers’.
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UK unveils £7m Global Screen Fund to partially replace Creative Europe programme
The total is well below the £17m mooted by the BFI as needed back in June.
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eOne seals UK and Ireland output and library deal with pay-TV broadcaster Sky
Titles from eOne’s library will be available to Sky Cinema customers.
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Curzon gets ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Release dates set for award-winning US drama-documentary.
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Netflix doubles spend on UK productions to $1bn in 2020
Streaming giant points to success of high-profile scripted shows including ’The Crown’.
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UK lockdown sci-fi ‘Infinitum: Subject Unknown’ closes US, sales deal (exclusive)
Sci-fi drama was made by Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart during the first UK lockdown.
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Legendary Entertainment teams with ‘The Spanish Princess’ showrunners on UK company Watford & Essex
Emma Frost and Matthew Graham have started with 10 projects in development.
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‘Perfect 10’, ‘Real’, ‘Rose: A Love Story’ add Discovery longlist to BIFA recognition
10 titles have been selected for the latest list.
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Cineworld secures $750m financial injection, plans to reopen in 2021
The exhibitor’s 660 sites in the UK and the US are all closed.
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Emerging Northern Irish talent line up for Lynne Davison’s ‘Mandrake’ (exclusive)
The project is backed by Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme.
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UK industry veteran Steve Turney dies from Covid-19, aged 59
Power Entertainment executive previously worked at Columbia, Fox, Goldcrest and Polygram.
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UK, France among deals for Russian Oscar submission ‘Dear Comrades!’ (exclusive)
Andrei Konchalovsky’s historical drama won the special jury prize in Venice.
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Shane MacGowan, David Attenborough features on BIFA documentary longlist
‘The Reason I Jump’, ‘White Riot’ also make the list.
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Anya Taylor-Joy drama ‘Here Are The Young Men’ in North America, UK & Ireland deals
Deals closed at AFM 2020 Online. Arclight Films represents intenational rights.
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Angelina Jolie to direct ‘Unreasonable Behaviour’ for Working Title, Tom Hardy
The film is a biopic of British war photographer Don McCullin.
