UK News – Page 136
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NewsStudiocanal, Film4 in talks to board Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Stone Mattress’ with Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh
The project is based on a short story by Margaret Atwood and is produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar.
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NewsMet Films’ ‘Piano Dreams’ scores ANZ, Europe sales (exclusive)
Piano prodigies documentary directed by Guy Lennon.
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NewsSC Films International takes world sales on ‘Girl In The Clouds’ (exclusive)
The $15m CGI animation is now in production.
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NewsSphere sells drama ‘It Is In Us All’ to US, UK, ANZ (exclusive)
Additional deals closed on Luc Picard’s action crime drama ’Confessions Of A Hitman’.
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NewsSci-fi drama ‘Vesper’ sells around the world for Anton (exclusive)
UK, Germany, Italy and Japan among distributors to have taken dystopian drama.
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NewsSTX international president John Friedberg switches to consultancy role
London-based executive’s move follows acquisition of STX by The Najafi Companies.
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NewsSky announces four new original films for 2022
Feature films are feature films After Yang, Poker Face, Aisha and The Independent.
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NewsRenowned UK TV writer Kay Mellor dies suddenly aged 71
Her credits included Band Of Gold, Fat Friends and The Syndicate.
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NewsMichelle Savill’s ‘Millie Lies Low’ scores US, UK sales (exclusive)
New Zealand drama has screened at Berlin and SXSW film festivals.
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NewsFortissimo Films acquires UK-China drama ‘Untamed’ ahead of Cannes (exclusive)
The drama will revolve around the true story of Zhu Shenghao, the first person to translate nearly all of Shakespeare’s works into Chinese in the 1930s.
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NewsUK’s Film Seekers launches sister firm in France (exclusive)
Film Seekers boss Caroline Couret-Delègue will head both branches.
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NewsFilm Constellation launches sales at Cannes on ‘The Last Dinosaur’ (exclusive)
Director Ben Smith’s credits include animation ‘StarDog And TurboCat’.
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NewsMubi takes key territories for ‘Medusa Deluxe’ including UK-Ireland and India (exclusive)
Further territories include Germany, Latin America, Italy.
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NewsVertical Entertainment gets ‘Medieval’ for UK/Ireland (exclusive)
The historical drama stars Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe and Michael Caine.
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News‘Doctor Strange 2’ dominates on second weekend at UK-Ireland box office
Second week on top for Disney release.
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NewsKen Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’ sells to the UK-Ireland
The film is now shooting in the north east of England.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund receives £21m extra funding for three-year extension
‘Living’, ‘The Miracle Club’, ’Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ and ‘Enys Men’ have benefitted so far.
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NewsOlga Kurylenko to play legendary warrior queen in ‘Boudica’, Bleiberg/Dimbort to launch Cannes sales (exclusive)
Bleiberg Entertainment, Picture Perfect production anticipated to start shooting in August in Wales.
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NewsAriane Labed, Christopher Abbott, Mackenzie Davis to star in ‘Swimming Home’ for Bankside (exclusive)
The adaptation of Deborah Levy’s novel will be directed by Justin Anderson.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: indie titles ‘The Quiet Girl’, ‘Vortex’ search for space
The second weekend of ‘Doctor Strange 2’ will dominate cinema screens.