UK News – Page 14
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News‘The Mandalorian And Grogu’ tops UK-Ireland box office with second-lowest Star Wars opening
Box office takings took a hit over the Bank Holiday heatwave.
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NewsHammer Films to release 4K restoration of 1958 horror ‘Dracula’ with addition of long-lost footage
EXCLUSIVE: Theatrical and home entertainment release in time for Halloween will incorporate footage only ever seen by audiences attending the film’s original Japanese theatrical launch in 1958.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu’ flies into 691 cinemas
Also out: romcom ’Finding Emily’ and animation ‘Charlie And The Wonderdog’.
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NewsBFI to expand geographical reach of Skills Clusters Fund
EXCLUSIVE: In addition to £9m for its existing seven skills clusters, £2.9m has been set aside for new regions.
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NewsKen Loach talks Wim Wenders, European support at Cannes beach screening
Loach decries return of fascism; Cannes juror Paul Laverty praises “the wonderful people of Gaza”.
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NewsUK’s Film and TV Charity introduces “industry first” anti-racism well-being adviser
Chartered psychologist Anthony Newton will support Black and global majority professionals working behind the scenes in film, TV and cinema who are experiencing racism, racialised bullying or harassment.
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NewsFormer Channel 4 head backs idea for combined public service broadcaster streaming platform
Alex Mahon said combining distributor power is “the answer”.
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News“There’s been a huge gold rush”: video game IP hot property in Hollywood, say experts at Cannes UK Pavilion
Producers from the UK and New Zealand discussed finding the right IP for cross-media adaptations.
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News‘Nirvanna: The Band, The Show, The Movie’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Film will release in cinemas on July 3.
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NewsWhich films are in the running for the 2026 Venice Film Festival?
The Adventures Of Cliff Booth, Wild Horse Nine, A Woman Unknown, Being Heumann tipped for Lido bows.
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News‘Michael’ reclaims UK-Ireland box office crown from ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’
‘The Christophers’ scores biggest opening ever for Picturehouse Entertainment.
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News‘Rise Of The Footsoldier: Retribution’ locks in key international deals
EXCLUSIVE: Carnaby International Sales and Distribution is selling the project at Cannes.
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NewsKoreeda’s Bunbuku teams with Johnny Depp’s IN.2 Film on Kohki Hasei’s ‘Kutheran’
EXCLUSIVE: The story follows a young woman on Okinawa who risks her dream to help a migrant worker.
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NewsMia Bays to launch Dogma UK programme
EXCLUSIVE: Bays will work with Sigma Films producer Gillian Berrie.
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NewsUK comedy ‘Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint’ unwraps UK-Ireland deal
EXCLUSIVE: A first look image has been unveiled.
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NewsSee-Saw Films and Entourage Ventures enter $50m slate financing partnership
Entourage Ventures will invest up to $50m in equity across a slate of future See-Saw feature films over the next three years.
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News‘A Town In Nova Scotia’ starring Bill Nighy sells to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Babak Jalali’s first film since ‘Fremont’ also stars Makram J Khoury.
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NewsIrish producer David Collins on Cannes Critics’ Week selection ‘Tin Castle’ and the secret to a long career
‘Tin Castle’ is directed by French-Irish filmmaker Alexander Murphy, and sold by Films Boutique.
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight’s ‘Clarissa’ filmmakers on their next feature and the future of Nigerian cinema
Arie and Chuko Esiri have co-directed a modern-day adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ’Mrs Dalloway’.
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News“Hunger for IP-driven material can seem overwhelming”: producers to discuss adaptations at Cannes UK Pavilion
Speakers include Element Pictures’ Chelsea Morgan Hoffman, Good Gate Media’s John Giwa-Amu and Fumes and Piki Films’ Carthew Neal.