UK News – Page 140
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NewsProtagonist Pictures, CAA add Un Certain Regard title ‘War Pony’ to Cannes slates
The debut feature from Riley Keough and Gina Gammell was previously known as ‘Beast’.
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NewsBlue Finch Films acquires Amanda Kramer’s musical ‘Please Baby Please’ (exclusive)
The Rotterdam premiere stars Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling and Demi Moore.
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NewsSaura Lightfoot Leon, Joseph Quinn, Hayley Squires to lead Luna Carmoon’s ‘Hoard’ for BBC Film, BFI
Producers are Screen Stars of Tomorrow Helen Simmons, Loran Dunn.
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NewsUK’s Rocket Science bolsters sales team with Voltage Pictures hire
A new director of sales has been appointed.
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News‘Sonic The Hedgehog 2’ retakes UK-Ireland box office lead from ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’
No new titles in the top five.
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London unveils 2022 line-up
The line-up includes UK premieres of ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’ and Lena Dunham’s ‘Sharp Stick’.
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NewsKatharine Hepburn doc ‘Call Me Kate’ starts shooting for UK’s Salon Pictures (exclusive)
The feature documentary has been picked up by Netflix and Sky.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent’ hopes to draw audiences
Festival titles ‘Happening’ and ‘Playground’ are also new this week.
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NewsUK SVoD subscriptions fall 1.5m in first quarter of 2022
‘Money saving’ cited as chief reason for churn, according to research company Kantar.
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News‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ holds onto UK-Ireland box office top spot, ‘The Lost City’ leads debuts
‘The Northman’ and ‘Operation Mincemeat’ also opened in the top five.
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NewsHanWay Films to launch worldwide sales on Cannes Competition selection ‘Eo’ (exclusive)
Feature presents view of modern Europe seen through eyes of a donkey.
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NewsHenry Blake, Carol Salter among first Uncertain Kingdom development fund recipients
Four features have received support in the development fund’s first round.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: new openers include ‘Operation Mincemeat’, ‘The Lost City’, ‘The Northman’
‘Operation Mincemeat’ is opening with a very wide release of 657 sites.
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News‘Saint Maud’ director Rose Glass to direct Kristen Stewart in ’Love Lies Bleeding’ for A24, Film4
Film4 developed project alongside filmmakers, will co-finance with A24, which handles global release.
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London to host first industry programme (exclusive)
US producer Christine Vachon has been confirmed as keynote speaker.
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NewsIndustry veteran Martin Myers launches distribution company MovieFarm; acquires Roy Scheider’s final film (exclusive)
Joshua Newton’s ’Beautiful Blue Eyes’ starring the late Roy Scheider will mark the company’s first film release.
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NewsHanWay boards Kitty Green’s ‘The Royal Hotel’; Hugo Weaving, Jessica Henwick join cast
Julia Garner also set to star in social thriller from See-Saw Films.
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NewsVertigo Releasing acquires ‘Eiffel’ with Emma Mackey, Romain Duris for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film drew nearly 1.5m spectators in France last October.
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NewsUK’s Film and TV Charity to pilot ‘confidence booster’ programme
Scheme is aimed at women, carers, and those returning to work
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News‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ tops UK-Ireland box office but opens below predecessors
The third instalment in the Harry Potter spin-off series took £5.9m.