UK News – Page 155
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NewsPippa Harris appointed vice president for television for Bafta
Harris takes over from Greg Dyke.
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NewsMadalina Ghenea, Ed Westwick to lead Caribbean thriller ‘Deep Fear’
UK’s Brilliant Pictures is producing and selling the title.
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NewsFirst Global Screen Fund-backed production ‘My Happy Ending’ starring Andie MacDowell wraps in Wales
The title is an Israeli-UK co-production.
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NewsNetflix doubles Shepperton space as studio builds 17 new stages
New development will add 17 additional sound stages.
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News‘Succession’ star Brian Cox to make feature directing debut on Lionsgate’s ‘Glenrothan’
Project to be co-developed by UK firm Nevision.
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News‘Eternals’ tops £10m at UK-Ireland box office as ‘Spencer’ breaks into top five
‘No Time To Die’ looks sure to catch ‘Spectre’.
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NewsCineworld outperforms pre-pandemic levels for October in UK and Ireland
Cineworld said the recovery was driven by an “excellent slate of movies”.
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NewsFilm4 makes key appointment to senior creative team (exclusive)
Farhana Bhula will join Film4 in January.
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News‘The Mauritanian’, ’Harry Potter’ producers line up family comedy feature adaptation ‘Mr Benn’ (exclusive)
Paddington screenwriter Hamish McColl writing script.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Cry Macho’, ‘Mothering Sunday’ take on strong holdovers
‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ and foreign-language titles ‘Wesele’ and ‘Kurup’ are also new.
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NewsBIFA 2021 juries include Emma Corrin, Andrea Cornwell (exclusive)
The winners will be announced at an in-person ceremony on Sunday, December 5.
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NewsDisney+ unveils first Spanish original series ‘Balenciaga’; casts ‘Nautilus’ lead
Shazad Latif will play Captain Nemo in UK original series ’Nautilus’.
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NewsUK distributor Verve Pictures renews BFI-backed first features distribution scheme (exclusive)
As with the first scheme, the BFI will co-fund.
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NewsBFI appoints Arike Oke, Jason Wood to executive director roles
Oke and Wood join as executive directors of knowledge and collections, and public programmes and audiences, respectively.
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NewsUK submits Chloe Fairweather’s Turkish-language ‘Dying To Divorce’ for best international Oscar
The Turkish-language film is Fairweather’s feature debut.
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NewsAltitude releases first-look of Nicolas Cage adventure ‘Butcher’s Crossing’ as production wraps
Jeremy Bobb, Xander Berkeley Paul Raci join cast.
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NewsUK’s Bray Film Studios secures planning permission for further expansion
Nine sound stages, workshops, production support facilities and a rehearsal building are planned.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival announces line-up for 2021 hybrid edition
Filmmaker Menelik Shabazz will be honoured posthumously.
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NewsUK’s Anti-Worlds acquires France’s ‘After Blue’ and ‘Bloody Oranges’ (exclusive)
Both UK cinematic releases are scheduled for 2022.
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NewsFilm London selects 10 participants for second edition of Breaking The Glass Ceiling
‘Rocks’ producer Ameenah Ayub Allen and We Are Parable co-founder Anthony Andrews have been selected.