UK News – Page 166
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch confirms ‘The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain’ for Telluride premiere
The Amazon-Film4-Studiocanal title will go on to Toronto.
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NewsIreland’s Troy Studios, Ardmore Studios sold to US consortium
Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management have acquired Ardmore Studios and Troy Studios.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Free Guy’, 'The Courier', 'CODA' lead new openers
Johnny Depp’s ‘Minamata’ and horror sequel ‘Don’t Breathe 2’ are also out.
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NewsUK was “first port of call” for Amazon’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ move, says British Film Commission head
Amazon Studios’ ’The Lord Of The Rings’ series will relocate from New Zealand to the UK for its second season.
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NewsJuja Dobrachkous to follow ‘Bebia’ with UK feature ‘Isle of Skye’ (exclusive)
UK drama set to shoot in London later in 2021.
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NewsAmazon Studios to shoot S2 of ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ series in UK
Pre-production will start in 2022 concurrent with final months of post on Season 1 in New Zealand.
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NewsLightbox sets co-production partnership with Warner Music Entertainment
Warner Music Entertainment will co-produce, co-develop and co-finance projects with Lightbox.
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NewsFirst look at Florence Pugh in Netflix’s ‘The Wonder’ as Tom Burke, Niamh Algar join cast
Further new cast include Elaine Cassidy, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds.
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NewsCinephil founder joins BBC Storyville as commissioning editor
Renowned documentary exec Philippa Kowarsky will report to Rose Garnett.
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NewsCineworld posts $208m operating loss, predicts theatrical windows to “stablise” in 2022
The losses cover a six month period, ending June 30 2021.
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NewsMark Cousins’ ‘The Story Of Film: A New Generation’ sells to North America (exclusive)
Plus additional deals for Italy, Spain, Japan, China.
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NewsTLA Releasing acquire UK and North American rights to two Turkish LGBTQ+ focused films
Leyla Yilmaz’s ’Not Knowing’ and Ümit Ünal’s ’Love, Spells And All That’ premiered at Antalya in 2019.
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NewsUK’s Birds’ Eye View appoints Sheffield DocFest exec as director
Replacing Mia Bays, who is taking over at the BFI Film Fund.
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NewsCannes Camera d’Or winner ‘Murina’ secures UK-Ireland distributor (exclusive)
The film is executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
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News‘The Suicide Squad’ stays top of UK-Ireland box office; ‘Stillwater’ opens seventh
The UK-Ireland top five remains the same for the second week in a row.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest reveals 2021 festival line-up (exclusive)
Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe’s ‘The Beta Test’ will open the festival.
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NewsUK’s Frightfest selects five-person shortlist for Screen Genre Rising Star award
Nominees include ‘Censor’ director Prano Bailey-Bond.
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NewsIngenious scores appeals court victory in long-running battle with HMRC
The Court of Appeal ruled that Ingenious’s film tax schemes were trading to make a profit.
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NewsModern Films hires COO as part of company rebrand, platform expansion (exclusive)
UK distributor is looking for investment partners.
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NewsGareth Ellis-Unwin’s UK conservation thriller ‘Cheetah’ attaches director (exclusive)
The film will shoot early next year, having completed a crowdfunding campaign.