UK News – Page 193
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NewsMads Mikkelsen comedy ‘Riders Of Justice’ secures UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Danish dark comedy hopes to receive a theatrical release in 2021.
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NewsNetflix to start declaring UK revenues to UK tax authorities
Netflix has already implemented similar moves in other European territories, France, and Spain.
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NewsFilm4, BFI comedy ‘Brian & Charles’ begins UK shoot
Feature has been co-written and stars cult comedy writer-actor David Earl.
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NewsSeries dominate 2020 Brit List of unproduced film and TV screenplays
Just two of 14 screenplays are features.
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NewsVenice favourite and Oscar contender ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ lands UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Jasmila Zbanic’s historical drama is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entry to the Academy Awards.
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NewsUK industry pays tribute to former Warner Bros, FDA executive Frank Pierce
David Puttnam leads tributes to “gentleman distributor”.
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NewsDarth Vader actor Dave Prowse dies aged 85
Prowse was also hugely famous in the UK for playing the Green Cross Code Man.
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NewsLionsgate UK head of acquisitions Nick Manzi set to leave company
His departure follows the exits of Zygi Kamasa and Nicola Pearcey.
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NewsUK distributors, exhibitors react to government’s controversial tier system in England
The UKCA is lobbying MPs for a change in the tier 3 rules to allow cinemas to open.
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NewsUK’s Production Guild names winners of inaugural Innovation Awards
Awards were launched in September to celebrate resilience and resourcefulness in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsCinemas in London, Liverpool can reopen but many others must remain closed under new English 'tiers'
Cinemas in tier three regions must remain closed for now.
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NewsWomen in Film and Television UK appoints Katie Bailiff as CEO
Bailiff has been executive producer on shows including ‘Feltham Sings’, ‘Lifers’.
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NewsUK unveils £7m Global Screen Fund to partially replace Creative Europe programme
The total is well below the £17m mooted by the BFI as needed back in June.
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NewseOne seals UK and Ireland output and library deal with pay-TV broadcaster Sky
Titles from eOne’s library will be available to Sky Cinema customers.
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NewsCurzon gets ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Release dates set for award-winning US drama-documentary.
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NewsNetflix doubles spend on UK productions to $1bn in 2020
Streaming giant points to success of high-profile scripted shows including ’The Crown’.
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NewsUK lockdown sci-fi ‘Infinitum: Subject Unknown’ closes US, sales deal (exclusive)
Sci-fi drama was made by Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart during the first UK lockdown.
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NewsLegendary Entertainment teams with ‘The Spanish Princess’ showrunners on UK company Watford & Essex
Emma Frost and Matthew Graham have started with 10 projects in development.
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News‘Perfect 10’, ‘Real’, ‘Rose: A Love Story’ add Discovery longlist to BIFA recognition
10 titles have been selected for the latest list.
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NewsCineworld secures $750m financial injection, plans to reopen in 2021
The exhibitor’s 660 sites in the UK and the US are all closed.