UK News – Page 196
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NewsChristine Langan exits UK’s Baby Cow to set up production outfit
Exec leaves Steve Coogan indie to form Bonnie Productions.
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NewsNeon wraps Ben Wheatley horror ‘In The Earth’, Protagonist to sell at AFM
Marks one of the first productions completed during pandemic.
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NewsAltitude to launch Rock Hudson feature documentary at AFM
‘Rock Hudson: Accidental Activist’ to be directed by Stephan Kijak.
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NewsSilk Factory names former FilmNation marketing head Richard Baker president of US operations
New hire will present AFM session on marketing for filmmakers.
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NewsKevin Macdonald to make Covid-19 feature documentary for Altitude and ITV
The doc is a co-production between Fraser’s Docsville Studios, Altitude Factual and Expanded Media.
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NewsGenre filmmaker Johnny Kevorkian dies aged 48
Films by the writer-director included ‘The Disappeared’, starring Tom Felton.
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NewsUK screen bodies fund £100,000 Covid supervisor training
British Film Commission and PGGB create global initiative.
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NewsSky sets animated feature ‘The Amazing Maurice’ with Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke (exclusive)
David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville also join voice cast.
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NewsUK distributors scramble new release plans on eve of cinema lockdown in England
Cinemas in Wales and Scotland and some islands remain open.
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NewsBankside boards sci-fi ‘Woken’ starring Maxine Peake, Naomi Ackie (exclusive)
Sci-fi thriller marks feature directorial debut of Ireland’s Alan Friel.
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NewsNicola Pearcey, president of Lionsgate UK and Europe, to step down at end of year
Executive has spent 14 years at the studio.
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NewsUS owner of Culver and Silvercup Studios steps in as new backer of Dagenham Studios
HCP have come aboard after the project’s original backer, Pacifica Ventures, pulled out citing Brexit concerns last year.
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NewsRidley Scott to exec produce doc on marathon star Eliud Kipchoge; Dogwoof boards sales
Documentary to be introduced at the American Film Market (AFM).
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NewsWild Bunch launches sales on Zhang Yimou’s pulled Berlin title ‘One Second’ (exclusive)
AFM slate also features upcoming projects from Lucile Hadzihalilovic and Justin Kurzel.
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NewsNeil Marshall to direct AFM sales title ‘The Lair’ for Highland Film Group
British filmmaker anticipates ”my true return to full-blooded horror and intense genre action”.
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NewsNeon, Studiocanal, Blueprint partner on ‘The Painter And The Thief’ remake
Festival favourite recently earned two Critics’ Choice nods.
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News‘Two By Two’ takes UK box office lead as ‘Hocus Pocus’ rises up chart
New releases included ‘Blumhouse’s The Craft: Legacy’ and ‘Mogul Mowgli’.
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NewsBFI awards £470,000 to UK sales companies impacted by Covid-19 (exclusive)
A total of 26 companies receive funds to support business development and film market presence.
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NewsJohnny Depp loses ‘wife-beater’ UK libel case, plans appeal
The judge said the article was ”substantially true”.
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NewsAltitude, Lightbox team on ‘Diana’ feature documentary
Altitude is handling global sales on Diana and will be releasing theatrically in the UK and Ireland.