UK News – Page 2
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NewsBrady Corbet, Audrey Diwan, Harry Lighton join Element Pictures’ Storyhouse screenwriting festival
EXCLUSIVE: Will Tracy, Abi Morgan and Eva Victor are also in the line-up.
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NewsFormer Google exec Matt Brittin to become next BBC director general
The BBC broadcaster is now recruiting for his deputy.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund strategic plans for expanded 2026-29 funding unveiled
Plans include support for majority co-production, development, and UK sales agents’ MGs.
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NewsFinal three cities in running to host Edinburgh TV Festival unveiled
Final trio to host flagship event from 2027 whittled down from eight bids.
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NewsAmazon MGM Studios appoints head of UK theatrical distribution in new role
Former Black Bear, Universal, eOne, STX executive joins Amazon.
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NewsKirk Jones signs to direct live-action film adaptation of ‘Mr Benn’
Casting is starting later this year with production slated for 2027.
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NewsBritish Screen Forum awarded £200,000 to address data gaps in UK film industry
EXCLUSIVE: The award is part of the BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
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NewsAdam Cunningham, Kelly Estrella promoted at Allied Global Marketing
Clint Kendall transitions to the board of directors.
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NewsJude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment hires former House exec
Georgia Ince was previously a development executive at House.
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NewsUK's Secret Cinema to launch permanent London venue in 2026
Venue aiming to open at Greenwich Peninsula later this year.
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NewsUK’s New Black Film Collective’s 2026 XPO unveils revised date and venue
EXCLUSIVE: The March event was postponed owing to a proposed London Underground strike.
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News‘Project Hail Mary’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £4.6m; ‘Dhurandhar 2’ excels in second
‘Project Hail Mary’, ‘Dhurandhar 2’ record best-ever openings for Amazon MGM and Indian film, respectively.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Project Hail Mary’ takes off at 701 sites
Also new this weekend: Disney’s ’Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’ and Kaleidoscope’s ’The Land Of Sometimes’.
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NewsNFTS forced to cancel 2026 Inside Pictures programme due to a lack of funding
EXCLUSIVE: The NFTS said it is exploring a European partnership for 2027.
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News‘Blades Of The Guardians’ lands at Trinity CineAsia for UK-Ireland, Malta release
EXCLUSIVE: The martial arts epic stars Jet Li and Wu Jing
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NewsUK government changes position on AI copyright training in response to industry concerns
The government says it no longer plans to introduce an “opt-out” exception to copyright for artificial intelligence training.
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NewsBBC on brink of securing permanent charter
Lisa Nandy indicates willingness to ditch 10-year renewal process, in exchange for more devolved commissioning power.
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NewsTop international film publicist Charles McDonald joins Team PR
EXCLUSIVE: UK-based Team PR was founded in 2016 by Emma McCorkell and Cheryl Mayer.
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NewsSouth Korean blockbuster ‘The King’s Warden’ sells to North America, UK-Ireland, key Asia territories
EXCLUSIVE: The period drama is the country’s biggest box office success since the pandemic.
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NewsFilmart “more important than ever” for Asian connections, say UK, European sales agents
“There is need to make that effort to see buyers,” says one sales agent.