UK News – Page 223
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NewsUK anthology film ‘The Uncertain Kingdom’ switches to online release (exclusive)
The project will play as two feature-length volumes.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival development programme moves online with six projects (exclusive)
Story editor Kate Leys will head up the programme.
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News£250m UK film and TV studio development in Kent given greenlight
The site is set to launch early 2022, with Amazon and Netflix showing an interest in the studios.
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NewsWaZabi Films takes sales rights to “anti” rom-com 'Spinster' (exclusive)
Vertical Entertainment to release in US and UK, Game Theory in Canada.
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NewsBFI Vision Awards: ‘Lady Macbeth’, ‘God’s Own Country’ producers among recipients
20 producers/producer teams will receive £2m across two years.
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NewsNetflix picks up 'Enola Holmes' starring Millie Bobby Brown from 'Stranger Things'
Sam Claflin, Fiona Shaw, Susan Wokoma, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter among cast.
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NewsSubmissions open for Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2020
Nominations will close in one month’s time on May 21.
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NewsSafy Nebbou’s ‘Who You Think I Am’ retains Curzon streaming lead
‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ leads MUBI chart.
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NewsCharades seals fresh deals on ‘Swallow’ as title gets VoD boost in the US (exclusive)
Indie title topped the US box office chart in April thanks to drive-in cinema screening.
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NewsScreen Scotland hires duo to key development roles
Sambrooke Scott was previously manager of Film Hub Scotland.
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NewsParkland Entertainment reshuffles UK theatrical releases, acquires three new films (exclusive)
It is also putting three planned theatrical releases on hold until later in 2020.
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NewsUK ‘Resident Evil’ stuntwoman left with life-changing injuries wins legal challenge
Olivia Jackson was injured while shooting ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’ in 2015.
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NewsAlarm bells ring for UK freelancers after last-minute update
HMRC fund will not support anyone on fixed-term contracts ended before their ‘natural conclusion’.
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NewsFormer BBC Drama Studios producer Maggie Boden joins The Ink Factory
Boden appointed director of development at the outfit behind ‘Fighting With My Family’ and ‘The Little Drummer Girl’.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest launches free genre streaming platform during lockdown (exclusive)
Manchester-based genre festival to offer horror features and shorts for the duration of quarantine.
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NewsScreen Ireland provides €4.5m coronavirus support measures
All support measures are being allocated from Screen Ireland’s 2020 capital budget.
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NewsUniversal, Focus set UK digital release for ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
Eliza Hittman’s Berlin and Sundance prize-winner was due to receive a theatrical release in the UK.
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News'Stardog And Turbocat' animation featuring Nick Frost, Luke Evans lands US deal (exclusive)
Distributor plans May 21 debut on DIRECTV Cinema ahead of a planned theatrical release on June 19.
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NewsGreenham Common protests documentary in the works from Universal Content Group, GFC Films (exclusive)
Feature documentary will tell the story of the women’s peace camp and the part it played in the demise of the Cold War.
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News‘Quiz’ cast, writer on releasing a show during quarantine: “The desire to connect with people is very strong”
The true story drama has been a television hit for the UK’s ITV.