UK News – Page 241
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Frozen II’ aims for animation record
Further new openers include ‘Harriet’, ‘Blue Story’, ‘Greener Grass’.
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NewsLeon Forde promoted to managing director at UK screen consultancy firm Olsberg SPI
Forde to manage the firm’s London-based team.
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NewsRiverstone, NLP, Anton executives join Screen UK Film Finance Forum
The event takes place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
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NewsUK’s Sargent-Disc acquired by US outfit Cast & Crew
It is the fifth acquisition in the last four years for Cast & Crew.
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NewsDirectors UK launches guidelines for ‘Directing Nudity & Simulated Sex’
The guidelines aim to ‘set clear and shared professional expectations’.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest appoints artistic team for 2020 festival
New international appointments include a selection committee and programme consultants.
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NewsPicturehouse Entertainment takes ‘True History Of The Kelly Gang’ for UK & Ireland (exclusive)
George Mackay stars as 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.
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NewsTrilogy planned around horror feature ‘Lair’ (exclusive)
Prequel ‘The Bone Harvest’ set to be shot in summer 2020.
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NewsUK’s Trafalgar Releasing acquires event distributor More2Screen (exclusive)
The agreement will see Trafalgar invest in the growth of More2Screen.
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News‘Unrest’ producer awarded £15k Simon Relph bursary (exclusive)
Lindsay Dryden is producer of Oscar-shortlisted documentary ‘Unrest’.
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News£200k UK shorts project The Uncertain Kingdom unveils titles, first look (exclusive)
Directors include BIFA winners Jason Wingard and Carol Salter.
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News‘Last Christmas’ ends ‘Joker’ UK box office reign with £2.6m debut
The Universal title scored a £4,337 location average.
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NewsGary Oldman to lead Apple TV+’s first UK drama series for See Saw
The thriller is an adaptation of the Jackson Lamb novel series.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Last Christmas’ looking for early festive cheer
Also opening this weekend are ‘Le Mans ‘66’, ‘The Report’.
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News‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ leads BIFA 2019 craft winners
‘Beats’ scores two prizes.
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NewsHeyday Films, BBC Films secure rights to Stephen Sondheim classic ‘Follies’
Dominic Cooke to direct, adapt screenplay.
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NewsBFI Network and Film Hub North launch initiative to assist disabled filmmakers
Aim is to bring filmmakers and funders together at an earlier stage than existing schemes.
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NewsLionsgate signs film output deal with Amazon UK
Lionsgate films to launch on Amazon Prime Video from January 1, 2020.
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NewsNFTS, Screen Yorkshire launch five craft training courses
The courses form the first part of Centre of Screen Excellence: Yorkshire.