UK News – Page 242
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NewsMUBI buys UK rights for ‘The Other Lamb’ (exclusive)
Toronto drama marks the English-language debut of Poland’s Małgorzata Szumowska.
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NewsPedro Almodóvar, Bong Joon Ho, Céline Sciamma to deliver Bafta 2019 screenwriters’ lectures (exclusive)
Further speakers include Robert Eggers, Noah Baumbach.
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NewsMarsha Thomason set to star in UK-South African thriller ‘Stolen’ (exclusive)
The film aims to start shooting in January 2020.
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News‘Bond’, ‘Merchant Of Venice’ producer Nigel Goldsack dies aged 62
Goldsack also helped develop films with Werner Herzog, Mike Newell and Michael Radford.
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NewsThe Screen Podcast: assessing the early 2019/20 Oscar and Bafta races
The podcast team discuss early front-runners, date change impact, and what can beat ‘Parasite’?
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News‘Joker’ becomes first film in 10 years to top UK box office for six weeks
The Warner Bros hit has now grossed £54.3m in the UK.
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NewsKristin Scott Thomas to receive BIFA 2019 Richard Harris honorary award (exclusive)
The 2019 BIFAs take place on Sunday, December 1.
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NewsParkland Entertainment acquires doc ‘Camino Skies’ for UK & Ireland
The company will release the film in April 2020.
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NewsScott Speedman joins Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza on ‘Best Sellers’ (exclusive)
Foresight Unlimited handles foreign sales, producer Cassian Elwes represents US rights.
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NewsAndrew Brown joins Parkland Pictures as head of sales
At AFM, the company is selling Charles Dance’s ‘The Inn At The Edge Of The World’.
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NewsSadie Frost to make directing debut with Mary Quant doc (exclusive)
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution is launching worldwide sales at AFM.
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News'The Trip To Greece' lands with IFC Films, international buyers (exclusive)
Goalpost Film sells fourth episode to Australia, Canada, Latin America, Scandinavia, others.
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News“Legendary, peerless”: film industry pays tribute to the UK’s Nik Powell
“He will be sorely but affectionately missed by the thousands of people who he inspired to effect change.”
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NewsUK box office preview: will early launch help ‘The Aeronauts’ rise?
Bill Condon’s ‘The Good Liar’, Roland Emmerich’s ‘Midway’ also open this weekend.
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NewsUK’s Altitude forges family production partnership with Soluble Fish
Partnership marks Altitude’s first move into the US market.
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News‘Joker’ becomes highest-grossing 15-rated film of all time in UK
The film passed previous record holder ‘The Full Monty’.
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NewsDisney+ to launch on March 31 2020 in UK, Western Europe
Streaming service offerings forecast to rise to 620 films, 10,000 TV episodes over five years.
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NewsNik Powell, former NFTS director and veteran producer, dies aged 69
Powell founded Palace Productions with Stephen Woolley in 1983.
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NewsSci-fi 'Empathy, Inc.' sells for Oration Films to UK, Turkey (exclusive)
Savage twist on 19th century voyeur tourism.
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NewsBlue Finch buys 'Big Lebowski' spin-off ‘The Jesus Rolls’ for the UK (exclusive)
Cornerstone is selling the film which premiered at Rome Film Festival.