UK News – Page 243
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NewsFirst look: Timothy Spall in ‘The Last Bus’ (exclusive)
Downton Abbey’s Phyllis Logan co-stars in the project, directed by Gillies MacKinnon.
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NewsBFI revamps Vision Awards, launches new training programme
Awards will see up to £2.5m in lottery funding allocated to 20 UK-based producers or producer teams.
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NewsLocksmith Animation to produce ‘The Empty Stocking’ written by Richard Curtis
The feature animation is “aimed at streaming platforms”.
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NewsFirst speakers confirmed for Screen UK Film Finance Forum
The event is taking place at London’s Everyman Broadgate on December 5.
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NewsCornerstone closes deals for Phyllida Lloyd’s ‘Herself’; reveals first look
The film stars Irish actor Clare Dunne, with Cornerstone screening first footage at this week’s American Film Market.
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NewsFionn Whitehead joins Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren in Pathé’s ‘The Duke’
The film will shoot in January 2020.
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News‘Joker’ tops UK box office for record fifth consecutive weekend; ‘Doctor Sleep’ slumbers
The supervillain origin story is in the all-time UK top 40.
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News‘Wild Rose’ scores hat-trick at Bafta Scotland awards
Other winners include ‘Stan & Ollie’ and ‘Beats’.
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NewsVertigo Releasing acquires wedding rom-com ‘Plus One’ for UK & Ireland (exclusive)
Maya Erskine and Jack Quaid star.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Doctor Sleep’ is the latest challenger to ‘Joker’
Other new openers include Ken Loach’s ‘Sorry We Missed You’.
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NewsProtagonist picks up Harvey Weinstein-inspired ‘The Assistant’ for the AFM (exclusive)
The film is directed by Kitty Green and premiered at Telluride.
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NewsLocksmith Animation signs multi-film deal with Warner Bros
The deal replaces a previous agreement with 20th Century Fox.
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NewsFilm London selects 10 participants for BAME leadership scheme
The programme is supported by BFI, Film4, and ITV Studios.
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NewsCornerstone scores worldwide sales for ‘Dream Horse’, reveals first look
Euros Lyn-directed drama stars Toni Collette and Damian Lewis.
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NewsSC Films bolsters AFM slate with romantic comedy ‘Olympic Dreams’ (exclusive)
Nick Kroll and cross-country skier Alexi Pappas star in the SXSW premiere.
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NewsBafta reveals 2019 Breakthrough Brits
Honourees include ‘Dirty God’ actress Vicky Knight and ‘Saint Maud’ writer-director Rose Glass.
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News‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’, ‘Wild Rose’ head 2019 BIFA nominations
‘In Fabric’, ‘The Souvenir’ also score highly.
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News‘2067’ with Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nick Broomfield doc among Kew Media AFM slate (exclusive)
Roster includes Slay The Dragon, Allagash.
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NewsThe UK’s Pinewood Group confirms plans to pull out of Wales
weePinewood Group will stop operating its Cardiff site next year.
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NewsAdam Pearson calls on casting directors to be bolder when considering disabled actors
UK actor and campaigner stars in satire ‘Chained For Life.’