UK News – Page 405
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NewsITV, Hulu team up for 'Harlots'
Period drama stars Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville and Jessica Brown Findlay.
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NewsKen Loach producer Rebecca O’Brien to speak at Media Summit
UK producer behind Palme d’Or winners I, Daniel Blake and The Wind That Shakes The Barley to discuss creative talent.
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NewsRon Perlman, Sarah Gavron on East End fest jury
Full programme revealed for this year’s East End Film Festival.
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NewsSoda Pictures acquires Miramax pair
The distributor has picked up UK rights to The 9th Life Of Louis Drax and Southside With You.
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NewsAutism-inspired 'Frosted Glass' begins shoot
Performance poet with Asperger’s brings his experience to debut film.
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NewsSignature teams with Red Rock, Procam on trainee scheme
Initiative gives young unemployed people the opportunity to gain experience in the film industry.
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NewsCreative Europe details $45m UK spend
A total of $45m in grants were awarded to the UK’s creative sector across 2014-15.
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NewsOdeon & UCI revenues up 10% in 2016
As it reports its Q1 financials, Europe’s largest exhibitor has revealed that it plans to open 20 new cinemas across Europe by 2020.
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NewsBritish Film Institute reveals plans for $190m development
Anonymous benefactor reignites plans to radically transform the BFI’s home on London’s South Bank.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival unveils 2016 line-up
Highlights include the UK premiere of Finding Dory and the world premiere of the 4K restoration of Highlander [pictured].
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NewsBill Nighy to star in 'Triple Word Score'
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy-drama scripted by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
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NewsScreen partners with FrightFest
The UK genre film festival also announces a new headline sponsor, Horror Channel.
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NewsFACT faces uncertain future following MPA funding pull
Anti-piracy body is set to lose 50% of its funding within six months.
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NewsArrow takes chess doc 'Magnus' for UK
TrustNordisk has struck multiple Cannes deals for the Norwegian documentary about chess world champion Magnus Carlsen.
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News'Churchill' shoot begins; cast revealed
First look at Brian Cox as the wartime leader as Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy and Ella Purnell join cast.
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NewsIMG to sell 'Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency'
The company has come on board to handle international sales on BBC America’s upcoming original scripted series based on the Douglas Adams books.
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NewsCannes: Jinga scores North America hat-trick
EXCLUSIVE: Sales outfit strikes deals for three titles in Cannes: Worry Dolls, The Lesson and Last Girl Standing.
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News'X-Men: Apocalypse' tops UK chart
Sony’s The Angry Birds Movie falls only 7% in its second weekend to reach $6.7m (£4.6m) to date.
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NewsCannes: Curzon Artificial Eye acquires Lars Von Trier's 'The House That Jack Built'
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor also acquires upcoming sports biopic Borg vs McEnroe, Directors’ Fortnight title After Love and Scottish indie music doc Lost In France.
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News'Toni Erdmann' racks up key sales for The Match Factory
EXCLUSIVE: UK, Italy, Australia, Spain among a host of key sales on Cannes Competition hit.