UK News – Page 46
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NewsAndrea Arnold’s Cannes Competition title ‘Bird’ flies to UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski star alongside newcomers Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda.
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NewsThriller ‘The Mother’ starring Michelle Yeoh finds home in UK, Ireland, Nordics (exclusive)
Signature Entertainment has acquired the film from AGC.
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NewsJosh Whitehouse, Natalia Tena howl at ‘The Last Moon’ for LevelK (exclusive)
Project has been selected for development labs including European Genre Forum and London Production Finance Market.
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NewsGemma Arterton joins cast of Carl Tibbetts’ comic thriller ‘Sweet Dreams’ (exclusive)
She joins already announced Aimee Lou-Wood, Niamh Algar, Nick Frost, Paapa Essiedu and Billy Howle.
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NewsBombito, MTP execs launch UK outfit Randan with busy production slate (exclusive)
Randan, Scottish slang for ‘raucous partying’ has been launched by Bombito’s Reece Cargan and MTP’s James Heath.
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News‘Rise Of The Footsolider’ stomps to Ibiza for seventh instalment (exclusive)
Craig Fairbrass and Anthony Skordi will reprise their roles.
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NewsKatherine Waterston, Simon Pegg to star in ‘Angels In The Asylum’ (exclusive)
Minnie Driver, Cush Jumbo, Rose Williams and Miriam Margolyes will also star.
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News‘Downton Abbey 3’ in production with Paul Giamatti joining cast
Simon Curtis returns to direct, with Joely Richardson and Alessandro Nivola also added to cast.
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News‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ tops UK and Ireland box office with £3.2m debut
The fourth instalment in the ‘Apes’ reboot had the lowest opening weekend of the franchise.
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NewsUK romantic thriller ‘White Widow’ acquired for world sales (exclusive)
Rory Fleck Byrne, Adelaide Clemens, Kim Bodnia, Saffron Burrows, Russell Tovey star.
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NewsDogwoof boards Oliver Stone’s Cannes documentary ‘Lula’ (exclusive)
The documentary feature will receive a special screening at Cannes.
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NewsBankside launching David Jonsson, Tom Blyth prison thriller ‘Wasteman’ in Cannes; Lionsgate takes UK & Ireland (exclusive)
Calum Macdiarmid makes feature directorial debut.
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NewsSam Claflin, Rupert Friend to star in WW2 thriller ‘Perdition’ for Thunder Road Pictures, Mister Smith
Mister Smith Entertainment is launching international sales at Cannes, with CAA and UTA to oversee North American rights.
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NewsMoin Hussain’s Venice Critics’ Week title ‘Sky Peals’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Faraz Ayub, Natalie Gavin and Claire Rushbrook all star.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ climbs into over 650 cinemas
Space for indie titles ‘La Chimera’, ‘The Almond And The Seahorse’.
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NewsCycling drama ‘Hard Miles’ starring Matthew Modine secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
Sean Astin, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Leslie David Baker star alongside Modine.
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News101 Films International to launch sales on comedy horror ‘Crocodylus: Mating Season’ (exclusive)
A private investigator is hired to look into the legend of a human-alligator hybrid.
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NewsBBC Film reveals new projects on slate (exclusive)
Includes the second features of Remi Weekes and Raine Allen-Miller.
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News’The Apprentice’ producer Daniel Bekerman lines up ‘The Eden Express’ with Stephen Fry as EP
LevelK will do a soft launch in Cannes; Stephen Fry to serve as executive producer.
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News‘The Outrun’ to open revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival
The full EIFF programme will be unveiled on July 10.