UK News – Page 47
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NewsSteven Soderbergh’s Sundance title ‘Presence’ acquired for UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan star in the film.
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NewsProtagonist boards game-show thriller ‘Press Your Luck’
A first-look at the thriller, based on a true story about a game show scandal, has also been unveiled.
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NewsUK’s NFTS selects 20 executives for Inside Pictures training programme (exclusive)
Participants from All3Media, Studiocanal, Curtis Brown.
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NewsSXSW London to debut in June 2025
Announcement draws praise from culture secretary Lucy Frazer, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
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NewsCannes UK Pavilion to host talks on indie tax credit, international co-pros, engaging audiences
There will also be Talent Talks with creatives including Sandhya Suri and Robbie Ryan.
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NewsAlexander Skarsgard, Harry Melling to star in Harry Lighton’s ‘Pillion’ for Element, Cornerstone
Picturehouse Entertainment is also providing production finance in a first for the UK company.
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NewsFremantle revenues fall back in first quarter of 2024
Parent company RTL blames ’timing effects’ of show deliveries in the UK, Italy and Germany for the fall.
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NewsThea Gajić’s Cannes Great 8 selection ‘Surviving Earth’ swept up by Bankside Films (exclusive)
The film will feature in the Cannes Great 8 showcase.
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NewsBifa unveils UK producers selected for Springboard career support programme (exclusive)
Producers of ‘In Camera’, ‘Pretty Red Dress’ also on the yearly programme.
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NewsKevin Spacey facing civil trial in UK over sexual assault
The trial relates to an assault that took place in 2008.
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NewsDiane Keaton to star in survival thriller ‘Constance’ for WestEnd Films (exclusive)
Mark Pellington will direct the film which is set to shoot in August in Los Angeles.
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NewsProtagonist to launch Sophie Hyde’s ‘Jimpa’ starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow at Cannes; unveils first image (exclusive)
Olivia Colman and John Lithgow star in the family drama now filming in Australia, the Netherlands and Finland.
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News‘The Fall Guy’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £3.2m opening; ‘The Phantom Menace’ flies again
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ makes decent start at over £1,000-per-cinema.
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NewsFilm Constellation hails supernatural horror ‘Black Cab’ starring Nick Frost, unveils first look (exclusive)
AMC Networks’ Shudder will release in North America, UK-Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, later this year.
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NewsNorth.Five.Six, CAA Media Finance Cannes-bound with heist thriller ‘Dutch & Razzlekahn’
Ariana DeBose, Lewis Pullman, Grace Moretz to star; production scheduled for Toronto in summer.
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NewsJamie Bell, Olivia Cooke lined up for Nathalie Biancheri’s romance ‘Takes One To Know One’
The Rome-set film is produced by Potboiler, BCDF Pictures and Chippy Tea Productions.
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NewsRapt Films picks up Australian coming-of-age drama ‘Sunflower’ (exclusive)
The LGBTQ+ drama was selected in the inaugural Queer Screen Goes to Cannes showcase.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Fall Guy’ rises to the challenge in over 700 cinemas
Sony horror ‘Tarot’ in 400 sites; Lionsgate starts ‘Love Lies Bleeding’.
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NewsAndrew Garfield, Claire Foy lead Enid Blyton adaptation ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Principal photography to begin in June 2024.
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NewsSheffield DocFest unveils ‘Reflections On Realities’ theme with ‘No Other Land’ among films (exclusive)
A special ‘Days Of Reflection’ programme will feature four films addressing the themes.