UK News – Page 476
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NewsTaken 3 retains UK box office lead
Fox’s threequel adds $5m (£3.3m) for $18.5m (£12.2m) after 11 days in play; Warner Bros’ American Sniper records Clint Eastwood’s best-ever opening with $3.8m (£2.5m).
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NewsTaken 3 tops social buzz chart
Action thriller displays a particular set of skills to see off competition from awards contenders Into the Woods, Foxcatcher, American Sniper and Whiplash.
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NewsFilm and TV "not doing enough" to combat climate change
One day’s shoot on flagship BBC nature doc Planet Earth can generate 28 tonnes of carbon.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase this week include Jamie Adams’ Black Mountain Poets, Valérie Donzelli’s romance Marguerite and Julien, and Julie Delpy’s France-set romcom Lolo.
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NewsCEG subsidiary Air-Edel in buyout
Cutting Edge Group (CEG) subsidiary Air-Edel Associates Ltd has completed negotiations to split away via a management buyout.
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NewsBBC Films readies champion jockey doc
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Films, IFB in production on documentary about champion jockey AP McCoy.
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NewsMichael Foster readies MP battle
Former agent draws on media career in push to become Labour MP; calls for Cornwall production hub.
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NewsJapanese anime distributor launches in UK
Animatsu inks sales and marketing partnership with Manga Entertainment.
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NewsAlicia Vikander: “I fought hard for this role”
Testament of Youth star says strong female roles are “rare” today.
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NewsImaginarium to produce Fungus the Bogeyman
Andy Serkis’ performance capture studio to produce with Double Negative for Sky.Imaginarium Studios, in partnership with Double Negative, is to bring Fungus the Bogeyman to life for a new 4 x 60-minute series.UK broadcaster Sky 1 has commissioned the adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ classic family story ...
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NewsHarold van Lier to leave eOne
Entertainment One Films International president Harold van Lier is to leave the company as it looks to focus sales attention on in-house productions.
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NewsTaken 3 tops UK chart
Fox’s threequel opens to excellent $10.2m (£6.7m), including previews, to dethrone The Theory of Everything; Disney’s Into the Woods hits $3.75m (£2.48m) note on UK bow.
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NewsTheory of Everything tops social buzz chart
The Stephen Hawking biopic is closely tailed by Birdman.
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NewsEx-Cineworld exec joins Everyman
Veteran cinema programmer Roy Gower is to take over as head of film at Everyman Cinemas.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase this week include a film about Valérie Trierweiler and a Hungarian drama set to star Michael Nyqvist.