UK News – Page 484
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NewsBrit films should be cheaper at cinemas, says Lionsgate UK CEO
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate UK CEO calls for cheaper ticket prices for British films.
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NewsWendy Mitchell to join British Council
Mitchell will continue to write for Screen International as Contributing Editor.
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NewsGlasgow to honour Ingrid Bergman
Film festival to pay homage to Casablanca star as well as Australian cinema.
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NewsTerry Jones unveils economics doc
Monty Python star co-directed feature; contributors include John Cusack.
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NewsChris Crow's The Lighthouse begins shoot
Soda to distribute psychological thriller starring Michael Jibson and Mark Lewis Jones.
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NewsICO works with BFI for archive film screening
The UK’s Independent Cinema Office (ICO) is kicking off a new screening event for UK exhibitors to focus on archive film.
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NewsInterstellar retains UK lead
Warner Bros’ sci-fi posts strong second weekend of $5.9m (£3.8m) for $18.9m (£12.1m) to date; The Imitation Game posts StudioCanal’s second best-ever UK bow with confirmed $4.29m (£2.74m).
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NewsEd Guiney to receive EFA award
Irish producer behind The Guard and Frank to receive European Co-production Award.
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NewsInterstellar rockets up social media chart
Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic left most rivals in the dust but appetite for the next The Hunger Games is strong.
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NewsIngenious trio depart, James Clayton to XIX Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: Ingenious Investments CEO James Clayton joins Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase this week include teen surf story Bluer Than The Sky, an adaptation of bestselling novel How To Build A Girl and Danish drama The Commune.
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NewsBFI to re-release Blade Runner
Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic to be re-released wide across the UK.
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NewsNetflix confirms Stephen Daldry-directed The Crown
Netflix has confirmed the arrival of its first original show from the UK, a £100m biopic of the Queen.
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NewsSky finalises European mega-merger
BSkyB has been renamed as Sky after it completed its £7bn acquisition of Sky Italia and purchase of a majority stake in Sky Deutschland.
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NewsNick Broomfield readies Tanzania shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Broomfield is lining up a 2015 shoot near Lake Victoria in Tanzania for his BBC four-parter The Catastrophist.
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NewsFilm and TV boosts tourism, research
New study reveals links between film and television productions and tourism through social media.
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NewsSPWA gets Special Correspondents
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired rights from Protagonist Pictures to the Ricky Gervais comedy in multiple territories led by the UK.
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NewsScreen Film Summit to debate future of film
Summit will explore turning a UK film into an international hit, supporting talent, finance and the changing face of cinema.
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NewsScherfig first woman to give Bafta lecture
The Riot Club director will deliver her speech in December.