UK News – Page 488
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NewsiFeatures' Spaceship begins production
EXCLUSIVE: Principal production begins in Surrey on iFeatures’ latest venture.
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NewsMcConaughey: Interstellar “as intimate as most independent films”
Actors praise director for Interstellar’s “intimate and raw” feel during London press conference.
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NewsA24 picks up Ex Machina
Alex Garland’s eagerly awaited feature directorial starring Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander will open on April 10, 2015. Universal holds international rights.
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NewsKunal Nayyar, Icon join Bollywoof Tale
Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar attached; Icon takes UK rights.
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NewsRyan tries crowdfunding for Easter Rising film
Director Nick Ryan (The Summit) is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for his latest film, Six Days of the Rising, about the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.
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NewsCineworld awards Dream to Screen winner
Initiative with Media Trust hunts undiscovered filmmaking talent.
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NewsFrank Rose to keynote at Film4 Innovation Forum
Creative Skillset partners on November 18 event focused on storytelling.
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NewsWestEnd enters Green Room
EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit boards thriller starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots.
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NewsBankside scores X+Y deals
EXCLUSIVE: France, Australia, Canada, Japan among deals for Toronto hit.
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NewsScottish talent network hires Claudia Yusef
Claudia Yusef is named Talent Develepment Executive for the Scottish Film Talent Network.
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NewsLondon Korean film fest to host industry
UK showcase to host 55 films, actors, directors, producers, programmers.
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NewsThe Call Up heads to production
Brit List action-sci-fi to get underway on November 10; Max Deacon to star.
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NewsBAFTA unveils Breakthrough Brits
BAFTA has unveiled 18 newcomers working in the film, TV and games industries as its 2014 BAFTA Breakthrough Brits, in partnership with Burberry.
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NewsBays to lead Birds Eye View's second Filmonomics
Birds Eye View is planning the second year of its training scheme Filmonomics to launch in January 2015.
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NewsCauseway kicks off Irish Gothic label
Belfast-based Causeway Pictures is launching its Irish Gothic label, which is focused on genre films that have inspiration from Irish legends.
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NewsKajaki gets charity previews
Revenue from premiere and previews of Aghan war film to go to military charities.
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NewsFury tops UK chart
Sony’s war drama posts $4.4m (£2.7m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Turtles; Icon’s The Babadook lands with $557,000 (£345,862) from 147 sites ahead of Halloween.
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NewsDavid Proud stars in thriller iWitness
David Proud, who has broken ground as a disabled actor playing a wheelchair-using character on EastEnders, is now set for another first by playing an able-bodied character in psychological thriller iWitness.