UK News – Page 492
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NewsAndré Rieu concert first to bundle music with cinema tickets
Final UK screenings of record-breaking event cinema concert from André Rieu will be the first to combine an artist’s music product with cinema tickets.
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NewsIreland submits An Bronntanas to Oscars
Actress Saoirse Ronan and director Jim Sheridan among selection committee to submit thriller based around a lifeboat crew.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch on Oscar buzz
Sherlock star talks awards buzz around The Imitation Game and opening the BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsKen Loach interactive doc unveiled
The Flickering Flame will explore the director’s 50-year career through the battles he fought to make films.
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NewsLiza Marshall, William Sargent join Screen Film Summit
Former Scott Free London head Liza Marshall recently launched Archery Pictures with Kris Thykier.
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NewsMetrodome to sell Four Warriors
EXCLUSIVE: Shooting has begun on Crusader action film, with a cast that includes Game of Thrones’ Kristian Nairn, aka Hodor.
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NewsBryan Cranston to star in The Infiltrator
Relativity International to handle sales on Good Films thriller at AFM.
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NewsDad's Army film cast revealed; Universal takes world rights
Universal Pictures on board film adaptation of classic British series; cast to include Billy Nighy, Catherine Zeta Jones and Toby Jones
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NewsBuzzfeed co-founder urges creatives to embrace data
Data will be key to successfully reaching audiences in the future, according to Buzzfeed’s John S. Johnson.
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NewseOne restructures London TV sales arm
The Walking Dead distributor Entertainment One (eOne) has restructured its London-based sales division to merge its TV and film arms.
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NewsUniversal exec to give Event Cinema keynote
Universal’s screenings of Billy Elliot the Musical - Live became event cinema’s first number one at the UK box office last month.
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NewsHeadline Pictures reveals TV slate
London-based Headline Pictures, the outfit behind Quartet and The Invisible Woman, has revealed further details of its slate of high end TV dramas.
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NewsDNA Films hires head of TV development
Bentley Productions head of development Tom Winchester has joined the TV arm of 28 Days Later film producer DNA.
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NewsAgile launches new development initiative
Screenwriters will write micro-budget ideas for director Max Myers.
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NewsTake Me To the River wins at Raindance
Other winners include Poland’s Kebab & Horoscope, British film Luna, Japanese feature The Lights Shines Only There and illegal immigrant doc Days of Hope.
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NewsGone Girl tops UK chart
Fox’s adaptation records $6.6m (£4.1m) opening, including previews; Universal’s Dracula Untold bites into $2.7m (£1.7m) on debut.
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NewsUK production wraps shoot in Cape Verde
BAFTA nominee Robbie McCallum makes feature debut on drama Atlantic Heart.
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NewsMichael Gambon, Imelda Staunton join Paddington
World premiere of family feature set for Nov 23 in London.
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NewsK5 takes War Book; expands in UK
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Harper’s thriller to debut at London Film Festival; acquisitions exec re-locating to UK.
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NewsBirdman to close Leeds Film Festival
The film starring Michael Keaton to receive a simultaneous UK premiere with the Brighton Film Festival.