UK News – Page 502
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NewsIcon takes Hanks's Hologram for UK
Icon Film Distribution acquires UK rights for Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram For The King starring Tom Hanks.
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NewsKidnap comedy to open Cambridge
Festival will also see director Rowan Joffe and novelist SJ Watson present Before I Go To Sleep, starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong.
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NewsInbetweeners 2 breaks comedy record
The sequel’s £2.75m opening is biggest ever for a comedy in UK.
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NewsGrimmfest to launch preview strand
Genre festival to world premiere zombie thriller Devil’s Tower and preview White Settlers.
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NewsFifty Shades star readies next film
Parallel Films announces details of The Siege of Jadotville, starring Fifty Shades of Grey’s Jamie Dornan.
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NewsSignature to release Train Robbery doc
Documentary claims to reveal identity of the mastermind behind the Great Train Robbery for the first time.
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NewsTricycle refuses UK Jewish Film Festival
Theatre and cinema refuses festival while it is backed by Israeli Embassy amid Gaza crisis; industry reacts via social media.
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NewsRicky Gervais readies David Brent film
BBC Films-backed feature will explore what happened to the seedy boss after The Office.
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NewsWide, Filmdoo pact for VOD releases
First title will be Berlinale contender Supernova, including a day-and-date release in the UK.
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NewsDavid Kosse talks Film4 job
“There are always opportunities to change and grow,” Kosse tells Screen.
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NewseOne secures Captain Fantastic
Viggo Mortensen drama, directed by Matt Ross, adds cast including Steve Zahn, Kathryn Hahn, Missi Pyle and Erin Moriarty.
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NewsReactions: David Kosse joins Film4
UPDATED: Producers Stephen Woolley, Kris Thykier, Jeremy Thomas, Andrew Macdonald and Eric Fellner as well as BBC Films, the BFI, FDA and Pact comment on the appointment of Universal Pictures exec David Kosse as the new head of Film4.
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NewsGuardians tops UK chart on $10.7m
Disney’s latest Marvel outing scores $10.7m (£6.35m) debut to dethrone Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Secret Cinema’s Back to the Future event grosses $1.2m (£720,000) over first four shows.
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NewsNZ's Emma Slade set for UK PFM
Emma Slade, Steve Kearney, Briget Callow-Wright heading for the UK’s Production Finance Market.
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NewsEncounters adds industry forum
Bristol’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (September 16 – 21) has added a three-day industry forum.
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NewsElba, Arterton drama begins shoot
uMedia to handle sales on film also starring Franz Drameh and Adam Bakri.
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NewsGuardians tops UK social buzz
As Guardians of the Galaxy rockets onto screens this week, social media is buzzing over the new film.
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NewsBAFTA taking Yann Demange to US
Director of ‘71 to be showcased at New York and Los Angeles events.