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UK News – Page 507
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NewsApes retains UK box office lead
Fox’s sequel retains top spot with $6.4m (£3.8m) second weekend; Paramount’s Hercules muscles in with $2.46m (£1.45m).
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NewsFilm worth $2.7bn to UK broadcasters
Feature films were worth an estimated £1.6bn ($2.7bn) to UK broadcasters in 2013, according to new research by the British Film Institute.
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NewsCharlie Brooker launches production firm
House of Tomorrow will produce feature films as well as drama and comedy series.
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NewsApes, Purge 2 top UK buzz
The Purge: Anarchy generated strong buzz ahead of this weekend’s release but Dawn of the Planet of the Apes remains king of the swingers.
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NewsSky completes £5bn Euro merger
BSkyB has completed a deal to create Sky Europe, bringing together Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in a multi-billion pound deal.
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NewsUK production spend tops £1bn; indie spend falls
UK film sector buoyant but BFI stats reveal local declines.
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NewsSecret Cinema cancels Back to the Future opening night
Event cinema organiser cancels opening night of its biggest production to date at the eleventh hour.
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News’71 sets UK release date
Yann Demange’s Belfast thriller, starring Jack O’Connell, lands October release.
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NewsLaggies sets UK release, new title
Lynn Shelton’s Laggies, starring Keira Knightly and Chloe Grace Moretz, is to be retitled Say When for its UK release.Say When, being released in the US under its original title Laggies, is set to open across the UK through Icon Film Distribution on Oct 10.Directed by ...
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NewsKon-Tiki finally getting UK release
EXCLUSIVE: Two years after it first debuted, Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki will finally be seen by UK cinemagoers.
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E=Motion first Crowd for Angels film
UK crowdfunding platform Crowd for Angels has added new feature E=Motion.
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NewsRobert Sheehan shooting The Messenger
Cast of supernatural drama also includes Lily Cole and Jack Fox.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire backs $25m action film
EXCLUSIVE: Co-pro Hunter’s Prayer marks largest investment and first US production for fund.
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NewsApes conquer UK box office
Fox’s sequel scores $14.9m (£8.7m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Transformers: Age of Extinction, as two event cinema releases – Monty Python and André Rieu – land in the top five.
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NewsImitation Game to open London
Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley codebreaking drama to get European premiere.
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NewsBlue Horizon, Orisa team on WWII love story
EXCLUSIVE: John Wrathall script The Italian Chapel readied for 2015 shoot.
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NewsBritish sci-fi Native wraps shoot
Production on Native, a UK sci-fi feature starring Rupert Graves and Ellie Kendrick, wrapped on July 16.
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NewsUK anti-piracy action to launch
BT, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk, Virgin Media partner with Government and creative industries on scheme.
