UK News – Page 508
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NewsWarner Bros. Leavesden to expand
Plan unveiled as David Yates’ Tarzan swings into action, WB CEO attends Downing Street event.
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NewsMrs. Brown’s Boys tops UK chart
Universal’s big screen outing for the popular TV sitcom scores excellent $7.3m (£4.3m) debut to dethrone Fox’s The Fault in Our Stars.
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NewsDCMS: diversity in TV and film falls
Number of BAME in film and TV workforce below UK economy average.
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NewsPeter Webber to direct Piano Tuner
EXCLUSIVE: Set to go into pre-production later this year, the film is based on Daniel Mason’s acclaimed historical novel.
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NewsiFeatures sets development slate
New projects from Screen Stars of Tomorrow, playwrights, TV talent.
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NewsEdinburgh winners revealed
UPDATE: Tony Benn doc wins audience award; Hide and Seek wins Michael Powell Award, Ice Poison takes international prize.
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NewsFilm4 FrightFest unveils 2014 line-up
Genre festival to close with UK premiere of The Signal; 64 films will be screened, with 38 UK or European premieres and 11 world premieres.
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NewsFault In Our Stars retains buzz lead
Online comments for the teen tearjerker soar in second week of release.
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NewsStacy Martin joins High-Rise
EXCLUSIVE: Nymphomaniac star joins cast of Ben Wheatley’s Recorded Picture Company thriller.
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NewsDouble Negative exec talks post-merger expansion
Prime Focus World makes “significant valuation” for the UK VFX house.
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NewsWhite Shadow wins at EEFF
East End Film Festival has unveiled its 2014 award winners, bringing 13th edition to a close.
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NewsScreen Awards unveils expert jury
Jurors include Phil Clapp of CEA, Lee Magiday of Element Pictures, Lucas Webb of Working Title, Kate Muir of The Times and Jamie Schwartz of The Weinstein Company.
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NewsGalway Film Fleadh unveils line-up
Irish film festival will feature a spotlight on new Canadian cinema and an interview with actress Brenda Fricker.
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NewsWe Are The Freaks heads to Benelux
Distributor Pink Moon has acquired the Benelux rights from 104 films to Justin Edgar’s feature We Are The Freaks.
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NewsIrish Film Board appoints O'Neill
Oisin O’Neill has been named senior legal and business executive at the Irish Film Board (Bord Scannan na hEireann).
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NewsElisabeth Moss joins High-Rise
Mad Men star joins Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller and Luke Evans in cast.
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NewsUnder Milk Wood begins shoot
Principal photography on an adaptation of Under Milk Wood, starring Rhys Ifans, has begun in Wales.
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NewsDream Factory to run in IFB 2014
EXCLUSIVE: IM Global CEO Stuart Ford has curated the two-day film event, set to run in July during the International Festival Of Business 2014 (IFB 2014) in Liverpool.
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NewsFramestore, David Kelly board Mexican Cold War film
EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Framestore and producer David P. Kelly are set to partner on a $5m Mexican Cold War feature Lunik III, pitched at this week’s Moscow Business Square (MBS).