UK News – Page 52
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News‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ scares up £4.1m to top UK-Ireland box office; ‘Immaculate’ starts third
‘Dune: Part Two’ moves to second place after three weeks in first.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse on track to re-open later this year
The cinema, once the home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, has been closed for two years.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Sony calls ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’, ‘Immaculate’ also opens
‘Ghostbusters’ is in 687 locations while Sydney Sweeney horror ‘Immaculate’ is in 511.
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NewsSimone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin to star in Prime Video romantic comedy ‘Picture This’
42 produce, with further cast including Phil Dunster, Nikesh Patel, Adil Ray, Sindhu Vee and Asim Chaudhry.
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NewsCillian Murphy to star in ‘Peaky Blinders’ film, shoot set for September
The film will shoot at Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival’s 20th edition enjoys rise in audience levels and industry engagement
Cinema admissions were up 4%, while industry attendance increased by 56%.
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NewsMolly Manning Walker among Cannes’ La Residence participants
The six participants will work on their first or second feature.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics takes worldwide on Nicholas Hytner’s ‘The Choral’ starring Ralph Fiennes and Jim Broadbent
Alan Bennett has written the script, with Kevin Loader and Damian Jones producing.
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NewsElla Glendining among recipients of second ICO bursary (exclusive)
Previous recipients include ’After Love’ director Aleem Khan and ’Rebel Dykes’ filmmaker Sian A. Williams.
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NewsNetflix’s ‘The Crown’ leads Bafta TV nominations
‘Black Mirror’, ‘Slow Horses’ and ‘Happy Valley’ also scored several nods.
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NewsBrian Cox, Bill Nighy, Fiona Shaw head voice cast of Netflix animation ‘That Christmas’
Other voice cast include Jodie Whittaker and Lolly Adefope.
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NewsBFC, Pinewood, UK Screen Alliance heads on UK’s future relationship with Hollywood, spring budget impact
Adrian Wootton, Andrew Smith and Neil Hatton gave oral evidence to the UK parliament inquiry into British film and high-end TV.
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NewsCraig Roberts to direct ‘The Scurry’ for True Brit; Rhys Ifans, Mia Mckenna-Bruce, Paapa Essiedu lead cast
Shooting starts on April 2, making use of the recently announced Independent Film Tax Credit.
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NewsFormer Paramount exec to join film and TV royalties firm MPLC
Roger Pollock’s previous roles include evp of distribution and operation at Paramount Pictures International.
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NewsBad Wolf’s Jane Tranter calls for tiered tax relief for TV akin to Independent Film Tax Credit
Tranter was giving evidence to the cross-party UK parliament Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee investigation into British film and high-end TV.
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NewsNFTS Leeds creates pioneering intimacy coordination for film and TV course
The six-month intensive scheme begins in May of this year.
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NewsUK’s BBFC to apply higher age ratings for on-screen violence and sex
Scenes involving cannabis and solvent misuse will now face fewer restrictions.
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News‘The King’s Speech’ writer David Seidler dies aged 86
Seidler had a stammer, as had King George VI, the subject of his Bafta and Oscar-winning 2010 feature.
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News‘Dune 2’ rides to £26m at UK-Ire box office; ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ opens outside top five
Oscar winners ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ’Oppenheimer’ and ‘The Holdovers’ see takings surge.
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NewsOmar Sy, Louis Leterrier and Thomas Benski launch Carrousel Studios
New outfit is billed as an artists-first European independent studio.