UK News – Page 529
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NewsLego records UK hat trick
Warner Bros’ animation stays top for third straight week; Non-Stop records second best-ever UK bow for StudioCanal; Universal’s The Wolf of Wall Street becomes UK’s highest grossing 18-rated film.
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NewsGlasgow hits 40,000 admissions
Tenth anniversary of festival hits landmark for first time; Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin receives its Scottish premiere as the closing film.
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NewsBradford scores seven world premieres
The 20th Bradford International Film Festival reveals full programme including seven world premieres.
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NewsBook Thief leads UK buzz chart
The Book Thief leads the UK buzz chart this week, with 37% intent to view mentions.
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NewsDirector set for tax fraud trial
Two separate cases of alleged film tax fraud are heading towards trial.
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NewsBFI launches producer-distributor JV
EXCLUSIVE: Six-project pilot will see UK distributors and BFI-backed producers split MGs and revenues.
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NewsSharpe, Kingsley wrap Universe
Principal photography has wrapped on Archer’s Mark’s The Darkest Universe, Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley’s follow-up to their BAFTA-nominated Black Pond.
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NewsSundance London to screen 'classics'
Three titles originally championed by the Sundance Film Festival to return to the big screen.
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NewsBeckinsale joins Terry Jones comedy
Underworld actress joins Simon Pegg in high concept comedy, Absolutely Anything.
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NewsProduction accounting guide launched
The UK film and TV industries have a new online guide to production accounting, launched yesterday by industry collective the Production Accounting Forum.
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NewsCalvary, Stag lead Irish Academy noms
Comedies lead the pack at the Irish Film and Television Awards; father and son Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson compete for best actor.
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NewsPudsey movie gets release date
Olivia Colman joins cast, led by comedian David Walliams as the voice of the Britain’s Got Talent winner.
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NewsEvent cinema up 50% at Vue
Vue Entertainment reports 50% increase in number of people attending event cinema screenings and expects this to double in 2014.
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NewsBBCW takes Jared Leto doc Artifact
BBC’s commercial arm to distribute TV rights to music doc directed by Dallas Buyers Club star.
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NewsFeng Xiaogang launches BFI China season
Chinese director helps launch a year of business, creative and cultural collaborations between the UK and China.
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News'Slave' wins three Screen Nation awards
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong’o take prizes at awards celebrating diversity.
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NewsKoch takes Zach Braff comedy
UK distributor also takes Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton romcom And So It Goes… and zombie comedy Life After Beth.