UK News – Page 536
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NewsTV tax break brings £150m to UK
The high-end drama tax breaks have helped attract £150m of foreign investment in the UK industry, according to the latest figures from the British Film Institute (BFI).
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NewsRobocop, Llewyn lead buzz
Robocop and Inside Llewyn Davis dwarf I, Frankenstein in the UK online buzz charts.
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NewsBuyers take to Salt's Borderlands
EXCLUSIVE: US, European and South American deals for Metrodome production.
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NewsBTV readies Globe releases
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth and The Tempest to hit UK cinemas in April.
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NewsUK stats reveal reliance on inward investment
Films produced in the UK generated more than £1bn in 2013 but domestic productions accounted for just 6% of the box office.
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NewsShaun the Sheep begins shoot
Aardman Animations has begun production on a feature based around claymation character Shaun the Sheep.
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NewsContent taking McQueen doc to EFM
Sales on the documentary about the legendary actor to begin at the European Film Market in Berlin.
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NewsUniversal hooks Blackfish from Dogwoof
Dogwoof have closed a multi-territory sales deal with Universal Pictures International Entertainment for BAFTA nominated documentary Blackfish by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
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NewsSlave, Gravity win at Regional Critics Awards
Steve McQueen’s drama crowned Film of the Year, as Alfonso Cuarón picks up Director of the Year.
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NewsSoda picks up Rouge's Spell
Ben Rivers & Ben Russell’s documentary also acquired by KimStim for the US and Canada.
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NewsBBC to air unproduced Thomas script
Famed Welsh poet’s The Beach of Falesa to receive airing on May 4.
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NewsiFeatures launches third edition
This year’s scheme will develop a slate of 16 projects from the UK’s most promising film-making teams, with three going on to be greenlit with a budget of £350,000 each.
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NewsMatthias Schoenaerts boards Galveston
Embankment to handle sales on thriller from August: Osage County producer.
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NewsKristen Stewart confirmed for Still Alice
EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth also on board in-demand drama for which Memento has secured several major deals with key territories.
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NewsColfer, Perlman to voice Robodog
Glee star Chris Colfer and Ron Perlman will voice Marza Animation Planet’s Robodog, while UK-based Timeless Films will handle international sales.
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NewsCreative Europe launches in UK
Creative Europe Desk UK to be delivered through new partnership between the BFI and the British Council.
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NewsFestival briefs: Berlin, Tokyo, Locarno, Kinoteka, Pan-Asia, Ilkley
Scorsese doc in Berlin, Tokyo sets dates, Pan-Asia Film Festival stretches across UK, Locarno to honour Titanus studio, and Ilkley plans first edition.
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NewsAlice Creed gets Dutch remake
Kidnap thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed remade for Dutch audiences.
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NewsWolf retains UK lead
Universal’s biopic falls just 23% as it adds $5.9m (£3.6m) to lead chart for second straight week; eOne’s 12 Years a Slave crosses £10m mark.