UK News – Page 538
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NewsSignature signs five titles for 2014
Signature Entertainment has secured a raft of new acquisitions to be released over the coming year.
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NewsBFI plans year of UK-China activities
Industry delegation will go to Beijing film festival in April.
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NewsDogwoof sells Web Junkie to BBC
SUNDANCE: Internet addiction documentary, exec produced by Morgan Spurlock, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
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NewsWolf of Wall Street tops UK chart
Universal’s biopic records Martin Scorsese’s best-ever UK debut to land top of the box office; eOne’s 12 Years a Slave expands to 386 sites and adds $5m (£3.06m) for $11.7m (£7.12m).
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NewsIMG signs three-year BAFTA deal
IMG Media has signed a three-year deal with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to distribute programming of the organisation’s award ceremonies.
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NewsCurzon acquires three for UK
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor picks up Toronto hit Fading Gigolo, award winner Ida and Sundance premiere The Green Prince.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire gets £7.5m boost
EXCLUSIVE: ‘71, Death Comes to Pemberley backer aims to invest £1m+ into more productions.
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NewsBig Talk’s Man Up underway
EXCLUSIVE: Supporting cast joins Simon Pegg, Lake Bell comedy; StudioCanal to sell, distribute.
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NewsJames McTeigue's Survivor begins shoot
Thriller from V For Vendetta director stars Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan and Dylan McDermott.
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NewsDevil baby helps generate buzz
A viral video of a ‘devil baby’ helped generate significant buzz for horror movie Devil’s Due.
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NewsSightseers star to direct Aaaaaaaah!
Steve Oram to star in directorial debut alongside Julian Barratt, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Hannah Hoekstra and Tom Meeten.
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NewsE2 takes UK on World Not Ours
Mahdi Fleifel’s debut feature won Best International Film at Edinburgh.
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NewsGet Santa begins shoot
Warner Bros to distribute feature in the UK, exec produced by Ridley Scott and starring Jim Broadbent and Rafe Spall.
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NewsUK creative industries worth £71.4bn
New statistics reveal creative industries are worth £8m per hour to UK economy.
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NewsBen Gibson stands down from LFS
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Leigh praises London Film School director Ben Gibson for “outstanding” service.