UK News – Page 562
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NewsElstree upgrade underway
Construction work is underway at Elstree Studios on four-acres of new film and TV production facilities.
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NewsCurzon nabs Gordon Green’s Joe
EXCLUSIVE: Curzon takes UK rights to Venice drama starring Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan.
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NewsLionsgate plans UK TV push
Mad Men producer Lionsgate is to expand its TV production business into the UK as part of a wider international push.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest extends run
Documentary festival reveals 2014 dates, which will see it extended to six days.
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NewsBritdoc names five Puma finalists
The Act of Killing and Bully among those up for the $66,000 Puma Impact Award, with a jury including Susan Sarandon and Gael Garcia Bernal.
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NewsFilm London receives $800k grant
Lottery funding to be invested into a three-year project exploring archive film in the outer boroughs of London.
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NewsEncounters spotlights Future Talent
Jesse Armstrong and Gunhild Enger are amongst the ten film-makers/animators highlighted by Ecounters Short Film and Animation Festival as rising stars.
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NewsXbox's Lee to open Cross-Media Forum
Power to the Pixel’s 7th Cross-Media Forum to also include a new David Cronenberg project inspired by Videodrome and a multimedia travelogue from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys.
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NewsJim Broadbent joins Big Game
Cast including Jim Broadbent and Ray Stevenson added to action adventure starring Samuel L Jackson, which begins shooting this week.
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Mordecai named Curzon Home Cinema boss
Curzon has appointed Philip Mordecai as the director of Curzon Home Cinema.
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NewsABC boss eyes UK for co-pros
US network ABC chief Paul Lee is keen to kick off talks with UK talent and producers to commission more international coproductions.
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NewsCMG closes Khumba sales
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has licensed rights on the animation and Toronto selection to Transmission in Australia, Kaleidoscope in the UK and Eagle for Italy.
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NewsAndrew Scott joins Pride cast
EXCLUSIVE: The Sherlock actor joins Matthew Wachus’ gay pride comedy.
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NewsBorrowed Time first UK film to use Tugg
Comedy drama, which raised most of its P&A through Kickstarter, to be the first UK feature to use crowdsourcing platform Tugg.
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NewsProtagonist secures My Old Lady sales
Protagonist Pictures has concluded sales in several territories for Israel Horovitz’s feature debut My Old Lady, starring Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas; shooting to begin in Paris on Sept 26.
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NewsAbout Time tops UK box office
Universal’s romantic comedy scores $2.76m (£1.76m), including previews, to dethrone One Direction; eOne’s Riddick records $2.2m (£1.4m) debut, including previews, to land second.
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NewsSalon Pictures boosts women directors
EXCLUSIVE: Eva Sorhaug, Sharon Horgan and Pratibha Parmar to direct for new UK production outfit.
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NewsSteve Coogan, Jeff Pope reunite on new script
EXCLUSIVE: Philomena writers Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope are already working on another British ‘dramedy’ script.
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NewsDragojevic goes from Zero to Hero
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Downey and Sam Taylor’s F&ME is reuniting with Srdjan Dragojevic’s Delirium to produce Dragojevic’s From Zero To Hero.