UK News – Page 565
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Benni Diez’s horror comedy Stung set to commence shooting, while principal photography is now underway on Guy Myhill’s The Goob.
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NewsLondon Film School details Barbican move
EXCLUSIVE: LFS outlines £14m relocation and upgrade to Barbican site by 2016.
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NewsBroken Circle UK premiere at Sensoria
Award-winning Berlin title to open Sensoria Festival in September; full line-up unveiled.
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NewsBallpark acquires Who Needs Enemies
Ballpark Film Distributors takes all UK rights to British crime thriller; sets release date.
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NewsBen Wheatley to direct JG Ballard’s High Rise for RPC
EXCLUSIVE: Ben Wheatley to direct Amy Jump’s adaptation of JG Ballard’s novel for Jeremy Thomas; Film4, HanWay on board.
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NewsRooney Mara replaces Mia Wasikowska on Carol
Dragon Tattoo star joins Todd Haynes’ period lesbian drama opposite Cate Blanchett; spring 2014 shoot planned.
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NewsEmpire to reveal ‘Screen 1’ details
Details of redevelopment at the flagship venue in London’s Leicester Square kept under wraps.
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NewsShooting begins on The Goob
Guy Myhill’s film is the first to be made under Creative England’s iFeatures2 scheme.
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NewsLuther film in development
Series creator Neil Cross hopes to get the film made next year with Idris Elba.
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NewsTom Sizemore, Sean Young join Kickback
EXCLUSIVE: Blade Runner, Saving Private Ryan stars join UK spy thriller.
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NewsNFTS scores clean sweep at CILECT
British film school becomes first-ever school to win all three CILECT awards for the world’s best student films.
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NewsCambridge partners with Eye on Films
Initiative will promote the work of emerging filmmaking talent.
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NewsElysium tops UK box office
Sony’s sci-fi debuts at number one with $4.8m (£3.13m), including previews; Warner Bros’ We’re The Millers grosses $2.9m (£1.85m) over the four-day weekend to chart second.
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NewsKaleidoscope takes 'Happy Ending'
Kaleidoscope secures UK distribution rights for Karen Gillan rom-com Not Another Happy Ending and sets release date.
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NewsLFF debut for Epic of Everest
Archive gala at the 57th BFI London Film Festival to be the world premiere of restored 1924 doc Epic of Everest.
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NewsUK's Skills Investment Fund reaches £9m
More than 800 film productions have contributed since the fund was set up in 1999.
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NewsKormakur, Petrie projects selected for IFF
EXCLUSIVE: 40 Canadian and international producer teams selected for OMDC’s eighth annual Toronto co-financing market.
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NewsHaddad, Ashton to lead English talent centres
Creative England and the BFI have appointed Celine Haddad and Paul Ashton to lead the new Talent Centres in Sheffield and Brighton.
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NewsWicker Man Final Cut to open in US
Reissue distributor Rialto Pictures has announced it will release a long-unseen and complete version of 1970s horror film, The Wicker Man: The Final Cut on Sept 27 in New York City.
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NewsRobin Hardy to complete Wicker Man trilogy
EXCLUSIVE: Wrath of the Gods will complete a trilogy that includes cult classic The Wicker Man and The Wicker Tree.