UK News – Page 573
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NewsMcGown wraps horror shoot in Argentina
Shooting wraps this week in Argentina on The Rules of The Game, directed by the UK’s Ed McGown.
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NewsBBC turns its back on 3D
The BBC is to turn its back on 3D content after revealing it believes there is not sufficient viewer demand for the technology.
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NewsBen Wheatley explains A Field In England's multi-platform strategy
As A Field In England prepares for its multi-platform release in the UK, director Ben Wheatley and producer Andrew Starke were in Karlovy Vary to present the film in competition.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Joe Cole and Phil Davis are starring in crime film Peterman, while shooting is about to finish on The Pilgrim: The Best Story of Paulo Coelho.
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NewsCreative Skillset calls for fairer internship recruitment
Creative Skillset is calling for more employers to adopt fair approaches to the way they recruit and pay interns as part of a campaign to promote best practice across the Creative Industries.
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NewsRandom House takes Kissing Booth rights
Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment has optioned worldwide rights for teen novel The Kissing Booth.
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NewsScreen Academy Scotland launches second talent search
The low budget initiative will be run at Edinburgh Napier University for a second year.
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NewsBedlam to remake Czech comedy Women In Temptation
EXCLUSIVE: Bedlam Productions has snapped up the English-language remake rights to Czech comedy Women In Temptation, which beat Avatar on its release in 2010.
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Film London greenlights four art films
More than $200,000 (£135,000) Invested in London-based artist film-makers through FLAMIN Productions.
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NewsMonsoon Shootout to open London Indian Film Festival
Amit Kumar’s Monsoon Shootout will have its UK premiere as the opening night film of the 4th annual London Indian Film Festival (July 18-25).
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Phantasmagoria to shoot in September
M International will start production in September in Rome and Nice for horror film Phantasmagoria. The film has three separate stories.
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NewsEdinburgh reports 10% admission rise
Over 44,000 tickets were sold for the festival’s 67th edition
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NewsRon Howard: cinema can still provide a ‘Rush’
Director Ron Howard has said there are still “great things” happening in film, despite the prevalence of “manufactured product” in cinema.
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News‘Peterman’ shoot underway
British crime feature stars Joe Cole, Phil Davis and Alison Steadman.
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NewsGuild of Location Managers to join Production Guild
The GLM will cease operating as a separate entity, with its members being invited to join the Production Guild of Great Britain instead.
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NewsKoch to release Parkland in UK
EXCLUSIVE: Saturation release planned for November, commemorating 50 years since the assassination of President John F Kennedy.
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NewsFox Searchlight acquires Belle
Period drama, starring Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, set for release spring 2014.
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NewsHawking to open Cambridge Film Festival
Famed scientist Stephen Hawking to present the Stephen Finnigan-directed documentary in Cambridge.
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NewsDespicable Me 2 tops UK box office
Universal’s animated sequel scores outstanding $22.6m (£14.9m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Man of Steel.
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NewsBBFC to regulate mobile content
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is to take over regulation of mobile internet content from the Mobile Classification Board (IMCB).