UK News – Page 577
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NewsAgyness Deyn starts shoot for Electricity
Principal photography has started on Electricity, starring Agyness Deyn [pictured], Lenora Crichlow, Christian Cooke, Paul Anderson, Tom Georgeson and Alice Lowe.
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NewsPalin: TV production like selling toilet paper
Michael Palin, the travel documentary presenter and Monty Python comedian, has taken a swipe at some modern forms of documentary storytelling.
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NewsNBCUni expands consumer VoD service
NBCUniversal is offering its movie subscription VOD service PictureBox Films direct to consumers in the UK and Ireland following a major redesign and rebrand of the site.
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NewsMuhammad Ali theatrical doc planned
EXCLUSIVE: Passion Pictures, executive producer of Searching for Sugar Man and The Imposter, board documentary centred on recorded conversations of the boxing champion.
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NewsSpotlight boards Lords Of London
Spotlight Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the UK gangster thriller Lords Of London starring Ray Winstone.
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NewsSohonet adds cloud storage
Sohonet has launched of a private cloud storage platform that can be accessed via Sohonet Media Network.
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NewsFull Circle trials 360º iPhone film
An interactive iPhone film that allows viewers to browse a scene panoramically has been produced by 360º video specialist Full Circle.
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NewsDebbie Tucker Green wraps shoot for Second Coming
Nadine Marshall and Idris Elba star in London-set family drama.
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NewsElba to produce Caton-Jones drama
Idris Elba [pictured] will be one of the producers of new UK feature One Square Mile.
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NewsBBC3 doc initiative goes multiplatform
BBC3 new documentary director initiative Fresh is being extended online and will now acccept short form documentaries.
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NewsMTG completes DRG acquisition
Broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired British distributor DRG for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsFilmDistrict pays $10m for US rights to Rocketman
Rocket Pictures and Icon/AI Film’s red-hot Cannes market project about the life of Elton John has found its US home, sources confirmed to Screendaily on Wednesday evening [12]. Good Universe handles international sales and introduced to buyers on the Croisette.
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NewsTemple's Marvin Gaye film stalls
Fresh questions have been raised about the likely completion date for Julien Temple’s Marvin Gaye film Sexual Healing.
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Cinelabs acquires Bucks Media Services
David Webb has been appointed as European sales director for the group.
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NewsBradford ties with Bollywood school
BFI hosts launch of Bradford-Whistling Woods International Film School.
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NewsBuyers download Boermans' App
EXCLUSIVE: Highpoint secures deals on Bobby Boermans’ interactive thriller.
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NewsNFTS launches Attenborough fund
Sir Ben Kingsley and Lord Puttnam among those to honour the veteran British actor-director at the launch of a young filmmakers fund created in his name.
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NewsFilm tax avoidance scheme closed
A film tax avoidance scheme which routed profits of a tax advisory business through employee benefit trusts has been closed by a tribunal.
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