UK News – Page 592
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NewsCreative England's crew night coming to Pinewood
Creative England’s crew night will be run at Pinewood Studios for the first time on April 17 from 6-8 pm.
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NewsDK-Soda Films join Fiennes drama
EXCLUSIVE: Soda Pictures partners with UK producer David P. Kelly on production of Two Women; takes UK rights.
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NewsExclusive first look at Mo Ali's Montana
McKell David takes aim alongside Lars Mikkelsen in the first image from Montana, director Mo Ali’s second feature.
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NewsInception Media Group launches in UK
EXCLUSIVE: The Los Angeles-based producer-distributor has hired Maura Ford to oversee its ambitious international digital distribution operation from a new office in London.
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NewsCalls to hurry copyright laws
Copyright pressure group says Treasury is undermining tax reliefs by delaying secondary legislation.
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NewsSky backs Warp heist drama
Sky Atlantic has boarded edgy heist drama The Panthers, a co-production with premium French broadcaster Canal+ and indie Warp Films.
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NewsFilm London boosts TV budget
London Mayor Boris Johnson today announced an expansion of Film London’s £1.3m budget by £750,000, which will go towards promoting and developing TV production opportunities in London.
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NewsMother’s Milk heads to MipTV
BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Gerald Fox is taking his first feature-length drama production, Mother’s Milk, to MipTV.
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NewsBrand New-U starts shoot
UK-Irish–Netherlands transmedia co-production is written and directed by Simon Pummell [pictured] and will shoot for four weeks in London and Dublin.
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NewsMiramax grows TV, digital teams
Richard Tulk-Hart, Jo Sherlock and Emily Briggs added to sales teams.
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NewsDuane Hopkins shooting second feature
George MacKay leads the cast of the character-driven thriller Bypass.
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NewsKFD acquires Hip Hop Hoax
Jeanie Finlay’s documentary picked up worldwide, excluding UK/Ireland, by London-based sales and distribution company.
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NewsAvengers 2 to assemble in UK
EXCLUSIVE: The Avengers 2 is scheduled to shoot at Pinewood-Shepperton in early 2014.
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NewsSheffield MeetMarket draws record pitches
A record 612 projects have applied for MeetMarket, the two-day pitching forum at Sheffield Doc/Fest that is also hosting funding opportunities from the BFI, Channel 4, Wellcome Trust and others.
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NewsCroods defeats G.I. Joe in UK
Fox’s 3D animation records second consecutive week as UK’s number one, crossing £10m in the process; Paramount’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation debuts to $4.2m (£2.8m), including previews.
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NewsFandango Portobello Sales closes UK office
Sales and finance outfit, which handled Gomorrah and Reality, closes London office.
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NewsPuttnam calls for online monetization
Lord Puttnam has called on young filmmakers to pioneer the online monetization of movies – and used All the President’s Men to defend new press regulation.
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NewsPeccadillo acquires Margarita
Dominique Cardona & Laurie Colbert’s comedy drama recently closed the 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.