UK News – Page 611
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NewsBafta Crew initiative calls for applications
A new training and networking scheme for upcoming British film and TV talent outside London is now open for applications.
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NewsMetrodome promotes Simon Weavers
Metrodome Distribution has promoted Simon Weavers to head of DVD sales.
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NewsLondon's Empire Cinema first to offer Dolby Atmos
The Empire cinema in London’s Leicester Square will be the first in the UK to bring Dolby Atmos audio technology to audiences, starting December 13 with Ang Lee’s Life of Pi.
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NewsUK government confirms 25% TV tax credit, £6m pool for training; Ireland extends relief to 2020
UK government promises to match industry training funding up to £6m; Irish government extends film and TV tax credit to 2020,
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NewsSkyfall biggest ever film at UK box office
James Bond’s 23rd adventure has become the highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office, overtaking Avatar.
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NewsVertigo acquires BIFA-nominated Strings
Vertigo Films has acquired BIFA and Raindance-nominated teen drama Strings from first time film-maker Rob Savage.
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NewsMicrowave’s Lilting, starring Ben Whishaw, underway in London
Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei Pei star in London-set love story produced by Microwave and Dominic Buchanan in association with Stink Films, BBC Films, SUMS. First image from set exclusive to Screen.
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NewsAMPAS to fete Almodovar in London
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is to celebrate the career of Pedro Almodóvar with “an intimate retrospective” on Dec 13 at London’s Curzon Soho Cinema.
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NewsSkyfall shoots back to the top of the UK box office
Latest Bond mission on brink of overtaking Avatar as the all-time champion; Breaking Dawn - Part 2 becomes eOne’s biggest film ever; Ben Wheatley’s critically acclaimed Sightseers opens with $342,000 (£213,014) from 92 sites.
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NewsCreative Scotland boss Andrew Dixon quits
The head of Scotland’s arts funding body is stepping down following a critical attack on the organisation.
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NewsLoveFilm launches on Wii
LoveFilm is to launch on Nintendo’s Wii console today (Dec 4), bringing the Amazon-owned VOD service into eight million homes across the UK.
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NewsFilming wraps on David Frankel’s One Chance
Comedy biopic One Chance, starring James Corden as Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts, has wrapped filming.
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NewsJill Tandy joins Universal Pictures International
Tandy to assume commercial affairs role primarily across local language productions and will continue to work for Inside Pictures in reduced role.
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NewsMetrodome acquires period drama Summer in February
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Stevens, Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning and Hattie Morahan star in UK drama about a love triangle in an artists’ colony.
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NewsEd Clarke reteams with Paul Webster at Shoebox Films
Pair worked together at Kudos; Shoebox’s first production is Steve Knight’s Hummingbird.
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Glasgow Film Theatre set for renovation
The Glasgow Film Theatre is slated to undergo a $2.6m (£1.6m) renovation project that will allow for growth of the city’s film festival.
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NewsPicturehouse ties with MyMovies
Digital agency MyMovies has joined with UK cinema chain Picturehouse to become the exclusive content provider for Pictureshouses.co.uk.
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NewseOne takes North American rights to Cuban Fury
The distributor negotiated with StudioCanal for Big Talk’s rom-com starring Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Ian McShane and Olivia Colman.
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NewsTwo new Indian films to be shot in London in 2013
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the news as he met with top film and TV producers in Mumbai.
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NewseOne boards UK rights to Destroyer
EXCLUSIVE: Ealing Metro International has secured a UK deal with distributor Entertainment One for upcoming Falklands War film Destroyer, starring Paul Bettany and Matthew Goode.