UK News – Page 628
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NewsWestEnd builds on Cattleya bond with library additions
London sales outfit adds three Cattleya titles to library.
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NewsHorrible Histories film in the works
The producers of Horrible Histories are in talks to produce a full-length feature film spin-off of the CBBC show.
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NewsUniversal strikes home ent deal for FrightFest selection American Mary
Universal Pictures International Entertainment, Universal’s home entertainment division, has struck an all-rights deal for American Mary for a number of territories including the UK and Germany.
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NewsFilm4.0's Scene Stealers winners led by The Brothers Lynch, Luke Aherne
New competition from Film 4’s digital arm includes £5,000 development grant.
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NewsHammer launches YouTube channel
Production company Hammer, the company behind The Woman In Black and Let Me In, has launched a dedicated YouTube channel to promote the company’s new films as well as restored classics from the lauded Hammer library to stream online.
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NewsLord Puttnam to deliver ten-part seminar series
Australian series to focus on the changing nature of screen production and distribution in the digital era.
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NewsFrankenweenie to open BFI London Film Festival
Tim Burton’s Disney animation will go live from Odeon Leicester Square to BFI Imax and 30 screens across the UK; Tim Burton, cast and producers expected to attend.
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NewsGlobal boost for Left Bank in £40m SPT deal
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) plans to turn Left Bank Pictures into a global scripted powerhouse; SPT will be first in line to sell the indie’s future feature films.
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NewsWill Clarke's Altitude to co-produce spoof The Hooligan Factory
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Nevern [pictured] to write and direct the summer 2013 release.
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NewsProtagonist boards Lenny Abrahamson's What Richard Did
EXCLUSIVE: Abrahamson’s third feature will premiere in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema programme.
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Annette Caulkin MBE dies aged 94
Caulkin worked in the UK film industry across four decades, starting at the NFFC in the late 1950s.
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NewsShaun Williamson co-writing new British comedy
Williamson [pictured] also set to star in This Is Jayde: The One Hit Wonder.
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NewsIFC strikes US deal for Cheerful Weather For The Wedding
IFC Films has acquired all US rights to Donald Rice’s Cheerful Weather For the Wedding, which had its world premiere at Tribeca.
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NewsBrave hits its target as it topples Ted at the UK box office
Disney/Pixar’s latest shoots an estimated $8.1m (£5.2m) debut, including previews; Bourne Legacy records second highest opening of franchise.
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NewsNetflix clocks 1m UK subs in record time
Rival European SVOD service LoveFilm has more than 2 million members in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
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NewsThe Arab British Centre unveils new week-long film season
Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema runs Sept 21-27 at London’s ICA.
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NewsMorgan, Straughan among screenwriters to deliver lectures for BAFTA & BFI
Third screenwriters’ lecture series to take place during Sept 26-Oct 27.
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NewsCreative England launches crew and locations databases, plans more crew networking events
The networking event at Elstree on September 19 will be the eighth in the nationwide programme.
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Fifth Column to give theatrical release in UK to Tempest docudrama
Fifth Column Films will self-release its latest feature, Tempest, starting on Oct 26 in the UK.