UK News – Page 633
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NewsIce Age 4 drifts back into top spot at the UK box office; Magic Mike thrusts into third
Fox’s 3D animation opens nationwide and pulls in $15.6m (£10.1m), including previews; Lionsgate’s comedy drama opens impressively with $4.1m (£2.6m).
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NewsSky's internet TV film service Now TV to launch with 1000 titles, £15 monthly sub
Sky’s internet TV service Now TV is to launch on Tuesday with more than 1,000 films available to stream for either £15 per month or up to £3.49 per title.
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NewsJames Purnell unveils future plans as producer
In his new guise as a film producer, former Labour Cabinet Minister (and one time Culture Secretary) James Purnell has revealed that he has several film projects as well as documentaries in development.
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NewsBECTU, PACT negotiating employment reform amid rising tide of crew unrest
EXCLUSIVE: 100 UK hair and makeup artists join union BECTU after turbulent Les Miserables shoot, described by one as “the final straw”; 52 location managers band together.
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NewsComic-Con: Universal greenlights The World's End
The third film in Edgar Wright’s comedy trilogy follows 2004’s Shaun Of The Dead and 2007’s Hot Fuzz. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will star.
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NewsDiego Luna to attend inaugural LondonMexFest
The first LondonMexFest will take place August 17-19.
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NewsVFX Advantage conference helps filmmakers hone visual FX, 3D skills
Conference expands to two days at Ravensbourne.
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NewsHalo Post chooses FORscene cloud editing platform
London-based post-production facility, Halo has chosen cloud editing system FORscene as its logging and rough cut editing platform.
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NewsCinesite chooses Inspire Internship winner
University of Bath’s Firtina Ozbalikci wins six-week placement.
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NewsCaroline Rowland to make official feature film of London 2012 Olympics
EXCLUSIVE: 12 first-time Olympic athletes will be chronicled in the feature film.
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NewsMetrodome mad for Aja/Levasseur horror Maniac, The Shining doc Room 237
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Metrodome picks up rights to Elijah Wood horror Maniac from Wild Bunch and The Shining doc from Film Sales Company.
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NewsIngenious says it plans legal action against The Times and HMRC over tax avoidance story
As the controversy over the tax arrangements behind various UK film finance schemes continues, leading UK film financier Ingenious has confirmed today that it is beginning legal action against both The Times and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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NewsStudioCanal acquires RoboCop for select territories
The company has picked up the UK, Germany and France to MGM and Sony’s sci-fi reboot. José Padilha (pictured) directs.
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NewsBBFC to adopt tougher line on unclassified video content, Black Swan most complained about film in cinemas last year
British film censor also commissions new research into sexual violence in film, partly due to controversial horror films The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) and The Bunny Game.
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News16 film-making teams selected for iFeatures 2
Teams include Jonathan Entwistle, Dominic Buchanan, Samm Haillay, Simon Ellis, and Martin Radich.
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Cinematographer John Harris dies, aged 87
Career spanned 53 years, working on the likes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Superman and The Running Man.
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NewsLeopardrama to develop Danny La Rue feature
UK production outfit Leopardrama has secured BFI funding to develop the screenplay about the British female impersonator, which will be written by Martyn Hesford.
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NewsTomb of the Dragon continues shoot in Beijing starring Dolph Lundgren
GFM, Midsummer, Beijing Zhongshida working on $12m 3D family adventure.
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NewsVue goes pan-European with takeover of CinemaxX
Combined group would run 119 multiplexes with nearly 1,100 screens.
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NewsStuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl starts shoot in Glasgow
Belle and Sebastian frontman’s directorial debut underway in Glasgow, Emily Browning joins cast with Hannah Murray and Olly Alexander, Metrodome handles UK.