UK News – Page 634
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NewsLipSync appoints Ben Shepherd head of 3D/VFX supervisor
UK VFX specialists LipSync have appointed Ben Shepherd as its new head of 3D/visual Effects Supervisor.
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NewsFour new members bolster ranks of Film Export UK
New additions in last three weeks are uConnect, Altitude, StudioCanal and Park Circus, leading to the largest ever membership roster for the sales industry group.
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NewsLuke Snellin to direct teen musical feature The Wanderers
Bill Milner is atttached to star, with Blur’s Graham Coxon and Ash’s Tim Wheeler onboard to write music for the debut feature of former Screen Star of Tomorrow Luke Snellin.
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NewsBekmambetov options UK action script
EXCLUSIVE: UK writer-director Faisal A Qureshi wins $10,000 pitching prize at third Astana International Action Film Festival in Kazakhstan.
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NewsSPWA gets into Agatha Christie business with Crooked House
Neil LaBute will direct from a screenplay he co-authored with Julian Fellowes (pictured) and Tim Rose Price. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired all North America and select territories from Ealing Metro International.
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NewsLeiner, Karlsen, Gray, Brett, Bowles among Galway speakers
Sony Pictures Classics exec Dylan Leiner will give keynote speech at the The Galway Film Fleadh.
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NewsThe Last Elvis wins top award at East End Film Festival
The festival, now in its 11th year, wrapped last night.
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NewsThe Amazing Spider-Man catches competitors in its web at UK box office
Sony’s 3D reboot opens top with $17.2m (£11.1m), just behind previous best opening of the series, Spider-Man 3.
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NewsPeccadillo Pictures gets Hit So Hard
P. David Ebersole’s music documentary set for October theatrical release in the UK.
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NewsThe Works Distribution feels Good Vibrations in UK
EXCLUSIVE: The Works UK Distribution will release Terry Hooley biopic Good Vibrations, which opened the Karlovy Vary and Belfast film festivals.
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NewsCast including Jennifer Morrison starts shoot for Event 15 in Los Angeles
Matthew Thompson is directing for Ipso Facto Films.
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NewsMockert to produce Anthony Minghella's brother's directorial debut
Veteran German producer Rainer Mockert is returning to feature production with Dominic Minghella’s directorial debut Doria and Austrian Walter Bannert’s drama Kolyma set in the postwar Soviet Union.
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NewsBVA report: video still "the single biggest revenue source" for UK film and TV production
BVA report indicates that UK consumers spent £2.3bn on video last year, more than that spent on cinema and music combined; online spend growing but still only a fraction of total spend, which is declining.
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NewsBritish film-maker Nataasha van Kampen dies, aged 28
The step daughter of actor Mark Rylance had attended the London Film School.
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Gow Gibson joins Park Circus
Former Odeon and Disney employee joins Park Circus as head of distribution.
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NewsCreative Skillset lines up sixth Animation and VFX Showcase
The annual event will see up and coming talent in the world of animation and visual effects displaying their work to future employers.
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NewsUK cinemas to show Wimbledon final in 3D
For once UK exhibitors won’t be hoping for rain as Odeon and Showcase will screen men’s final in 3D.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase include Amour Et Turbulences starring Ludivine Sagnier as well as Francois Ozon’s latest production Jeune Et Jolie.
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NewsSPT poised to snap up £40m Left Bank
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is on the brink of acquiring Wallander producer Left Bank Pictures in a deal thought to be worth in excess of £40m.
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NewsOrganic Marketing makes new appointments
Chris Warrington has been appointed head of UK marketing and Caragh Cook as head of UK publicity at London based company Organic Marketing.