UK News – Page 64
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NewsUK horror ‘Dagr’ lands North America distribution (exclusive)
The found-footage feature stars Matt Barber of ‘Downton Abbey’ and Ellie Duckles from Netflix drama ‘The A List’.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office rises 8% in 2023; Warner Bros is top distributor
Total box office crosses £1bn for first time since pandemic.
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NewsBafta unveils longlists for 2024 film awards
‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ tie for most spots with 15 each.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘One Life’, ‘Priscilla’ kick off the new year
Universal has Blumhouse horror ‘Night Swim’; BFI has ‘Scala!!!’.
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NewsDavid Tennant to host 2024 Bafta Film Awards; full broadcast to be presented as live
Longlists revealed today, Friday, January 5.
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NewsUniversal, Working Title select four UK writers for first Global Writers Program (exclusive)
The Program is Universal’s first talent initiative to be headquartered internationally.
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NewsInternational industry pays tribute to UK filmmaker David Leland who died aged 82
Leland is best known for directing ’Wish You Were Here’, ’Land Girls’ and TV series ’Band Of Brothers’.
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News‘Wonka’ devours £6.6m weekend to top final 2023 UK-Ireland box office; ‘Aquaman 2’ takes £1.7m
‘The Boy And The Heron’ sets new record for Studio Ghibli; ‘Ferrari’ tops £1m.
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NewsRidley Scott, Emilia Clarke among UK’s 2024 New Year’s Honours
Further honourees include actor Oliver Ford Davies and Pinewood Group chair Paul Golding.
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NewsUK-Ireland cinema release dates: latest updates for 2023
Bookmark this page for the latest updates in the territory.
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NewsTom Wilkinson, star of ‘The Full Monty’ and ‘Batman Begins’, dies aged 75
Wilkinson died “suddenly at home” according to a statement on behalf of his family.
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News2023 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK: latest updates
A snapshot of the film and high-end TV projects shooting in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsColman Domingo to receive inaugural London Critics’ Circle Innovation Award
The award is presented in honour of late UK critic and film historian, Derek Malcolm.
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News‘All Of Us Strangers’ leads London Critics’ Circle nominations
US actor Jeffrey Wright will be honoured with the Dilys Powell award for excellence in film
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NewsBafta to shake up best film category for 2025 film awards
Rule change could vastly reduce number of eligible titles – and impact streamer release strategy
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NewsApple TV+’s ‘Silo’ series two resumes UK shoot
Filming is taking place at Hoddesdon Studios in Hertfordshire.
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News‘Wonka’ leads UK-Ireland box office with strong £6.4m second weekend; ‘Godzilla Minus One’ stomps to second place
‘The Hunger Games’ prequel, ‘Saltburn’ continue to play well after five weekends.
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News‘Swimming Home’ to world premiere at Rotterdam 2024 as part of Tiger competition line-up
‘Swimming Home’ is directed by Justin Anderson and stars Mackenzie Davies, Christopher Abbott and Ariane Labed.
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NewsBeyond ‘Barbie’, how have female directors fared at the UK box office in 2023?
The box office top 100 remains dominated by men.
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NewsSylvester Stallone’s ‘Cliffhanger’ sequel wins backing from German fund ahead of summer 2024 shoot
FFF Bayern awards funding to action thriller follow-up which now has French director Jean-François Richet on board