UK News – Page 652
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NewsAutlook, Films Transit to jointly handle sales on Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
EXCLUSIVE: Feature documentary shows Bob Cringely’s 1995 interview with Jobs.
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NewsAneurin Barnard joins cast of UK adventure-fantasy Mariah Mundi
Barnard joins cast of UK fantasy starring Sam Neill, Michael Sheen; production to get under way April 30 in Bath; Six Sales on board.
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NewsAntonia Campbell-Hughes to star in Constantin biopic
Rising Irish star Antonia Campbell-Hughes has been cast as Natascha Kampusch in Constantin Film’s English-language biopic 3096 (working title) to be directed by German-American Sherry Hormann at the Bavaria Film studios outside Munich from next month.
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NewsUPIE signs multi-territory deal for Fandango's Diaz – Don’t Clean Up This Blood
Universal Pictures International Entertainment takes UK, Germany, Benelux, Brazil and German speaking Switzerland from Fandango Portobello, which also closes deals in Spain, Canada and Poland.
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NewsNetflix UK launches app for Windows Phone
All devices running Windows Phone 7.5 or higher can now use streaming service.
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NewsBattleship sinks Titanic 3D at the UK box office
Universal’s action sci-fi commandeers top spot with an estimated $6.1m (£3.9m) haul.
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NewsJared Harris to star in Hammer's The Quiet Ones
Due to start shooting in the UK on June 19, the supernatural thriller will be Hammer’s next project following box office hit The Woman In Black.
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NewsB3 Media to run second TalentLab
The programme is designed to help film-makers from non-traditional backgrounds to break into the UK industry.
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NewsFeature adaptation of The Knife That Killed Me underway
The British thriller will shoot entirely on green screen.
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NewsCreative England's Film Culture Fund open for applications
The second round of Creative England’s Film Culture Lottery Fund is now opens for applications with £500,000 of BFI Lottery funds available to regional organisations and festivals.
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NewsSC Films to handle sales for Graham Chapman film
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Crowe’s SC Films International has taken on international sales for A Liar’s Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman.
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NewsRoger Shannon sets up regional round table initiative
Shannon, who heads up the Film and Television department at the University of Edge Hill in Liverpool, is running a series of round table discussions to bring regional film-makers, businesses and academics together.
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NewsHeadhunters to expand in the UK
Momentum’s thriller to play in an additional 22 cinemas from tomorrow.
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NewsShooting underway on The List
Sienna Guillory and Bill Paterson have joined the cast of Klaus Hüttmann’s The List.
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NewsThe Other Cinema to host Kassovitz's La Haine in London and Paris
Free Tottenham screening to employ young people from Broadwater Farm.
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NewsGame Of Thrones season 3 to shoot in Northern Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: HBO is returning to Belfast for a third series of its award winning fantasy series Game Of Thrones; the production will be based at the city’s Paint Hall studio, taking advantage of its two new sound stages.
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NewsThe Guillemots, Glen Hansard to perform at Sundance London
The two musical acts have been added to the opening night of Sundance London, which kicks off on April 26.
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NewsCatherine McCormack to star in The Fold
She plays a priest who forms a friendship with a migrant worker in the feature debut of UK film-maker John Jencks.
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NewsSky acquires licence to kill in 007 switch
ITV is set to be shaken and stirred by the loss of the James Bond film franchise for the first time in more than 35 years.
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NewsUK animation campaigners eye tax breaks on development
Campaigners for animation tax breaks are urging the government to include the cost of development within the new policy, expanding benefits beyond the existing equivalent film credit.