UK News – Page 656
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NewsBBC Films joins RPC for Julien Temple's Kinks feature
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Films is partnering with Jeremy Thomas’s Recorded Picture Company on You Really Got Me, Julien Temple’s feature film about British band The Kinks.
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NewsRandom House production arm options Dog Loves Books
The production arm of publisher Random House has optioned a book by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Louise Yates.
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NewsGrace Carley appointed CTBF's head of fundraising
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the charity which supports film and television industry employees and their families in times of hardship, has appointed Grace Carley as its new head of fundraising.
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NewsRichard Lester honoured with BFI fellowship
The director was presented with the award following a screening of his 1976 film Robin And Marian, starring Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery, at the BFI Southbank.
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NewsThe Hunger Games reigns victorious at the UK box office
Lionsgate’s adaptation defeats good weather to record the year’s highest debut to date and the best ever UK debut for distributor Lionsgate.
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NewsVertigo eyeing StreetDance 3, another Horrid Henry film
If release of StreetDance 2 performs well, StreetDance 3 would follow after Giwa and Pasquini’s Walking On Sunshine.
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NewsUK distributor ad spend surges in 2011
FDA figures confirm record box office in 2011 and 171m admissions; older demographic boost admissions.
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NewsAlex Holdridge wraps shoot for Meet Me In Montenegro
EXCLUSIVE: In Search of A Midnight Kiss director’s new feature stars Rupert Friend, Jennifer Ulrich.
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NewsAs 3D novelty wears off, some experts call for more extreme uses
3D’s days as a novelty are up. That was the message at the second 3D Storytelling Conference at London’s Ravensbourne college.
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NewsHarry Potter named Best Film at Jameson Empire Awards
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy won three awards at the ceremony, which took place in London last night.
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NewsThe Associates PR company to close
Six months after the death of its founder Richard Larcombe last August, London-based film PR company The Associates is to close its doors.
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NewsLondon 2012 film plans include Ramsay's The Swimmer, Kapadia's The Odyssey
Olympics shorts — including one by Mike Leigh — to premiere in Edinburgh on June 24 before screening in London; Woolcock, Temple and Eyre projects also planned.
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NewsCinedigm/New Video take US rights to SXSW hit Citadel
Cinedigm and New Video have jointly taken US rights to Citadel, the winner of the audience award at SXSW’s Midnighter section.
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NewsBSAC conference tackles topics including VOD, decline in UK co-productions
Speakers include Stephen Garrett [pictured], Ben Roberts, Mark Herbert and Josh Berger.
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NewsHunger Games advance ticket sales close to Twilight, Clash in UK
EXCLUSIVE: Cineworld reports around 22,000 advance ticket sales for Lionsgate blockbuster; exhibitors upbeat but not bowled over ahead of film’s first previews tonight [22].
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NewsKnatchbull outlines vision for Curzon's future
Speaking at BSAC conference, CEO talks about future growth plans for physical venues and on demand platforms.
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NewsWerner Herzog signs up for FILMCLUB webcasts
UK education charity FILMCLUB is giving school pupils the chance to quiz film-makers Werner Herzog, Joe Dante and Frank Cottrell Boyce via webcasts.
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NewsLoveFilm streaming overtakes physical rental
LoveFilm surpasses 2 million subscribers; subs migrate to streaming.
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NewsKaleidoscope takes UK, international sales rights to Zombibi
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Dutch Shaun of the Dead’ will be released in UK this summer.