UK News – Page 709
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Peter Nichols appointed chairman of Prescience
Nichols is the owner of wealth management group Chancery, which has raised over $800m for UK films in the last ten years.
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Cineworld's box office market share rises despite revenue fall
Mixed year-to-date results put down to a lack of major 3D releases.
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NewsDench, McKellen bite for zombie romp
EXCLUSIVE: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Gillian Anderson, and Mark Williams are attached to star in Matthew Butler’s 18th century zombie romp, The Curse Of The Buxom Strumpet.
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NewsBuyers keen for Scorsese/von Trier
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers are beginning to pounce on the next Five Obstructions
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NewsFilm London's Microwave starts shoot for Borrowed Time
The seventh film to come out of Film London and BBC Films’ microbudget scheme is a comedy drama directed by Jules Bishop.
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NewsHelen Hughes appointed head of production at Framestore
It is part of the London based visual effects company’s plans to expand its production department.
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NewsFilm London partners with Rio Film Commission
Film London and Filme Rio-Rio Film Commission have signed a partnership agreement to develop the exchange of trade, talent and culture within their cities’ film industries.
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NewsCreative Scotland backs four new film initiatives with £1m
EXCLUSIVE: Creative Scotland has unveiled a £1 million investment into new models for film.
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NewsDogwoof acquires UK rights to Steve James' The Interrupters
EXCLUSIVE: Dogwoof plans an autumn theatrical launch in the UK, and the BBC will broadcast subsequently.
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NewsChristian Baute joins Headline as company confirms Ridley Scott project
Scott will produce and direct Reykjavik
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NewsPressman signs Noyce for Bloodsport; lands Venice slot for Moth Diaries
EXCLUSIVE: Phillip Noyce to direct and Robert Mark Kamen to script a reinvention of iconic Jean Claude Van Damme actioner Bloodsport.
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NewsThe Works takes UK rights to Spurlock's Greatest Movie Ever Sold
The Works Distribution has picked up all UK rights on Morgan Spurlock’s Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
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NewsIndependent goes to Hell And Back Again
EXCLUSIVE: Independent distribution takes docs and comedy Tiny Furniture for UK
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NewsAV Pictures thrills buyers with Sket
Buyers are swarming over girl gang movie Sket, on the AV Pictures slate.
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NewsWinding Refn partnering to produce Black's Game
EXCLUSIVE: Winding Refn and production company Zik Zak (Volcano) are partnering on thriller Black’s Game.
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Buyers take HanWay's Expectations, Psychopaths
UK sales outfit HanWay Films has been doing a roaring trade on its Cannes slate.
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NewsTom Hooper joins BFI board
At a reception tonight in Cannes, BFI Chair Greg Dyke announced that The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper has been appointed to the BFI’s Board of Governors.
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