UK News – Page 731
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NewsIntandem on board for finance, sales of Catweazle movie
Intandem Films will serve as executive producer and worldwide sales company for the film version of Catweazle.
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NewsSix months before Edinburgh festival, artistic director still not announced
An announcement regarding the appointment of a new artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival is “coming very soon”, according to Gavin Miller, CEO of the festival’s new parent body Centre For The Moving Image (CMI), who is overseeing the recruitment process.
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NewsBFI says 37 redundancies likely as part of new strategy
Future plans include BFI Library on Stephen Street being closed and moved into former Gallery space at BFI Southbank.
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NewsLord of the Dance to become 3D film
3D production company Nineteen Fifteen has teamed up with ITN Productions to produce a 3D movie version of Michael Flatley’s stage production Lord of the Dance.
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NewsPicturehouse takes UK rights to Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Picturehouse Entertainment, the new distribution arm of City Screen, has taken UK theatrical and DVD rights to Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
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NewsTexas singer Spiteri to make film debut in Between Weathers
Rock singer Sharleen Spiteri and UK TV actress Dawn Steele will head up the cast of Between Weathers, the first feature to be shot on the Shetland Islands since Michael Powell’s The Edge Of The World in 1939.
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NewsHigh Point flies with Operation Peter Pan documentary
High Point Media Group is to handle international sales on Estela Bravo’s documentary, Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba, through its fact based label High Point Horizons.
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NewsDavid Attenborough to make 3D feature doc about penguins
Sky 3D is working with David Attenborough on their second documentary together, Penguin Island 3D.
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EM Media launches scheme to help projects stranded by Screen East
Regional screen agency EM Media is launching a temporary scheme – EM Media East – to provide support to projects which had been awarded funding by defunct regional screen agency Screen East.
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NewsDexter Fletcher starts shooting Wild Bill in East London
Shooting has begun on British actor Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut Wild Bill, starring Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Sammy Williams and Liz White.
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NewsJonathan Ross works with UK French film channel Cinemoi
BBC veteran Jonathan Ross has become a shareholder in UK-based French cinema channel Cinemoi. He will become a presenter, producer and creative director for the company.
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Martin Kemp lines up playboy role in new comedy
Martin Kemp, Colin Salmon, Billy Murray and Adele Silva have joined the cast of British comedy How To Stop Being A Loser.
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NewsMcCorkell, Cook leave Rogers & Cowan to join Organic
Emma McCorkell is leaving Rogers & Cowan to join Organic Marketing as Publicity Director, running the UK publicity team.
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NewsNarnia leads UK box office; Optimum crosses £20m mark
Optimum has its biggest-ever opening with The Tourist; Vertigo’s Monsters passes $1m.
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Paul Smith named head of comms at Pact
UK producers body Pact has appointed Paul Smith as its new head of communications.
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NewsParminder Vir joins Al Ruwaini's Pyramedia
Producer Parminder Vir has joined Pyramedia as a development consultant.
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NewsIvan Mactaggart joins Parfitt's Trademark
Film financier Ivan Mactaggart has joined UK production company Trademark Films as a partner.
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NewsThe Social Network strikes twice at RAFAs
UK regional critics have voted The Social Network Best Film and Best Screenplay at the fifth annual Richard Attenborough Awards.
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Cine Guilds GB launches crew-sourcing portal
Cine Guilds GB has launched a new web portal to allow incoming productions to source UK crew.
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Northern Screen agencies team for mentoring scheme
Vision+Media, Screen Yorkshire and Northern Film & Media have teamed on ‘Triangle’.