UK News – Page 800
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NewsFrance gets Dragon Tattoo, UK regards French Film
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week
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NewsKaleidoscope takes UK and Irish rights for Winter in Wartime
High Point Films has sold UK and Irish rights for Dutch film Winter in Wartime to London-based Kaleidoscope.
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NewsAnchor Bay buys UK rights to Sunshine Cleaning
Anchor Bay Films has acquired all UK rights to HanWay Films’ comedy Sunshine Cleaning starring Emily Blunt and Amy Adams.
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NewsGilliam and Thomas take on Don Quixote again
Recorded Picture Company founder Jeremy Thomas has reunited with Terry Gilliam to resurrect their former passion project Don Quixote.
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NewsPhyllida Lloyd to direct "banker to the poor" biopic
Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd is to make a $20m movie about Nobel prize winner Professor Muhamad Yunus, the so-called “banker to the poor”.
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NewsJinga takes on sales for Gough's Salvage
UK sales agent Jinga Films has added Lawrence Gough’s Salvage to its Cannes slate.
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NewsDanny Dyer Goes Pimpin
Danny Dyer, Robert Cavanah, John Hannah, Martin Compston and Shauna MacDonald will star in new UK gangster film Pimp.
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NewsArclight and Axxis pop for Bubblegum Crisis
Arclight Films and Singapore’s Axxis International are among the companies involved in a six-country collaboration to produce a $30m live-action feature based on Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis.
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NewsD3 Vue join forces with NX
UK multiplex operator Vue Entertainment is to join forces with financier and producer CinemaNX (NX), to release at least three movies directly into Vue cinemas and other theatres across the UK, from the end of this year.
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NewsIFC Films acquires cult drama Red Riding
IFC Films has acquired US rights from Studio Canal to The Red Riding Trilogy based on David Pearce’s cult noir novels about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper slayings in the UK during Seventies and Eighties.The trilogy includes Julian Jarrold’s 1974, James Marsh’s 1980 and Anand Tucker’s 1983, three self-contained ...
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NewsPrescience and Perpetual team on new financier P2
A new specialist financing company called P2 Bridge Limited (P2) has been launched as a joint venture between Prescience Film Finance and Perpetual Media Capital.
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NewsWatson peels Oranges for Icon
Icon Entertainment International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Oranges And Sunshine starring Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.
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NewsAlice Creed appears in Cannes with WestEnd
WestEnd Films has taken on international rights to The Disappearance of Alice Creed which stars Gemma Arterton alongside Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan.
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NewsProducers Cowan and Piette to launch Stealth Media Group
Producers Michael Cowan and Jason Piette are launching a UK distribution and international film and TV sales company called Stealth Media Group.
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NewsPathe Productions connects with Hideo Nakata's Chatroom
Pathé Productions has snapped up the UK rights for Japanese director Hideo Nakata’s Chatroom from WestEnd Films.
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NewsAtlas starts presales on Quick, Slip Me A Bride
German sales agent Atlas International film will be in Cannes to handle pre-sales for the UK romantic comedy Quick, Slip Me A Bride.
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NewsMultiVisionnaire finds Mr. Right
MultiVisionnaire Pictures has picked up Jacqui Morris’ Mr. Right ahead of Cannes.
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NewsMunich retrospective dedicated to British director Stephen Frears
The British director Stephen Frears will be honoured with a retrospective at this year’s Munich Filmfest, which will be held from 26 June - 4 July.
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BFI sets out plans following $2.7m LFF cash boost
The BFI has set out its plans for The Times London Film Festival, following a $2.7 million cash injection from the UKFC.Speaking earlier today at an event to formally announce the funding, Sandra Hebron, the festival director, outlined the BFI’s plans to raise the profile of the festival on an ...
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NewsSpurlock footage available to view at Cannes
Celsius will introduce Freakonomics to buyers at Cannes and will be showing footage from Morgan Spurlock’s contribution to the five segment film.