UK News – Page 86
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News‘Philomena’ writer Jeff Pope to make Disney+ series ‘Suspect: The Shooting Of Jean Charles de Menezes’
The dramatised series has de Menezes’ parents and relatives as consultants.
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NewsAmazon reveals investment spend in UK creative industries
Prime Video films and series also welcomed into British Film Institute’s National Archive.
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NewsJeymes Samuel’s ‘The Book Of Clarence’ pushed to January 2024
El Muerto undated for now; Dumb Money moves up to September.
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NewsTom Tykwer returns to filmmaking with contemporary German drama ‘The Light’
’The Light’ is one of a slate of features to receive backing from German regional fund Film-und Medienstiftung NRW.
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NewsAlicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen to star in ‘The Assessment’ for Number 9 Films, augenschein (exclusive)
The UK-Germany co-production is set to shoot in Cologne this year.
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NewsUK doc ‘SCALA!!!’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Film includes interviews with John Waters, Ben Wheatley, Mary Harron.
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NewsScreen Scotland’s Film FastTrack to give £30,000 bursary to four producers
The two-year programme for Scotland-based producers will be delivered by Julia Short and TRC.
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NewsPremium ticket prices helping European cinemas offset admissions lag, CineEurope hears
The box office for January-May 2023 shows a very mixed pattern of recovery across Europe.
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News‘The Flash’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £3.2m; ‘Greatest Days’ opens fifth
Warner Bros blockbuster started below that of other DCEU standalone character titles.
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NewsKoji Fukada’s Venice 2022 title ‘Love Life’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal
The film played in Competition at Venice before heading to TIFF and LFF.
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NewsSheffield DocFest reveals 2023 film, pitch winners; records delegate attendance increase
A 17% increase in the number of delegates compared to 2022.
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NewsCineworld management team in line for $35m exit payout - report
Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger and his brother Israel will receive most of the money.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Take That musical ‘Greatest Days’ goes up against ‘The Flash’
Also opening is ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Pretty Red Dress’.
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NewsUK projects revealed for BFI, BMW Filmmaking Challenge led by Michaela Coel
Five titles shortlisted in initiative to support rising UK filmmakers.
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News‘Ozi – Voice of The Forest’, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Mike Medavoy, secures key sales (exclusive)
Medavoy tells Screen about the film’s two concerns: environmentalism and artificial intelligence.
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NewsA24, Black Bear execs join industry line-up for Sundance London 2023
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
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NewsIDFA award-winner ‘Much Ado About Dying’ scooped up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The documentary has as its UK premiere at Sheffield DocFest today (June 15)
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NewsNetflix UK reworks emerging filmmaking initiative Breakout and reshapes local film team (exclusive)
None of the six selected projects will now be greenlit through the scheme.
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NewsOscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Jackson won Academy Awards for ’Women In Love’ and ’A Touch Of Class’.
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NewsBette Gordon’s ‘Variety’ restoration to be released in UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The 1983 underground hit follows a woman who works at a pornographic cinema.