UK News – Page 14
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NewsXYZ Films, IPR.VC renew slate financing partnership
Investment vehicle has backed 20 productions including upcoming Sundance premieres Skywalkers: A Love Story, Krazy House.
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NewsJay Hunt to be next chair of the British Film Institute
The Apple TV+ exec will take over from Vue CEO Tim Richards.
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NewsJacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Mia McKenna-Bruce among Bafta Rising Star 2024 nominees
The nominees were announced at an event at London’s Savoy Hotel.
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NewsUS producer Joyce Pierpoline set as Bafta North America chair
Pierpoline takes over from Kathryn Busby.
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NewsDirectors UK makes double hire for lobbying push
Bectu’s Paul Evans and Independent Film Trust’s Niall Stewart have joined the campaigning body.
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News‘Wonka’ crosses £53m at UK-Ireland box office, ‘One Life’ opens second
‘Anyone But You’, ‘The Boy And The Heron’ rise up chart; ‘Priscilla’ opens just outside the top five, setting records for Sofia Coppola.
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NewsUK horror ‘Dagr’ lands North America distribution (exclusive)
The found-footage feature stars Matt Barber of ‘Downton Abbey’ and Ellie Duckles from Netflix drama ‘The A List’.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office rises 8% in 2023; Warner Bros is top distributor
Total box office crosses £1bn for first time since pandemic.
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NewsBafta unveils longlists for 2024 film awards
‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ tie for most spots with 15 each.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘One Life’, ‘Priscilla’ kick off the new year
Universal has Blumhouse horror ‘Night Swim’; BFI has ‘Scala!!!’.
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NewsDavid Tennant to host 2024 Bafta Film Awards; full broadcast to be presented as live
Longlists revealed today, Friday, January 5.
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NewsUniversal, Working Title select four UK writers for first Global Writers Program (exclusive)
The Program is Universal’s first talent initiative to be headquartered internationally.
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NewsInternational industry pays tribute to UK filmmaker David Leland who died aged 82
Leland is best known for directing ’Wish You Were Here’, ’Land Girls’ and TV series ’Band Of Brothers’.
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News‘Wonka’ devours £6.6m weekend to top final 2023 UK-Ireland box office; ‘Aquaman 2’ takes £1.7m
‘The Boy And The Heron’ sets new record for Studio Ghibli; ‘Ferrari’ tops £1m.
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NewsRidley Scott, Emilia Clarke among UK’s 2024 New Year’s Honours
Further honourees include actor Oliver Ford Davies and Pinewood Group chair Paul Golding.
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NewsUK-Ireland cinema release dates: latest updates for 2023
Bookmark this page for the latest updates in the territory.
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NewsTom Wilkinson, star of ‘The Full Monty’ and ‘Batman Begins’, dies aged 75
Wilkinson died “suddenly at home” according to a statement on behalf of his family.
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News2023 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK: latest updates
A snapshot of the film and high-end TV projects shooting in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsColman Domingo to receive inaugural London Critics’ Circle Innovation Award
The award is presented in honour of late UK critic and film historian, Derek Malcolm.