UK News – Page 16
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News‘All Of Us Strangers’ leads London Critics’ Circle nominations
US actor Jeffrey Wright will be honoured with the Dilys Powell award for excellence in film
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NewsBafta to shake up best film category for 2025 film awards
Rule change could vastly reduce number of eligible titles – and impact streamer release strategy
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NewsApple TV+’s ‘Silo’ series two resumes UK shoot
Filming is taking place at Hoddesdon Studios in Hertfordshire.
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News‘Wonka’ leads UK-Ireland box office with strong £6.4m second weekend; ‘Godzilla Minus One’ stomps to second place
‘The Hunger Games’ prequel, ‘Saltburn’ continue to play well after five weekends.
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News‘Swimming Home’ to world premiere at Rotterdam 2024 as part of Tiger competition line-up
‘Swimming Home’ is directed by Justin Anderson and stars Mackenzie Davies, Christopher Abbott and Ariane Labed.
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NewsBeyond ‘Barbie’, how have female directors fared at the UK box office in 2023?
The box office top 100 remains dominated by men.
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NewsSylvester Stallone’s ‘Cliffhanger’ sequel wins backing from German fund ahead of summer 2024 shoot
FFF Bayern awards funding to action thriller follow-up which now has French director Jean-François Richet on board
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NewsJay Hunt tipped as next British Film Institute chair
The AppleTV+ exec is emerging as the frontrunner to take over from Tim Richards.
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NewsUK’s Everyman acquires Tivoli cinemas from Empire
The Empire cinema chain entered administration in July, with Ireland’s Omniplex already acquiring five of its sites.
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NewsLaura Mansfield appointed chief executive of UK's ScreenSkills
Mansfield will succeed Seetha Kumar, who decided to stand down in the summer after eight years in the role.
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NewsUK’s Anton creates fund for female and non-binary action writers (exclusive)
Anton will provide devleopment support and will further package, sell and finance select productions.
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NewsSandhya Suri’s UK-backed ‘Santosh’ wraps production in India (exclusive)
British-Indian filmmaker Suri is a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023.
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NewsCharlotte Wells, Ben Sharrock among talent mentors for Glasgow Film Festival 2024
The inaugural animation scheme cohort has also been unveiled.
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NewsUS investment firm RedBird IMI emerges as frontrunner to buy All3Media
Venture capital group reportedly in advanced talks with Warner Bros Discovery and Liberty Global to acquire production group
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NewsNetflix’s ‘The Diplomat’ restarts series two filming in the UK (exclusive)
The political thriller began filming in June when production was halted by the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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News‘Wonka’ scores a sweet £8.9m at the UK-Ireland box office
Paul King’s origin musical starring Timothee Chalamet opened in over 700 locations
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NewsDublin film festival to honour Isabelle Huppert, unveils closing night title
The Irish festival runs from February 22 to March 2.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Warner Bros ‘Wonka’ to serve up a festive feast in 700 cinemas
Paul King’s festive musical, starring Timothee Chalamet, is one of the widest openings of the year
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NewsReclaim The Frame unveils Filmonomics cohort for 2023-24 (exclusive)
Speakers and mentors taking part include BFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays and Bafta chair Sara Putt.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom to direct ‘A Farewell To Arms’ adaptation starring Tom Blyth
Blyth’s recent credits include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes