UK News – Page 187
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‘Fisherman’s Friends 2’ kicks off UK shoot, reveals cast, sales representation
James Purefoy, Dave Johns are back; Daniel Mays, Tuppence Middleton, Noel Clarke not.
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M-Appeal strikes US, Europe deals for Berlin award-winner ‘Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy’ (exclusive)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s romantic drama has also been secured in Asian territories.
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Edinburgh film festival’s development scheme reveals 2021 projects (exclusive)
Six projects include upcoming titles produced by Jack Tarling among others.
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‘King’s Speech’ producer Gareth Ellis-Unwin takes crowdfunding route for wildlife drama ‘Cheetah’ (exclusive)
Bafta and Oscar-winning producer Gareth Ellis-Unwin to produce feature, which has launched a crowdfunding campaign.
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Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern to star in Florian Zeller’s ‘The Son’ for See-Saw Films
Embankment is launching international sales on the project with Cross-City Films.
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Edinburgh film festival planning online August event with new team (exclusive)
Discussions are underway for an online-only version of the festival.
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Sky Studios appoints ‘Chernobyl’ exec to new drama commissioning post
Gabriel Silver will report to chief content officer Jane Millichip.
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Cannes Lions’ executive to join UK’s Film and TV Charity
Executive was previously director of the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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Protagonist launches MIPTV sales on boxing docu-series ‘The Kings’ (exclusive)
Seller to debut exclusive footage at virtual market this week.
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Baftas 2021: Full list of craft winners
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, ‘Rocks’, ‘Sound Of Metal’ and ‘Tenet’ among winners.
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Leading UK-Ireland talents back Keeping Families In Film campaign for improved childcare provision
The campaign is led by ‘Peaky Blinders’ star Charlotte Riley and Mark Radcliffe.
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Bafta reveals final details of how two-night, two-continent ceremony will work
Bafta president The Duke of Cambridge will join the ceremony on both nights.
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UK audience appetite for cinema return revealed
Figures show level of cinemagoers likely to return in first weeks and months of reopening.
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UK’s Grimmfest reveals first Easter event winners
Genre festival planned a physical event but had to shift online due to the pandemic.
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Olivia Colman set to star for Sam Mendes in Searchlight’s ‘Empire Of Light’
Studio schedules period romance for autumn 2022 release.
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‘Chernobyl’ actor Paul Ritter dies aged 54
Ritter’s film roles included Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince and Quantum Of Solace.
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England’s independent cinemas awarded £6.5m in second round of pandemic support
More than 200 cinemas have been supported with funding to date.
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Submissions open for Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2021
Nominations will close in one month’s time on May 1.
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Working Title’s ‘Matilda’ adds Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee
Sony’s TriStar Pictures will release the film theatrically in the UK. Netflix will release in the rest of the world.
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Sundance horror ‘Censor’ acquired for UK-Ireland cinema release (exclusive)
Prano Bailey-Bond’s feature debut stars Bafta nominee Niamh Algar.