UK News – Page 20
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News‘The Wind In The Willows’ animated feature adaptation blows into Scotland (exclusive)
The feature will include new female characters that are not in the book.
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NewsMicheal Ward to lead WestEnd revenge thriller ‘Uncle’ (exclusive)
The UK shoot will commence in April.
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NewsAction thriller ‘Zero’ sells for North America (exclusive)
A US theatrical release is plotted for the second quarter of 2025.
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NewsPrime Video’s ‘The Rings Of Power’ moving to UK’s Shepperton for third season
The series originally shot in New Zealand before relocating to the UK’s Bray Film Studios.
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NewsFiona Lamptey, Eve Gabereau among speakers at Reclaim The Frame distribution event
They are joined by Mubi’s Cate Kane and BFI’s director of inclusion, Melanie Hoyes.
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NewsBoxing crime drama ‘Salvable’ squares up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Vertical has picked up all rights.
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NewsInternational buyers check in for Ruben Ostlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’
Film stars Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl, Keanu Reeves and Nicholas Braun.
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NewsVue’s Tim Richards set for CinemaCon global achievement award (exclusive)
Richards was recently award a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
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NewsStudiocanal execs Alex Hamilton, Katheryn Needham move to new roles
Hamilton will work with all territory CEOs overseeing distribution across all Studiocanal territories.
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NewsFormer Sister and BBC exec sets up LA-based outfit Hound
Kate Fenske’s launch of Hound comes four months after closure of Sister US.
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NewsHalf of UK independent cinemas still operating at a loss, says the ICO (exclusive)
Some 48% of survey respondents were projected to make a loss for 2024-25.
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NewsFan Bingbing and Gabriel Byrne to star in Wayne Wang’s ’Diary Of A Mad Old Man’ for Bankside (exclusive)
Production will begin this summer in Japan.
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NewsMimi Poskitt to become managing director of Sheffield DocFest
The 32nd edition will run June 18-23.
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NewsJames McAvoy to receive honorary award at Glasgow Film Festival
He will receive the Cinema City Honorary Award at the March festival.
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NewsShudder picks up supernatural horror ‘825 Forest Road’ (exclusive)
The film will be released in North America, UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand in the spring.
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NewsKristen Wiig, Bill Murray to star in ‘Epiphany’; Rocket Science launching EFM sales
Max Barbakow, who directed 2020 Sundance comedy Palm Springs, to helm project.
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NewsUniversal hires Kezia Williams as MD for UK and Ireland
Williams joins Universal at the end of February and will report to Paul Higginson.
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NewsFederation Studios appoints Côme Chazal as group executive director for UK strategy (exclusive)
The Paris-based company is ramping up its expansion into English-language markets.
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NewsBafta Elevate 2025/26 cohort includes ‘Mr Gay Syria’, ‘Kanaval’ directors
The cohort comprises documentary and factual filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds.
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News‘Dog Man’ barks up £3.2m to top UK-Ireland box office; ‘Macbeth’, ‘September 5’ in top five
‘A Complete Unknown’ nears £10m; ‘The Brutalist’ holds well again to overtake awards favourites.