UK News – Page 213
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up 28% as more than half of all cinemas now reopen
Exhibitors are preparing for this week’s release of ‘Tenet’.
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NewsDavid Olusoga decries UK TV industry’s “lost generation of talent”
MacTaggart lecturer issues blueprint for keeping hold of BAME talent.
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NewsClio Barnard to direct See-Saw’s ‘The Essex Serpent’ starring Keira Knightley for Apple TV+
See-Saw Films producing for Apple TV+.
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News‘Unhinged’, first new wide release in US since March, grosses $4m in cinemas (update)
Distributor confident of reaching $8m by Thursday, $30m by end of run.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires BFI London Film Festival doc winner ‘White Riot’ (exclusive)
Film set in 1970’s Britain deeply divided over immigration.
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News‘Unhinged’ holds UK-Ireland box office lead for fourth week
Weekend takings for the top five titles up 18.5%.
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NewsCork Film Festival, Docs Ireland launch talent development scheme (exclusive)
The programme is for Irish doc filmmakers on their first or second feature.
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NewsSteve McQueen’s ‘Mangrove’ to open BFI London Film Festival
The European premiere of Mangrove will kick off the festival on Wednesday October 7.
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NewsHow are UK advance ticket sales of ‘Tenet’ actually performing?
The industry hopes Christopher Nolan’s spy thriller will bring customers flooding back to cinemas on August 26.
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NewsThe films opening around the world this weekend: ‘Cuties’, ‘Monos’, ‘Sheep Without A Shepherd’
New releases scarce in the week before ‘Tenet’ hits many markets.
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NewsSTXfilms snaps up pandemic thriller ‘Songbird’
Endeavor Content represents international sales.
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NewsBIFA postpones entry deadlines and nominations, winners announcements
Entry deadline extended to September 25.
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NewsDirectors UK adds Covid-19 update to nudity and sex guidelines
‘Intimacy in the Time of Covid-19’ provides best practice guidelines.
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NewsUK cinema campaign launches as reopening gains momentum
‘Love Cinema’ campaign aims to entice audiences back to theatres.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures hires Focus exec Luane Gauer as head of acquisitions (exclusive)
Gauer most recently held the position of Focus Features vice-president of production and acquisitions.
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NewsUK shoot wraps on Kelsey Grammer, Nathalie Cox mystery
Filming took place with Covid-19 safety measures in place.
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NewsGerman VFX firm Rise to open UK office including traditional Soho pub (exclusive)
The company, with credits including ’Avengers: Endgame’, is set to open a London office in September.
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News‘Unhinged’ retains UK-Ireland box office lead as ‘Inception’, ‘Pinocchio’ spur 107% growth
It was a promising session at UK and Ireland venues.
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NewsBFI launches UK exhibition fund to support diverse film programming
More than £630,000 available to independent cinemas, which are beginning to reopen post-lockdown.
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NewsThe films opening around the world this weekend: ‘Babyteeth’, ‘The Perfect Candidate’, ‘The Roads Not Taken’
Indie titles hoping to capitalise on blockbuster absence.