UK News – Page 238
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News7&7 takes rights to Rutger Hauer’s final film, ‘Break’ (exclusive)
Written and directed by Michael Elkin, Break follows a troubled but talented young snooker player who attempts to break free from a world of crime.
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NewsMoviehouse to sell Greta Bellamacina’s ‘Hurt By Paradise’ (exclusive)
Hurt by Paradise was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at Edinburgh and for Best UK Feature Film at Raindance.
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News30WEST acquires stake in UK’s Altitude Media Group
Arrangement follows news of CAA backing Elysian Film Group Distribution.
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NewsUK box office preview: new openers include ‘Greed’, ‘The Call Of The Wild’, ‘Little Joe’
Micheal Winterbottom’s Greed stars Steve Coogan as a vulgar super-rich British retail tycoon based loosely on Philip Green.
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NewsDanny Perkins launches new distribution company Elysian Film Group Distribution with CAA backing
The company is backed by a minority investment from CAA.
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NewsBankside boards Terence Davies’ ‘Benediction’ starring Jack Lowden (exclusive)
Siegfried Sassoon biopic to begin shooting next month.
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NewsWestEnd takes ‘Mr Malcolm’s List’ starring Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu, Oliver Jackson-Cohen (exclusive)
The film is directed by Emma Holly Jones and is an expansion of her short film Mr Malcolm’s List: Overture.
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NewsFirst Look: Maisie Williams in home invasion thriller ‘The Owners’ (exclusive)
It is one of Williams’s first roles since Game Of Thrones came to an end last year.
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NewsLevelK scares up deal for BFI-backed ghost story ‘Martyrs Lane’ (exclusive)
The project is directed by Ruth Platt, whose previous features are The Lesson and The Black Forest.
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NewsParkland strikes deals on ‘23 Walks’ starring Alison Steadman and Dave Johns (exclusive)
23 Walks is directed by Paul Morrison, Oscar-nominated for his debut feature Solomon & Gaenor.
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NewsArmando Iannucci, Yann Zenou team on Natalie Bailey’s wrestling comedy ‘Sumo’
Rocket Science is selling the project at the EFM.
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NewsMetro International takes sales on Robert Graves drama ’The Laureate’ (exclusive)
Tom Hughes stars as Graves alongside Dianna Agron and Laura Haddock.
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NewsFirst Look: Suki Waterhouse in teen horror ‘Seance’ (exclusive)
‘You’re Next’ writer Simon Barrett making his feature directorial debut.
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NewsIndustry call for Berlinale, EFM to keep late February slot
“It could bring new energy to the market.”
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NewsFilmmaker Chris Atkins talks about the UK film tax fraud that saw him sentenced to five years in prison
Atkins has written a book recounting his surreal experiences during his nine months at London’s Wandsworth prison.
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NewsEndeavor Content takes stake in The Ink Factory
Deal sets up development fund and gives Endeavor Content first-look position to sell upcoming projects.
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NewsUS firm Blackhall Studios to build new UK site near Reading
Company forecasts it will create up to 3,000 jobs, and take two years.
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NewsSTX, Hyde Park, James Bond producers team up on Gerard Butler thriller ‘Remote Control’
EON’s Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli on board as executive producers.
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NewsProtagonist picks up Sundance drama ‘Nine Days’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
Cast includes Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz and Bill Skarsgard.
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News‘Parasite’ expanding to even more UK cinemas after bumper box office
Oscar-winning film set to expand to 561 sites.