UK News – Page 244
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NewsNicky Morgan returns to UK culture secretary role
Morgan is unelected, having stood down as MP last month.
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NewsKering Foundation, Modern Films reveal winner of 16 Films 16 Days initiative
Jury included Thandie Newton, Jodie Whittaker and Alice Winocour.
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News‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ takes UK box office crown from ‘Frozen II’ with £5.2m debut
Other new openers included horror remake ’Black Christmas’ and Imelda Marcos documentary ’The Kingmaker’.
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NewsCineworld to acquire Canada’s Cineplex in $2.1bn deal
Cineplex is the largest operator in Canada with 165 cinemas, 1,695 screens and a 75% market share of the territory’s box office.
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NewsWhat could the UK election result mean for the local film industry?
The decisive victory for Boris Johnson has brought clarity over Brexit for the UK’s creative sector, but also despair from industry professionals.
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NewsHugh Skinner, Shazad Latif, Rebecca Benson board UK comedy ‘Falling For Figaro’ (exclusive)
Gary Lewis also joins Danielle Macdonald and Joanna Lumley in romantic comedy.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ aims to thaw ‘Frozen II’
Other titles set for release include ‘Black Christmas’, ‘The Kingmaker’ and ‘Pink Wall’.
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NewsUK’s Great Point Media secures $100m investment for film and TV projects
London-based firm lands investment from US-based MC Credit Partners.
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NewsIreland’s Break Out Pictures acquires ‘Rialto’, ‘Arracht’ (exclusive)
The distributor was launched by former Element Pictures executives.
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NewsAnna Marsh promoted to CEO of Studiocanal as Didier Lupfer departs
Marsh joined company in 2008 and has steadily risen up ranks.
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News’Love Actually’ caught up in political crosshairs of UK election
Spoof ad promoting Brexit policies puts Boris Johnson in role played by Andrew Lincoln.
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NewsSarah Gavron, Julie Gayet join Les Arcs’s female-representation initiative Femmes de Cinéma
European cinema-focused Alpine festival pushes on with efforts to improve female representation.
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News‘Frozen II’ tops UK box office for third weekend with £4.4m
‘Knives Out’, ‘Last Christmas’ held well.
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News‘Blue Story’, ‘Bait’, ‘For Sama’ filmmakers make Bafta shortlist for outstanding British debut category
It is the first time Bafta has publicly announced the shortlist.
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NewsScreen Star of Tomorrow among second round of 2019 John Brabourne awardees (exclusive)
The 12 recipients include UK writers, directors and producers.
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NewsFinanciers, producers upbeat about EIS future at Screen’s UK Film Finance Forum
“We have had two and a half years of hell” but the situation is now improving.
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NewsMatthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn board ‘Operation Mincemeat’
New cast joining Colin Firth and Kelly Macdonald also includes Tom Wilkinson.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Honey Boy’, ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ headline quiet week
‘Frozen II’ will look for a third session at number one.
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NewsNFTS launches first casting course to meet growing demand and boost diversity (exclusive)
UK casting experts Jina Jay and Shaheen Baig helped craft the course.
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NewsArclight strikes major deals led by UK on Daniel Radcliffe thriller ‘Escape From Pretoria’ (exclusive)
Hamilton Entertainment, BeaglePug, Footprint Films, and Enriched Media Group produce Australia-UK co-pro.