UK News – Page 252
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News‘Joker’ scores huge £12.6m debut at UK box office
‘Judy’ hits a high note, ranking second with £2.1m.
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NewsBBC to outline radical iPlayer revamp
Tony Hall set to unveil ‘broader shop window’ for TV talent.
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NewsFox Searchlight duo talk Disney takeover, streaming and turbulent times
Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula on how they deal with changing film industry.
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NewsModern Films strikes Amazon UK slate deal including Venice winner
Slate deal includes ‘The Perfect Candidate’ and ‘Happy as Lazzaro’.
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NewsCurzon, BBC strike UK deal on Claire Oakley’s LFF premiere ‘Make Up’ (exclusive)
BBC to make the film available eight weeks after the cinema release.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Joker’ takes on ‘Judy’
Two disparate pop culture icons battle it out for supremacy.
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NewsKen Loach warns of Brexit’s damage to filmmaking
Veteran director talks latest film ‘Sorry We Missed You’.
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NewsPicturehouse Entertainment acquires Venice Competition title ‘Babyteeth’ for UK (exclusive)
Shannon Murphy’s debut feature has its UK launch at London Film Festival.
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NewsMike Figgis slams Brexit, Boris Johnson at Busan press conference
UK filmmaker heads this year’s New Currents jury at film festival.
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NewsNetflix reports significant UK growth in 2018
Revenue for the streaming giant last year was up 44% compared to 2017, from €26.9m to €48m ($53m). Profits rose 37% to €2.34m, compared to €1.5m in the previous year.
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NewsScreen International launches UK film and TV finance forum
The event will take place at Everyman Broadgate in London on December 5, 2019.
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NewsParticipant signs distribution deal with Kew Media
Kew to handle TV and digital rights to some new projects from ‘Green Book’ producer.
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NewsNoah Media launches sales arm, signs deals with Amazon, BBC for cricket film ‘The Edge’
Former Goldcrest, Cornerstone Films exec Catherine Quantschnigg to head sales division.
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NewsFilm London’s Production Finance Market reveals four projects ‘to watch’, keynote speaker
The event will also host a masterclass for delegates.
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NewsIreland’s Wildcard picks up Alex Gibney’s Russia corruption doc ‘Citizen K’ (exclusive)
The film will play at the London Film Festival this week.
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NewsStudiocanal, Heyday Films team up for ‘Pippi Longstocking’ feature
’Paddington’ collaborators are in early development on a film version of the classic children’s books alongside the Astrid Lindgren Company.
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NewsEmbankment Films celebrates brisk business on TIFF slate (exclusive)
With key deals secured for ’Military Wives’ and ’The Father’, co-founder Tim Haslam says market is robust for the right projects.
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News'Saint Maud' director wins £50,000 IWC bursary award
Protagonist Pictures handles international sales on psychological horror from first-time director.
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Emma Mackey, French & Saunders join ‘Death On The Nile’ as shooting starts at UK’s Longcross Studios
Production underway on Disney/Fox title.