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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.
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NewsJane Featherstone, Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider launch global film and TV outfit Sister
The company will be based in Los Angeles and London.
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NewsTogether Films takes UK rights to climate change documentary ‘2040’
The film depicts a potential future If climate solutions are adopted.
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NewsStudiocanal extends international partnership with UK’s Hammer Films
It takes rights to the 200+ titles in the Hammer catalogue.
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NewsUK deal for hot Sudanese festival title ‘You Will Die At 20’ (exclusive)
Amjad Abu Alala’s debut launched at Venice and screened in Toronto, El Gouna.
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News‘Downton Abbey’ keeps UK box office crown as holdovers surge, ‘The Goldfinch’ falters
A slow weekend for new titles.
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NewsMarcus H. Rosenmüller’s ‘The Keeper’ scores at Dinard Film Festival
The post-war romance picked up two awards.
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NewsHimesh Patel, Viveik Kalra among jurors for 2019 Bafta Elevate scheme (exclusive)
The intitative supports UK actors from under-represented backgrounds.
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NewsMUBI acquires UK rights to Pablo Larraín’s ‘Ema’ (exclusive)
Dancer drama premiered at Venice this year.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘The Goldfinch’, ‘The Last Tree’ to open against strong holdovers
Other openers include horrors ‘Ready Or Not’, ‘Don’t Let Go’.
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NewsCreative England and Creative Industries Federation to merge
Caroline Norbury named chief executive; united organisation to launch in spring 2020.
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NewsEndeavor Content moves international TV sales to London
Former Fox executive Prentiss Fraser appointed as Gary Marenzi steps down.
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News‘Wild Rose’ leads Bafta Scotland nominations
Musical drama secures hat-track of nominations including a best actress nod for Jessie Buckley.
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NewsBFI selects participants for 2019 LFF development programme (exclusive)
Scheme now its sixth year.
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NewsNetflix teams with new UK theatrical partners for biggest ever roll-out of awards season titles (exclusive)
The company is working with Altitude, Curzon and further indie theatres.
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NewsTV creators pitch new series at Filmarkethub London event
‘Wallander’, ‘War Of The Worlds’ writer Peter Harness gave the opening speech.
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News‘Fleabag’ creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge signs overall TV deal with Amazon Studios
Dark comedy won six awards in total at this year’s three Emmys ceremonies.
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NewsNiamh Algar to star in Prano Bailey-Bond’s ‘Censor’; Protagonist boards sales
Both Algar and Bailey-Bond were Screen Stars Of Tomorrow in 2018.
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NewsScreen Ireland launches initiative for new screenwriters
Scheme to provide an opportunity for emerging writers to develop a feature film screenplay.
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NewsModern Films acquires Haifaa Al Mansour’s ‘The Perfect Candidate’ for UK (exclusive)
Haifaa al Mansour’s Saudi drama screened in competition at Venice.