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UK News – Page 397
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NewsSoda teams with Amazon Prime for 'Paterson', 'Toni Erdmann' UK release
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Driver film to be released in the UK one month ahead of the US.
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NewsBritish Film Commission makes two senior hires
Kristen Platt joinas as production support manager, Jess Conoplia [pictured] joins as senior vice president of US production & events.
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NewsJulien Temple to make Suggs movie
EXCLUSIVE: Temple to tackle event-style movie based on singer’s popular stage show.
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News'Finding Dory' retains UK lead as 'Suicide Squad' rumbles
Warner Bros’ Suicide Squad becomes the seventh film of 2016 to hit the £30m mark.
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NewsUK genre films facing distribution challenge
FrightFest panel included actor Andy Nyman, director Simon Rumley and Arrow Films’ Mike Hewitt.
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News'Ghost Stories' to shoot end of October
Co-creator Andy Nyman discussed the project, set to star Martin Freeman (Sherlock, The Hobbit), at FrightFest.
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NewsAlice Lowe wins Screen Horror award at FrightFest 2016
Egomaniac director Kate Shenton wins special mention.
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NewsRaindance: Elliot Grove picks festival top five
EXCLUSIVE: Raindance chief picks five films to look out for at the forthcoming festival.
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NewsAardman promotes Alison Taylor to head of sales and acquisitions
Alix Wiseman, previously in the role, has left the animation studio after ten years.
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NewsITV withdraws eOne offer
The two companies were unable to reach an agreement on the value of the Canadian distributor.
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NewsVice's Shane Smith predicts traditional media 'bloodbath'
Smith delivered this year’s MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.
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NewsRaindance reveals 2016 line-up; Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley on jury
This year’s festival will include an inaugural virtual reality strand and a co-production forum focused on UK-Ibero-American relations.
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NewsNetflix: diving into the data
Broadcast’s Peter White assesses Ampere Analysis’ research into the secretive SVoD service’s content strategy in the UK.
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NewsSee-Saw hires Universal’s Simon Gillis
Gillis joins as head of commercial affairs for See-Saw’s film division ahead of TIFF.
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NewsDesiree Akhavan to make UK comedy series 'The Bisexual'
Iranian-American film-maker and actor to make scripted comedy for Channel 4.
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NewsSteve McQueen to receive BFI Fellowship
The 12 Years A Slave director will be presented with the honour at this year’s LFF awards ceremony.
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NewsAndrew Scott to star in 'Steel Country'; Bankside boards sales
EXCLUSIVE: Gareth Ellis-Unwin (The King’s Speech) to produce; MPC to produce and fully finance.
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NewsBFI reveals 2016 Vision Awards
Twenty-two emerging producers to receive up to £2.2m; almost 500 applicants.
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NewsHanWay appoints Bloom's Gabrielle Stewart as MD
EXCLUSIVE: Stewart will join HanWay in October, replacing Thorsten Schumacher; sales director Chiara Gelardin to depart.
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NewsBilly Howle cast opposite Saoirse Ronan in 'On Chesil Beach'
Screen Star Of Tomorrow 2015 cast in UK drama from Number 9 Films.