UK News – Page 518
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NewsTake Down first to $50m Welsh fund
Take Down, a thriller starring Jeremy Sumpter [pictured] from the director of I Know What You Did Last Summer, is to be the first feature to receive investment through the Welsh Government’s new £30m ($50m) Media Investment Budget.
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NewsMaleficent enchants UK box office
Disney’s reimagining posts excellent $11m (£6.6m) debut, including previews, to top the chart; Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past nears £20m after just 11 days in play.
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NewsKoch takes Son Of A Gun for UK
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor’s Cannes haul includes crime-drama Son of a Gun.
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NewsIMAX opens in Leicester Square
The Empire Leicester Square is opening its new IMAX screen to the public from today, screening Tom Cruise thriller Edge of Tomorrow.
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NewsCurzon Home Cinema site relaunched
Curzon Cinemas’ Video-on-Demand service is being revamped as the company relaunches its Curzon Home Cinema site.
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NewsBAFTA unveils sixth Filmmakers Market
Highlights include a British producers’ masterclass with speakers including Damian Jones (Belle) and Kate Ogborn (The Deep Blue Sea).
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NewsX-Men dominates online buzz
Disney’s Maleficent tops Tom Cruise actioner Edge of Tomorrow but the latest X-Men feature soars ahead of the rest.
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NewsNyman Libson Paul launch new film funding initiative
Entertainment accountancy firm Nyman Libson Paul has launched an innovative new funding initiative called The Movies Begin Ltd (TMB), intended to help producers at the early stages of financing their films.
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Pinewood launches film course with OU
The Open University and Pinewood Studios are to work together to produce a free online course for people who are interested in pursuing a commercial career in the film industry.
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NewsWoman In Gold begins shoot
Katie Holmes, Max Irons and Charles Dance among the new additions to the true story starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Brühl.
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NewsUmbrella takes Fassbender thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Australian distributor pre-buys Trespass Against Us.
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NewsMan Up sells for StudioCanal
EXCLUSIVE: Deals include multi-territory accord by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.
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NewsBankside locks Cannes deals
EXCLUSIVE: Deals across slate including new Julianne Moore and Mickey Rourke dramas.
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NewsArrow targets Amour Fou for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Philippe Bober’s Coproduction Office has secured further buyers for Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner’s morbid “romantic comedy” Amour Fou, which screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival last week.
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NewsMetrodome believes in White God
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor acquires Kornel Mundruczo’s Un Certain Regard winner.
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NewsEdinburgh unveils 2014 line-up
Highlights include Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Abel Ferrara’s controversial DSK feature Welcome To New York.
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NewsX-Men tops UK box office
Fox’s latest X-Men outing posts best debut of the series to date at $15.4m (£9.1m), marking the biggest opening of 2014 in the process.
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NewsNetflix plans biopic of the Queen
Netflix has fought off competition from broadcasters the BBC and ITV and is on the brink of ordering its first original show from the UK – a £100m biopic of the Queen.