UK News – Page 527
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NewsTrip to Italy to get event release
Picturehouse announces one-off screening for comedy sequel, followed by Q&A with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
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NewsWinter Soldier regains UK lead
Disney’s latest Marvel outing leapfrogs Rio 2 with $3m (£1.78m); Lionsgate’s The Quiet Ones posts non-final $1.1m (£681,305) debut for week’s highest new entry; eOne’s Calvary records third best opening of year in Ireland.
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NewsDriving Miss Daisy gets event release
Event screening for stage adaptation to screen at over 300 screens across the UK, followed by live Q&A with star Angela Lansbury.
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NewsUK thriller Containment underway
EXCLUSIVE: Bright Cold Day Films/Patchwork Productions feature begins in Southampton.
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NewsStars of Tomorrow launch during Creative Week
Screen International’s UK Stars of Tomorrow 2014 will be launched as part of parent company MBI’s new Creative Week.
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NewsMia Bays, Mike Kelly leave Microwave
EXCLUSIVE: Creative producer, business exec plan future collaborations.
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NewsDivergent tops UK buzz chart
Teen action drama Divergent distinguished itself from the competition on social networks in the UK for its second week on release.
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NewsGoldcrest sues Summit over Twilight
Goldcrest Film Distribution has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Summit Distribution in a bid to recover millions of dollars it claims it is owed from profits made by the Twilight franchise.
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NewsMurdoch, Dneg back UK animation studio
Former Aardman Features exec Sarah Smith, has launched a UK animation studio with backing from Elisabeth Murdoch and Double Negative.
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NewsUK firms may gain from quiet MipTV
A relatively quiet MipTV was good news for British producers and distributors, who took advantage of a noticeable lack of Americans to strike deals.
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NewsTerra Mater launches theatrical label
First projects under CineMater label include thriller DXM from Gallowwalkers director Andrew Goth and previously announced The Way of the Eagle, starring Jean Reno.
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NewsSummit exec joins Pulse Films
Ashley Schlaifer, who worked on Red and Now You See Me while at Summit, to head Pulse’s US development and production.
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NewsTranter talks BBCWW US strategy
The head of BBC Worldwide Productions also discussed the creation of sister company Adjacent Productions.
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NewsUK culture secretary Maria Miller resigns
Maria Miller has resigned as culture secretary after an ongoing row over her expenses refused to die down.
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NewsFilm production levels on the rise
Update on the global movie market at the British Screen Advisory Council’s annual conference also claimed that box office remains the major driver of revenues for US studios; older audiences are increasingly important; and physical media remains ahead of digital - for now.
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NewsElectric sells Boys to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has closed multiple territories including a UK deal for the military thriller Boys Of Abu Ghraib.
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NewsCate Blanchett, Susanne Bier circle Sutton Hoo drama
EXCLUSIVE: Cate Blanchett is in talks to star in The Dig, a drama about one of Britain’s most famous archaeological finds - the Sutton Hoo burial grounds.
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NewsBunny Game director prepares Western
Adam Rehmeier, director of controversial feature The Bunny Game, is preparing to shoot a “hardcore” Western with the exec producer of Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep.
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NewsRio 2 tops UK chart
Fox’s sequel leads the way thanks to preview-boosted $4.8m (£2.9m) debut; Disney’s Winter Soldier heads up Fri-Sun weekend; Fox’s Grand Budapest Hotel becomes Wes Anderson’s best-ever UK performer.