UK News – Page 546
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NewsBen Whishaw to voice Paddington
The 33-year-old British actor has stepped in “slightly grudgingly” to replace Colin Firth as the voice of Paddington Bear in StudioCanal’s CGI/live-action feature.
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NewsBFI, ICO launch exhibition training
The initiative aims to provide bespoke technical advice for independent exhibitors across all nine of the BFI’s Audience Network Hub areas.
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NewsScottish producers call for film production fund
Independent Producers Scotland calls for tax on cinema tickets to go towards fund.
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NewsOdeon, Hibrow to screen Edinburgh Fringe
Eight shows to include an opera from Alison Jackson and Steven Berkoff performance.
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NewsSchamus, Thompson set for BAFTA lecture series
James Schamus, Emma Thompson and Steven Knight to lecture in September.
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NewsBVA, Industry Trust merge
Liz Bales appointed chief executive for both bodies, which will continue independent remits.
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NewsBFI takes UK rights to Night Will Fall
The BFI has acquired UK rights to Andre Singer’s concentration camp documentary Night Will Fall.
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NewsRon Howard to direct Beatles doc
Documentary will focus on The Beatles’ touring years from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg to their last public concert in 1966.
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NewsFilm London secures digital grant
Film London has received a £125K grant to explore the release of independent films on new digital platform We Are Colony, with help from Edge Hill University.
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NewsIM Global enters The Killing Pool
EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based production, sales and financing company will co-produce the Liverpool-set crime episodic with the UK’s Red Union Films and Pinewood Pictures.
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NewsMadsen, Plummer among King Jack cast
Summer shoot due for Sundance Creative Producing Labs feature.
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NewsTriCoast Worldwide expands into UK
The US distribution and production company has formalised UK partnerships to distribute its titles across multiple platforms.
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NewsCreative Skills Fund set for $63m boost
Businesses from the creative sector are to plough $29m (£17m) into skills training, boosting the UK’s total investment pot to $63m (£37m).
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NewsTransformers tops UK chart
Paramount’s latest outing records year’s biggest opening to date with $20.1m (£11.75m); Universal’s Boyhood scores strong $565,000 (£330,000) debut.
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NewsFrightFest unveils shorts line-up
Watchmen writer Alan Moore to attend world premiere of his screenwriting debut, Show Pieces.
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Transformers retains UK buzz lead
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes also proves popular in the UK.
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NewsBritish delegation set for Colombia
The British film industry is to send its biggest ever delegation to the Bogota Audiovisual Market (BAM).
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NewsWildcard plays strong hand
EXCLUSIVE: Distributor picks up films with Maisie Williams, Jessica Paré and Killian Scott.