UK News – Page 593
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NewsEran Creevy wins screenwriter award
Eran Creevy, the writer/director behind Shifty and Welcome to the Punch, picked up the London Screenwriters’ Festival’s first British Screenwriter Award.
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NewsMcAlpine, Vaines, Siller launch outfit
Veteran producers announce new slate with supernatural thriller and Bhopal doc.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch launches production company
Cumberbatch and fellow producers at SunnyMarch talk to Screen about their first film and upcoming slate.
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NewsDiane Keaton buys BBC drama rights
Actor Diane Keaton has bought the rights to Last Tango in Halifax with a view to remaking the series for HBO in the US.
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NewsPixar answers Ken Loach appeal
Animation studio behind Toy Story and Monsters University answers appeal from veteran director for editing supplies.
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NewsCloudy 2 storms UK box office
Sony’s sequel records $5.9m (£3.66m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Fox’s Turbo; Captain Phillips tops Fri-Sun weekend for second consecutive week with $3m (£2.44m).
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Carol Morley’s Falling underway
Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake among cast of drama produced and sold by Independent.
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NewsAsante: women still crave a voice
Belle director and stars discuss their frustration with women’s portrayal in the media and both new opportunities and ongoing challenges for black actors.
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NewsMann Made boosts UK operation
EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Dockery hired as head of development; company launches writing programme.
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NewsMontecristo takes Dirtymoney for AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Tysoe’s thriller explores the London criminal underground.
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NewsFilm Agency Wales launches $450k fund
Ambition to boost Welsh film industry with new company support fund.
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NewsDigital development site to launch
Development guru Phil Parker is using this weekend’s London Screenwriters’ Festival (Oct 25-27) to launch an ambitious new website, BCre8ive.
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NewsWikiLeaks backs second film
Julian Assange’s second film as producer is a doc about El Salvador.
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NewsCarey Mulligan, Pathe confirmed for Suffragette
EXCLUSIVE: Details revealed about Ruby Films drama due to shoot February; project moves from Focus.
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NewsHuffman, Garber join Big Game cast
First image released of stars Samuel L Jackson and Onni Tommila.
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NewsGoldcrest backs Ovredal’s Autopsy
EXCLUSIVE: Andre Ovredal’s English-language horror The Autopsy of Jane Doe to shoot this winter.
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NewsKen Loach appeals for help
Director searching for numbering tape to help finish editing his next and possibly last narrative feature, Jimmy’s Hall.