UK News – Page 607
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NewsBorgen star takes lead for Strickland's Duke
Rook Films confirms Protagonist Pictures for international sales.
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NewsSpacey in Edinburgh: Netflix model can ease piracy
Excerpts from Kevin Spacey’s MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsDanny Boyle to direct TV drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a Danny Boyle-directed police drama.
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NewsEric Cantona to head Dinard jury
Professional footballer-turned-actor named jury president of this year’s Dinard British Film Festival.
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NewsPrime Focus selects Avid
Global post production house becomes the latest facility to select Media Composer 7 to power its creative workflow.
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NewsSelfish Giant to open first National Youth Film Festival
Programme announced for first National Youth Film Festival; includes preview of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D.
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NewsChannel 4 nabs Avengers spin-off
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired high profile US superhero series Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. after a fierce bidding war.
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NewsKemp brothers reunite for Assassin
Martin and Gary Kemp reunite as villainous brothers for the first time since The Krays in Assassin, which stars Danny Dyer.
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NewsTuttle named BFI festivals deputy
The appointment comes as a result of the BFI’s newly structured Exhibition department.
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NewsCambridge Film Festival unveils line-up
Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now will close the festival, which has assembled it largest programme to date.
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NewsMarion Cotillard to play Lady Macbeth
Oscar winner to star with Michael Fassbender in See-Saw production, replacing Natalie Portman. Shoot set for January 2014.
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NewsScreen Awards shortlist led by Fox, Universal, Lionsgate
UPDATED: 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Lionsgate UK lead the distributors with 12 shortlist mentions each; Star Trek Into Darkness leads individual film nominees with six nods.
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NewsIrish comedy The Stag sells to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Metro International Entertainment is to handle world sales for Treasure Entertainment’s comedy The Stag, which makes its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsUK-China producers launch Wonder Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese film producers Chun-Yi Yueh and Changyu Li and UK writer-producers Robert and Ashley Sidaway together with the UK’s Iain Brown and Brown Films have launched the $5m funded SZ Wonder Pictures.
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NewsSpiegel to exec produce Purgatory
Hostel 3 director to executive produce afterlife fantasy film.
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NewsCineworld may have to sell cinemas
Cineworld Group may have to sell cinemas after the Competition Commission said that its acquisition of Picturehouse would lead to higher prices for customers in three areas.
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NewsKick-Ass 2 tops UK box office
Universal’s sequel scores $3.9m (£2.48m) debut, including previews, to land the top spot; Disney’s Planes leads the Fri-Sun weekend with $2.7m (£1.7m).
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NewsGravity sets UK release date
Alfonso Cuaron’s astronaut thriller, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, to be released in 3D, 2D and Imax.
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