UK News – Page 608
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NewsSoda acquires Jarmusch’s Lovers
EXCLUSIVE: Soda Pictures nabs UK rights to Cannes competition entry.
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NewsBFI issues first TV tax break guarantees
CBeebies’ Sarah and Duck and BBC1 dramas Death Comes To Pemberley and Remember Me are among the first projects to be guaranteed a tax break by the BFI.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Alex Garland has started shooting Ex Machina and principal photography is also underway on the first UK-Albania co-production.
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NewsMakhmalbaf to shoot first English-language feature
EXCLUSIVE: F&ME to produce The President, set to shoot in Georgia in early 2014.
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NewsFocus soaks in Sunshine
EXCLUSIVE: Focus International nabs Toronto-bound Proclaimers musical with Jane Horrocks, Peter Mullan.
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NewsABCs of Death 2 directors named
Mighty Boosh comedian Julian Barratt and Juan of the Dead director Alejandro Brugués lined up for omnibus sequel.
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NewsCineworld to play at V Festival
Cineworld is to become the first major UK cinema chain to bring the cinema experience to a music festival.
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NewsZimmer to get Classic BRIT Award
Hans Zimmer will receive accolade at the 2013 awards in London.
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NewsJohn Cusack eyes UK thriller Kickback
EXCLUSIVE: The Frozen Ground star in talks to join crime-thriller about renegade detective.
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NewsSusanne Bier in talks for Mary Queen of Scots
EXCLUSIVE: Penelope Skinner working on script with Michael Hirst. Saoirse Ronan attached, as previously reported.
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NewsSteve Davis joins DCM
UK cinema advertising leader Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has appointed Steve Davis as Head of Exhibition.
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NewsFortissimo swims in Steel’s Water
Sales outfit picks up Eric Steel’s Tribeca and Edinburgh documentary Kiss the Water.
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BAFTA, Royal Albert Hall renew composer series
George Fenton and Dario Marianelli among ‘in converstation’ guests.
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NewsAlan Partridge tops UK box office
The first big screen outing for Alan Partridge tops chart with $3.37m (£2.18m), including previews, through StudioCanal; Sony’s Grown Ups 2 leads Fri-Sun weekend; Universal’s Despicable Me 2 becomes 2013’s highest grosser.
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NewsInbetweeners director launches comedy production company
A co-founder of Zeppotron and the director of The Inbetweeners movie have joined forced to create an indie that will specialise in scripted comedy.
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NewsAlpha Papa off to strong start in UK
Alan Partridge’s first big screen outing records $1.2m (£741,254) from its 402 sites over two days of previews through StudioCanal.
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Alex Garland’s Ex Machina begins shoot
Principal photography has begun on the artificial intelligence thriller starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander.
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NewsCast join Jude Law on Black Sea
Michael Smiley, David Threlfall, Ben Mendelsohn and Jodie Whittaker join Jude Law on submarine thriller, which has begun production in the UK.