UK News – Page 619
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NewsMoo Man hits Kickstarter target
Directors of the Sundance hit succeed in raising finance for a UK release through Kickstarter.
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NewsStudent Academy Awards names winners
Miss Todd, directed by Kristina Yee from the UK’s NFTS, wins Best Foreign Film - the first animated feature to ever win the category.
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NewsLevel K ignites Rocket sales
Kim Mordaunt’s Tribeca and Berlinale winner The Rocket has been snapped up in the UK and Middle East among others.
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NewsAfter Earth tops UK box office
Sony’s sci-fi starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith scores $3.5m (£2.25m) debut to dethrone The Hangover Part III; eOne’s Behind the Candelabra debuts with $797,000 (£512,604) from 131 sites.
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NewsVue Entertainment sold for $1.5bn
Vue Entertainment is to be sold by private equity group Doughty Hanson for £935m ($1.5bn), a move that Vue CEO Tim Richards has described to ScreenDaily as “very postitive”.
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NewsBritdoc launches Euro film fund
Britdoc has unveiled a new fund open to independent documentary filmmakers across Europe – and revealed the first two recipients.
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NewsContent secures Milius rights; StudioCanal takes UK
Content Film has snapped up international sales rights (excluding Spain) to a documentary about John Milius, the director of Conan the Barbarian and screenwriter behind Apocalypse Now.
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NewsNew Molinare head outlines strategy
Molinaire managing director Julie Parmenter has told Screen about how business at the UK post-production house has turned around since being placed in administration last summer.
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NewsSamsung strikes open-air cinema pact
Three open-air cinema producers have partnered with Samsung to host a series of summer screenings in the UK.
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NewsBAFTA, Sargent-Disc pact for Filmmakers’ Market
UK event for budding filmmakers includes a directors masterclass and a session on crowdfunding.
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NewsNew London film event set for Battersea Power Station
EXCLUSIVE: Organisers in talks with studios and indie distributors for October film event.
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NewsSPRI launches After Earth in 60 markets
Following the disappointing launch of Sony’s sci-fi in North America, the weekend ahead will reveal whether Will Smith has retained his lustre at the international box office.
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NewsUK producer guilty of £1.5m fraud
Producer of feature starring Hollywood and UK talent guilty of £1.5m ($2.3m) fraud.
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NewsSignature sign post-Cannes deals
London-based Signature Entertainment have revealed a raft of deals in the wake of Cannes’ Marche du Film.
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NewsDeadline looms for Moo Man's Kickstarter
Directors of the Sundance hit are attempting to self-fund a UK release.
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NewsPilbrow joins Peapie Films
Natasha Pilbrow has joined Kris Thykier’s PeaPie Films as head of business affairs and legal from law firm Lee & Thompson LLP.
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NewsTim Bevan to mentor Hurricane Films
Working Title’s Tim Bevan is to mentor UK production outfit Hurricane Films as part of the 2013 mentor initiative from charity NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts).
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NewsOur Robot Overlords shoot underway
Filming underway on UK sci-fi starring Gillian Anderson, Sir Ben Kingsley and Callan McAuliffe.
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NewsWales launches low budget film initiative
Cinematic will see three features with budgets of around $460,000 (£300,000) made over the next 18 months.
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NewsFox-Ingenious' Webb joins Working Title
EXCLUSIVE: Lucas Webb joins London production outfit from Fox-Ingenious joint-venture.