UK News – Page 624
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Chloe Moretz and Asa Butterfield re-unite for White Circus and German director Christian Petzold prepares his new film Phoenix.
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NewsShowcomotion launches industry weekend
It will take place in Sheffield in partnership with the Action for Children’s Arts.
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NewsWebber to direct Bedlam's Happy Camp
The noir thriller is set to shoot in North America at the end of 2013.
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NewsArtificial Eye in step with Giant
EXCLUSIVE: Artificial Eye nabs UK rights to Quinzaine title The Selfish Giant [pictured].
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NewsRobot Overlords sparks new investment
EXCLUSIVE: UK sci-fi Our Robot Overlords nabs closing finance from Pinewood Pictures, new financier Umbra Telegraph.
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NewsAutobahn outfit 42 in fast lane
Alongside Autobahn, the UK-based production and management outfit is in post on Monsters: The Dark Continent, among others.
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NewsFilm4 team talks about Cannes slate
Tessa Ross [pictured] tells Screen that Film4’s Cannes selections — Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant in Directors’ Fortnight, Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril in Critics’ Week — are indicative of the kind of author-driven work that Film4 is championing across its busy slate.
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NewsAV thrills with Scintilla
AV Pictures’ Cannes slate includes in-demand sci-fi thriller Scintilla [pictured], which eOne has picked up for multi-territories.
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NewsUK deals for Venus & Serena
K5 International has served up tennis documentary Venus & Serena to UK distributor Kaleidoscope and the BBC.
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NewsBarnard joins Cannes' UK Film Centre
Topics up for discussion will include microbudget filmmaking, the crossover between film and television and Indian co-productions.
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NewsThe Works takes Sundance hit Darlings
John Krokidas’ drama [pictured] stars Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, Michael C. Hall, Elisabeth Olsen and Jack Huston.
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NewsKing born again with Protagonist
EXCLUSIVE: Protagonist Pictures has recently boarded sales on comedy to star Ewan McGregor and Kate Hudson.
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NewsSilver Reel pacts with Firth's Raindog
EXCLUSIVE: Increasingly ambitious Zurich-based film financier and producer Silver Reel Partners is to join forces with Raindog Films, the new production company set up by Oscar winning actor Colin Firth and former Sony UK Chairman Ged Doherty.
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NewsPinewood's $300m plans rejected
Pinewood Studios’ plans for a $300m (£200m) expansion have been turned down after being labelled “inappropriate” by the local authority.
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NewsBarks begins second US feature
Andrew O’Connor [pictured] directs May the Best Man Win, starring Whitmer Thomas, Drew Tarver and Rosa Salazar.
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NewsKoch nabs first UK pre-buy
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor plans saturation release for Hector and the Search for Happiness, also buys Magic Magic [pictured].
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NewsIndependent takes Outnumbered team comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Independent picks up comedy from Outnumbered team, due to get underway mid-June.
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NewsBritish indie fest unveils winners
Maurice Sweeney’s Saving the Titanic and Stefan Georgiou’s Dead Cat [pictured] both scoop three awards.