UK News – Page 628
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NewsContent Film takes He Who Dares
Content to handle worldwide sales on Paul Tanter’s He Who Dares.
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NewsiFeatures2 greenlights two films
Creative England has named the final two films to be greenlit through its iFeatures2 low budget filmmaking initiative.
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NewsSecret Cinema “confident” of launch
Event specialist Secret Cinema is “very confident” that it will launch its latest production this weekend after having to cancel its opening due to “licensing reasons”.
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NewsAlt content outfit Mr Wolf launches
Production and distribution outfit backed by Arts Alliance Ventures, to release RSA’s Springsteen & I doc.
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NewsBlaines begin debut feature Nina Forever
Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Abigail Hardingham and Cian Barry star in darkly comic love story.
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NewsBFI announces Vision Awards
20 UK production companies selected for £2.8m awards from 170 applicants.
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NewsUK releases update: Cuban Fury, American Hustle
StudioCanal has set an early 2014 release for salsa comedy starring Nick Frost, while Entertainment date four including David O. Russell’s American Hustle.
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NewsNatalie Portman to play Lady Macbeth
EXCLUSIVE: Portman to play Lady Macbeth opposite Michael Fassbender in See-Saw production.
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NewsCineworld-Picturehouse deal investigated
Cineworld and City Screen ‘confident’ ahead of enquiry which will highlight five key sites.
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NewsFive face £125m film fraud charges
Five include Salt co-directors Robert Bevan and Cyril Megret and former Little Wing Films execs. UPDATE: Salt offers comment.
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NewsFilm4 in talks to join Loach feature
Wild Bunch to handle sales on Ken Loach drama due to shoot later this summer.
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NewsFar Moor opens US division
TV financier and indie producer Far Moor has opened an office in LA and hired industry veteran Louisa Spring as part of its expansion into the US.
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NewsFanning, SC Films join animation Gus
EXCLUSIVE: SC Films swoops on 3D animation about an orphaned bird from writer Cory Edwards.
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NewsuConnect boards Close Enough
Sales division of uMedia picks up international rights to Paul Andrew Williams’ film, starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell.
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NewsCannes Classics 2013 line-up
Mark Cousins’ follow-up to The Story of Film is to feature in this year’s line-up of Cannes Classics.
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NewsIrvine, Fox join Angel of Death
War Horse star Jeremy Irvine and Phoebe Fox have signed on to star in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.
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NewsChancellor launches UK tax credits
Chancellor George Osborne was today [29] tub-thumping on behalf of the UK’s creative industries and calling for film and TV producers to help revive the UK economy.
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Far Moor Opens LA Office
Far Moor Media announced on Monday [29] that it has hired producer and UK industry representative Louisa Spring to open the company’s offices in Los Angeles in light of demand for access to the new UK TV tax credit for high-end television.