UK News – Page 635
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NewsCroods tops UK box office
Fox’s 3D animation debuts top with a confirmed $8.3m (£5.4m), including previews; Warner Bros’ Jack the Giant Slayer opens with $2.4m (£1.6m) to chart second.
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NewsMonsters sequel shoot underway
EXCLUSIVE: Sci-fi sequel stars Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley and Joe Dempsie.
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NewsSurvivalist tops UK Brit List
EXCLUSIVE: Other projects include a Charles Dickens adaptation from Hanna co-writer David Farr, developed by Origin Pictures and BBC Films.
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NewsBAFTA Crew participants named
Industry jury selects more than 200 film and TV crew members outside of London for skills development networking programming.
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NewsCurzon Home Cinema strikes Film4 deal
VoD service Curzon Home Cinema has licenced more than 50 features from Film4’s catalogue.
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NewsSundance London adds three films
Additions include Jeff Nichols’ 2012 Cannes Competition title Mud [pictured].
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Newsro*co to sell Dark Matter of Love
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah McCarthy’s film is about a Russian orphan learning to love her adoptive parents.
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News3D Producers Lab applicants named
Successful applicants for the 3D Creative Summit Producer’s Lab have been revealed a week ahead of the inaugural event.
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NewsUK tax boost expected for £20m+ productions
EXCLUSIVE: This summer’s VFX consultation could lead to an extended cash rebate for films budgeted above £20m, in a bid to encourage more inward investment to the UK.
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NewsStone Roses premiere set for May
Shane Meadows’ documentary about Manchester band The Stone Roses is to have its UK premiere in Manchester on May 30 - with the group in attendance - satellite-linked to 100 cinemas.
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NewsARRI pays tribute to Bill Lovell
Bill Lovell, head of digital and 3D at ARRI Media in London, has died aged 58.
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NewsLipSync Post seeks deal over debts
LipSync Post has contacted its creditors in a bid to renegotiate its debt through a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).
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NewsBFI's Greg Dyke named FA chairman
Greg Dyke, the chairman of the British Film Institute (BFI), is to become the chairman of the Football Association (FA).
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NewsBudget boost for creative industries
Creative industries pledged skills and innovation funding, support for VFX industries; corporation tax reduced, support for SMEs.
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NewsWalking Dead star supports Honeytrap
Laurie Holden, star of US zombie drama The Walking Dead, is to executive produce London gang drama Honeytrap.
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NewsDoc/Fest reveals 2013 guests
Michael Palin, Melvyn Bragg and Adam Buxton among confirmed guests at the festival’s 20th annual event.
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NewsRoeg readies First World War romance
Montreal-based Amérique Films producing Western Front feature centered on a young British sniper.
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NewsTributes paid to producer Tim Hampton
Director Roman Polanski and Monty Python’s Terry Jones and Michael Palin are among those to have paid tribute to Tim Hampton, the British producer who worked on Frantic, Life of Brian and Superman, and has died aged 65.
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NewsBankside seals Spike Island, Everyday deals
EXCLUSIVE: Vertigo/Universal Pictures UK to release Spike Island in UK, IFC picks up Winterbottom drama for US, The Philosophers in-demand.
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NewsUK releases update: Before Midnight, Interstellar
Warner Bros set dates for The Call and Interstellar among others, while Koch Media date four including The Frozen Ground.