UK News – Page 638
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NewsBBC3 hunts Fresh doc directors
Six fledgling documentary directors are being offered the chance to make their primetime debut on BBC3 as part of the UK digital channel’s Fresh documentary strand.
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NewsNBCU eyeing more UK indies
NBC Universal wants to further expand its international production division in the UK, Australia and Canada as part of the next stage of the company’s growth plans.
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NewsDogwoof to launch TV sales push
Film distributor Dogwoof is moving aggressively into international television sales for the first time, with plans to launch a number of feature-length documentaries at MipTV.
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NewsCreative Skillset appoints new chairmen
Hain and Talfan Davies [pictured] appointed respective chairmen for its Scottish and Welsh national boards.
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NewsICO, FDA launch distribution workshop
The Independent Cinema Organisation and the Film Distributor’s Association (FDA) have teamed to create a distribution workshop, funded by Creative Skillset, taking place from April 17-19 in London.
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NewsSam Mendes off Bond 24
Search underway for director of Bond 24; Eon “hopes to collaborate with Sam again”.
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NewsButterfield, Spall circle Origin's X + Y
EXCLUSIVE: Asa Butterfield attached, Rafe Spall in talks for Origin-produced drama due to shoot in the UK this summer.
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NewsTesco launches Clubcard TV
Hundreds of films and TV shows will be available to watch for free online from today in the UK, with content specifically tailored to family and kids.
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NewsMonuments Men starts shoot
Production is underway on the Smokehouse production in Berlin. North American distributor Columbia Pictures and international distributor Twentieth Century Fox made the announcement on Tuesday [5].
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NewsRevolver office shut as company future in question
EXCLUSIVE: London office unmanned as staff told not to return; sales outfits and producers ink deals with new distributors.
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NewsPicturehouse strikes Film4 distribution deal
EXCLUSIVE: Picturehouse picks up Ben Wheatley horror, Shane Meadows’ Stone Roses documentary and The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology.
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NewsDigital spin-off for Loach's Spirit of '45
Film4.0, BFI and Creative England launch ‘digital companion’ My ‘45.
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NewsHansel & Gretel tops UK box office
Paramount’s 3D action horror records $2.3m (£1.5m) debut, including previews, to topple Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph.
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NewsTrademark rolls on The Wipers Times
My Week With Marilyn producer starts shoot on First World War feature, commissioned by the BBC, co-written by Ian Hislop and starring Ben Chaplin, Michael Palin and Emilia Fox.
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NewsNew £2m start-up fund launched
Funding from Arts Council England, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the McKenna Charitable Trust and Ingenious Media.
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NewsIPR launches book rights initiative for film-makers
Fox-owned Blue Skies Studios and Tribeca Film signed up.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Marion Cotillard is to star in the new film from the Dardenne brothers, while Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle has landed a role in an upcoming Christmas drama.
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