UK News – Page 644
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NewsGood Films to adapt police corruption book LAbyrinth
Good Films, the UK production company founded by Miriam Segal, has acquired the rights to LAbyrinth, Randall Sullivan’s investigative tome into police and political corruption in Los Angeles.
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NewsWreck-It Ralph smashes Annies
Disney’s Oscar-nominated Wreck-It Ralph smashed the competition at the 40th Annie Awards, winning five trophies including best animated film.
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NewsLionsgate, SC Films partner on I Am Soldier, Green Street sequel
Lionsgate UK produces and will release two new UK productions, SC Films to handle sales.
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NewsLes Misérables tops UK box office for fourth week
Universal’s musical crosses the £30m mark in its fourth weekend, retaining top spot in the process; Flight soars to a $2.2m (£1.4m) debut as the week’s highest new entry.
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NewsSC Films boards animation Wish
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Crowe’s SC Films takes international and joint North American rights to family feature from Prana Studios.
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NewsNick Taussig, Paul Van Carter set up UK production company
EXCLUSIVE: The pair, which had been at Revolver/Gunslinger, kick off Salon Pictures with slate including James Nunn LA-set thriller, Churchill project, teen thriller and bare-knuckle fighting biopic.
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NewsArgo wins first UK award
Ben Affleck thriller Argo has been voted film of the year by the UK’s regional critics.
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NewsSky to launch Oscars channel
Sky is to launch a dedicated Oscars channel in the UK which will broadcast award-winning films and live coverage of the 85th Academy Awards.
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Arclight to start sales in Berlin on Cavegirl The Movie
The film’s UK film producer Andy Bell of Metropolis Films announced the deal on Friday [Feb 1].
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NewsUK's Pan-Asia festival to host new films from Kitano, Ratanaruang, Shimizu
The Pan-Asia Film Festival will run from March 6-17 in London with special screenings in Glasgow, Brighton and Leeds.
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NewsUK's Kinoteka festival to open with classic The Promised Land
Other selections include Imagine, Baby Blues and To Kill A Beaver [pictured].
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NewsDogwoof Reincarnated with Snoop Dogg
Dogwoof has picked up UK rights to Snoop Dogg documentary Reincarnated.
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NewsPinewood submits new £200m expansion plan
Pinewood Shepperton today submitted another planning application for the extension of its Buckinghamshire site.
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NewsCohen Film Collection to partner with Park Circus
The UK-based distributor will handle theatrical and festival distribution outside North America of films in the Cohen Media Group’s catalogue, formerly known as the Rohauer Library.
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NewsWalak to leave Alliance in eOne UK reshuffle
eOne announces part of UK film team; Alliance’s Robert Walak, eOne’s Jon Bourdillon leave the company to pursue other ventures.
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NewseOne, 1984 Private Defense Contractors sign first-look deal
Under the terms of the multi-year arrangement eOne gets first look to finance and distribute all 1984 films. LA-based Spencer Silna and Adi Shankar’s slate includes Corsica ’72 from Skyfall writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and the untitled Female Expendables project.
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NewsBFI reports fall in UK production spend; indie investment up
The British Film Institute (BFI) has reported a 29% drop in UK production spend following a record-breaking 2011 but an upsurge of investment in British independent films.
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NewsSky strikes Sony movie deal
Sky has struck a major movie deal with Sony Pictures Television and acquired a raft of key rugby rights as its pay TV platform recorded stable growth in its latest results.
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NewsIFTA names Rising Star nominees
The Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) has announced the five nominees for its Rising Star Award.
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NewsJoss Whedon to attend Glasgow Film Festival
Avengers director Joss Whedon is to introduce the UK premiere of his latest film Much Ado About Nothing at the Glasgow Film Festival, which will also host talent including Neil Jordan, Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Eli Roth and Régis Roinsard