UK News – Page 647
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NewsDouble Negative, Apollo Productions, Pinewood pact for production drive
EXCLUSIVE: VFX specialists teams with Steve Norris and Pinewood to expand film and TV production activities.
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NewsCharlie Cox, Jodie Whittaker, Paul Schneider to star in Hello Carter
EXCLUSIVE: Bankside handles sales on London-set debut from Anthony Wilcox; Michael Winterbottom and Andrew Eaton executive-produce; shoot kicks off Monday.
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NewsSky orders Ian Fleming biopic
Sky has ordered 10 major dramas across its channels, including a four-part Ian Fleming biopic for Sky Atlantic and talent-led Sky Arts projects starring the likes of Vanessa Redgrave and Kylie Minogue, and created by Idris Elba, Matt Smith and Grayson Perry.
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NewsThe ABCs of Death, Byzantium among UK premieres at Film4 FrightFest
Genre festival holds its eighth Glasgow edition from Feb 22-23, during this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.
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NewsUK premieres of Populaire, Much Ado About Nothing to bookend Glasgow Film Festival
2013 edition of the festival, which runs Feb 14-24, to host 57 UK premieres including Park Chan-wook’s Stoker, Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond The Pines and Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love.
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NewsBlockbuster calls in administrators
The UK DVD rental store has gone into administration putting 4,190 jobs at risk, just a day after high street DVD and music store HMV suffered a similar fate.
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NewsBritish comedy first feature to premiere on Xbox 360
Pulp, a British comedy that combines comic book publishing with international crime, is to become the first film to premiere through Microsoft’s Xbox 360 online service - skipping a theatrical or DVD release.
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NewsLoveFilm signs NBCUniversal deal
Amazon-owned LoveFilm has partnered with NBCUniversal International TV Distribution in a deal that aims to deliver a greater range of US content to audiences in the UK.
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Film London’s film education training returns
Cultivate: Inspiring Future Audiences is to return this year following a successful inaugural run in 2012.
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NewseOne aims to release most UK films, add another territory in 2013, build on US partnerships
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Hamilton and Patrice Theroux discuss the structure of the eOne-Alliance merger; Lara Thompson, Robert Walak and Jo Sweby will lead acquistion team in Berlin.
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NewsSpeakers unveiled for inaugural UK Digital Cinema Conference
The theme for the one-day conference, hosted by Digital Cinema Solutions, will be digital innovation and alternative content.
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Cross Channel Film Lab reveals selection
The Cross Channel Film Lab (CCFL) has announced its selection of four low to medium budget film projects – all which have displayed “original and imaginative ways” of utilising visual effects and/or Stereo 3D.
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NewsHMV to appoint administrator
UK DVD and music retailer HMV has called in administrators putting around 4,350 jobs in doubt.
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NewsAlex Hamilton, Jorge Vazquez to head eOne-Alliance branches in UK, Spain
eOne has appointed Alex Hamilton, its former UK director of films, as the managing director and head of its merged eOne-Alliance UK film team, effective immediately.
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NewsUK distributor Revolver sheds staff
EXCLUSIVE: At least 12 staff have left the UK outfit just a few months after Corniche investment.
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NewsCreative England backs Finlay's new music documentary
Creative England is backing Jeanie Finlay’s next Orion: The Man Who Would Be King.
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NewsPinewood Studios to develop centre of excellence
Centre will develop and deliver qualifications for all elements of the screen based industries including film, television, animation and video games.
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FilmNation to handle int’l sales for Good Films
UK production house Good Films and sales outfit FilmNation Entertainment have signed an international sales agreement for the indie’s upcoming slate of films.
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Michael Hirst writing mini-series Alexander
ZDF Enterprises, Beta Film and Gruppe 5 to produce English-language event series about Alexander the Great.
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NewsAvatar first to top 1m Blu-ray sales in UK
James Cameron’s Avatar has become the first title to sell more than a million copies on Blu-ray, the British Video Association (BVA) announced today. The Dark Knight Rises topped the top 10 of 2012.