UK News – Page 650
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NewsLondon pirate DVD trader jailed for 18 months
Bermondsey trader, in business for more than 15 years, admitted to making and possessing 5,000 fake DVDs; anti-piracy body sees results in UK.
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NewsFox International Productions starts Panda Eyes shoot
Isabel Coixet directs Sophie Turner from the small screen smash Game Of Thrones in her feature film debut. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans and Claire Forlani also star.
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NewsThe Hobbit journeys to the top of the UK box office
Warner’s Lord of The Rings prequel takes $18.8m (£11.6m), including previews, to debut at number one.
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NewsPicturehouse partners with MUBI
Partnership will enable Picturehouse members to receive 90 days of free access to MUBI as part of their annual membership.
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NewsJulien Temple wraps Rio documentary Children of The Revolution
Rio-themed film will be delivered in October 2013.
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NewsNetwork Distributing acquires rights to 450 films from StudioCanal library
EXCLUSIVE: British classics include On The Fiddle starring Sean Connery [pictured].
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NewsCinema Next to become dcinex UK
Agreement with dcinex will allow Cinema Next to extend its range of activities.
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NewsWarp Films branches out into family films by optioning Wild Boy
EXCLUSIVE: Warp Films is planning its first children’s film, after optioning Rob Lloyd Jones’ forthcoming book Wild Boy.
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NewsOdeon to have Europe’s widest HFR Hobbit release
Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Tolkien’s classic will be rolled out in HFR in 100 cinemas.
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NewsExclusive Media launches TV division
Division to be headed by Exclusive/Hammer’s Simon Oakes [pictured].
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NewsSheridan Smith, Jaime Winstone, Kate Nash join DJ Films’ Powder Room
Director MJ Delaney’s feature debut, based on hit Edinburgh play, is shooting now in London.
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NewsSundance London unveils short film theme for 2013
Short film entries, between three and five minutes long, should focus on the concept of time.
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NewsDanny Dyer has Vendetta for Chata Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Danny Dyer, Kate Magowan and Josef Altin to star in UK vigilante drama Vendetta from Chata Pictures.
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NewsPaul Trijbits departs Ruby and boards JK Rowling project
Ruby Films MD Paul Trijbits has left the company and boarded BBC series The Casual Vacancy as executive producer.
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NewsLondon Film School launches MA in Film Business with University of Exeter
Scott Meek to chair advisory board.
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NewsPeter Strickland, Rook Films line up The Duke of Burgundy
Rook Films to produce Strickland’s third feature, described as “a dark melodrama” about an amateur moth collector.
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NewsIngenious responds to Commons questioning
Spokesperson says committee hearing was “completely unsatisfactory.”
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NewsPACT and BECTU mull end to crew buy-out model
EXCLUSIVE: Current buy-out model could be replaced with hourly rate; cost-neutral reform of blue book scheduled for March 2013.
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NewsAdam Wimpenny starts shooting debut feature Blackwood in London
EXCLUSIVE: Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, and Russell Tovey star in the supernatural thriller.
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NewsNorthern Soul wraps, producers eye summer 2013 release
Elaine Constantine, has completed filming on the UK drama starring Elliot Langridge and Josh Whitehouse and featuring Lisa Stansfield and Steve Coogan.