UK News – Page 652
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NewsMicrowave’s Lilting, starring Ben Whishaw, underway in London
Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei Pei star in London-set love story produced by Microwave and Dominic Buchanan in association with Stink Films, BBC Films, SUMS. First image from set exclusive to Screen.
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NewsAMPAS to fete Almodovar in London
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is to celebrate the career of Pedro Almodóvar with “an intimate retrospective” on Dec 13 at London’s Curzon Soho Cinema.
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NewsSkyfall shoots back to the top of the UK box office
Latest Bond mission on brink of overtaking Avatar as the all-time champion; Breaking Dawn - Part 2 becomes eOne’s biggest film ever; Ben Wheatley’s critically acclaimed Sightseers opens with $342,000 (£213,014) from 92 sites.
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NewsCreative Scotland boss Andrew Dixon quits
The head of Scotland’s arts funding body is stepping down following a critical attack on the organisation.
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NewsLoveFilm launches on Wii
LoveFilm is to launch on Nintendo’s Wii console today (Dec 4), bringing the Amazon-owned VOD service into eight million homes across the UK.
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NewsFilming wraps on David Frankel’s One Chance
Comedy biopic One Chance, starring James Corden as Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts, has wrapped filming.
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NewsJill Tandy joins Universal Pictures International
Tandy to assume commercial affairs role primarily across local language productions and will continue to work for Inside Pictures in reduced role.
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NewsMetrodome acquires period drama Summer in February
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Stevens, Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning and Hattie Morahan star in UK drama about a love triangle in an artists’ colony.
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NewsEd Clarke reteams with Paul Webster at Shoebox Films
Pair worked together at Kudos; Shoebox’s first production is Steve Knight’s Hummingbird.
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Glasgow Film Theatre set for renovation
The Glasgow Film Theatre is slated to undergo a $2.6m (£1.6m) renovation project that will allow for growth of the city’s film festival.
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NewsPicturehouse ties with MyMovies
Digital agency MyMovies has joined with UK cinema chain Picturehouse to become the exclusive content provider for Pictureshouses.co.uk.
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NewseOne takes North American rights to Cuban Fury
The distributor negotiated with StudioCanal for Big Talk’s rom-com starring Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Ian McShane and Olivia Colman.
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NewsTwo new Indian films to be shot in London in 2013
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the news as he met with top film and TV producers in Mumbai.
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NewseOne boards UK rights to Destroyer
EXCLUSIVE: Ealing Metro International has secured a UK deal with distributor Entertainment One for upcoming Falklands War film Destroyer, starring Paul Bettany and Matthew Goode.
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NewsMetrodome promotes Ramchandani and Vernon
EXCLUSIVE: Independent distributor also announces internal restructure and expansion plans for its distribution team.
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NewsMatador Pictures to focus on development as it launches separate film financing unit
EXCLUSIVE: UK independent film development and production company Matador Pictures has launched Gloucester Place Films in a move that will see the production and financing activities of the company split.
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NewsBBFC launches new website
Classification board also bring its Consumer Advice and Extended Classification Information under one banner of BBFCinsight.
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NewsLes Misérables to get IMAX release in the UK
IMAX and Universal Pictures will digitally re-master Les Misérables into the IMAX format for a Jan 11 release in the UK.
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NewsOrganic acquires Romley Davies
Marketing and publicity outfit Organic Marketing has acquired publicity specialist Romley Davies.
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NewsBob Last to chair EIFF parent company Centre for Moving Image
Last to chair parent company of Edinburgh International Film Festival and Filmhouse Cinema.