UK News – Page 673
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NewsBFC appoints Kattie Kotok as executive vice president US production
She fills the role previously held by Andy Weltman who left in March to head up Pinewood’s LA office.
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NewsTDKR smashes BFI IMAX ticket sales records
The Dark Knight Rises takes £1m in advance bookings, sells 62,300 seats. 43 shows sold out.
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NewsSound-activated cinema advert to screen ahead of The Dark Knight Rises
Sound-activated advert touted as a world first; audience will “cheer” for favourite clip.
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NewsK5 to handle international sales on Status Quo doc
Directed by Alan G Parker, Hello Quo charts the 50 year career of British rock band Status Quo.
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NewsPremier PR adds to portfolio, rebrands as Premier
Premier PR buys design and animation house Liquid Television and rebrands as ‘Premier’.
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NewsDaniel Radcliffe speaks The F Word for eOne
Entertainment One Films has acquired international rights to the rom-com and will distribute in the UK and Canada. UTA and Jamie Feldman represent US rights.
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NewsClaire Oakley's Physics wins Film London's Best of Boroughs jury prize
Gurinder Chadha presented the awards ceremony.
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NewsScreen Awards shortlist led by The Woman In Black campaign
20th Century Fox leads distributors with 14 shortlist mentions, Momentum and Lionsgate have 10, Warner Bros are on 8.
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NewsOdeon wins tender to programme BFI IMAX, will ramp concession offering
Odeon has won a tender to programme the BFI IMAX Waterloo venue and will ramp the site’s concession offering.
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Emma Pemberton joins UPIE as VP international new release marketing
She joins from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
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NewsTwickenham reveals mystery buyer as property magnate Sunny Vohra, plans to expand
Twickenham to add staff and expand operations, says new management.
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NewsGalway winners include Good Vibrations, Citadel, Earthbound, The Parade
Good Vibrations picks up the Galway Film Fleadh Best Irish Feature Award, Ciaran Foy and Alan Brennan jointly win Best First Irish Feature.
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NewsIce Age 4 drifts back into top spot at the UK box office; Magic Mike thrusts into third
Fox’s 3D animation opens nationwide and pulls in $15.6m (£10.1m), including previews; Lionsgate’s comedy drama opens impressively with $4.1m (£2.6m).
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NewsSky's internet TV film service Now TV to launch with 1000 titles, £15 monthly sub
Sky’s internet TV service Now TV is to launch on Tuesday with more than 1,000 films available to stream for either £15 per month or up to £3.49 per title.
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NewsJames Purnell unveils future plans as producer
In his new guise as a film producer, former Labour Cabinet Minister (and one time Culture Secretary) James Purnell has revealed that he has several film projects as well as documentaries in development.
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NewsBECTU, PACT negotiating employment reform amid rising tide of crew unrest
EXCLUSIVE: 100 UK hair and makeup artists join union BECTU after turbulent Les Miserables shoot, described by one as “the final straw”; 52 location managers band together.
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NewsComic-Con: Universal greenlights The World's End
The third film in Edgar Wright’s comedy trilogy follows 2004’s Shaun Of The Dead and 2007’s Hot Fuzz. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will star.
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NewsDiego Luna to attend inaugural LondonMexFest
The first LondonMexFest will take place August 17-19.
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NewsVFX Advantage conference helps filmmakers hone visual FX, 3D skills
Conference expands to two days at Ravensbourne.
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NewsHalo Post chooses FORscene cloud editing platform
London-based post-production facility, Halo has chosen cloud editing system FORscene as its logging and rough cut editing platform.