UK News – Page 704
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NewsLeft Films to release Alex Orr's Blood Car
The UK sales agent continues to expand its distribution business with the release of Orr’s black comedy.
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NewsArrow strikes for five at EFM, including A Simple Life
UK distributor Arrow Films has picked up Ann Hui’s Venice and Toronto drama A Simple Life.
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NewsFilm's Cool launches documentary initiative
Neil Crombie of Seneca Productions is to head up a new London based course – Change One Thing – which is aimed at introducing school children to documentary film-making.
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NewsPathe UK signs first-look deal with Damian Jones
Pathe inks first look deal with The Iron Lady producer who is currently working on period-drama Belle from writer-director Amma Asante.
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NewsThe Woman In Black reigns for a second consecutive week at the UK box office
Momentum’s horror goes from strength to strength to hold off The Muppets and newcomer Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance.
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NewsWeekend producer Tristan Goligher appointed iFeatures executive producer
He will head up iFeatures 2 which is being launched by Creative England in March as a UK nationwide scheme.
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NewsStudioCanal boards Winterbottom's King of Soho
StudioCanal will co-finance, handle UK distribution and take on international sales for Michael Winterbottom’s Paul Raymond biopic King of Soho, to star Steve Coogan.
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NewsScreen to host EIS seminar on March 12
Dave Morrison from Nyman Libson Paul to discuss EIS changes.
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NewsMarton Csokas, Hayley Atwell to star in Sky Atlantic's Falcon
The two part production is based on Robert Wilson’s bestselling detective novels and will be Sky Atlantic’s second UK original drama commission following Hit + Miss.
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NewsPlush, V/H/S among Momentum’s Berlin and Sundance buying spree
EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Hardwicke’s Plush, Francois Ozon’s In the House, starry portmanteau The Players, romance Populaire with Romain Duris, Deborah Francois and Berenice Bejo, and Sundance buzzer V/H/S are among Momentum’s impressive recent shopping spree.
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NewsSteve Coogan signs with ICM
British actor and comedian Steve Coogan has signed with ICM for representation.
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NewsMichael Fassbender to star in Irish Myths
Fassbender has been developing the project based on Irish myth stories, with writer Ronan Bennett, who has been working on the project since last year.
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NewsSoda launches children's slate with A Cat In Paris
Other titles for the UK distributor include Tales of The Night and Petit Nicolas.
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NewsAnna Friel joins Steve Coogan in Winterbottom's King Of Soho
Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton and Imogen Poots have joined the cast of Michael Winterbottom’s next feature, which stars Steve Coogan as infamous porn baron Paul Raymond.
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NewsBIFAs set 2012 date for Dec 9
The Moët British Independent Film Awards has announced its 2012 date for Sunday, Dec 9.
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NewsKoch Media acquires a taste for WestEnd’s Love Bite
WestEnd Films has sold German rights for Andy de Emmony’s teen comedy horror Love Bite to Koch Media.
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NewsMarcus Evans Group acquires World Productions
The acquisition was part of Marcus Evans and Ken Mcreddie Associates’ plan to create its own production unit, following their merger in 2008.
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NewsGlasgow Film festival to sell fims via Facebook
The festival, which kicked off its 2012 edition today, is to create an online collection of short films from this year’s Glasgow Short Film Festival Scottish Competition, with selected films also made available to buy on the festival’s faceboook pages.
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NewsAV Pictures to handles sales on The 4th Reich
The second world war action horror movie is being produced by Mann Made Films.
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NewsHurricane Films, Götafilm board Terence Davies' Sunset Song
Terence Davies’ long awaited adaptation of classic Scottish novel Sunset Song looks set to finally get off the ground, with shooting due to take place in Winter 2012 in Scotland and Sweden.