UK News – Page 714
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NewsNetflix's Ted Sarandos touts ‘superior’ UK streaming service; says Sky output deals could be threatened
Momentum deal signed, which will include Shame; smaller UK indies to be courted.
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NewsNewcastle to host slow cinema during March's AV Film Festival
Newcastle will host more than 70 hours of slow cinema as fourth AV Festival (March 1-31) concentrates on the theme of slowness.
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NewsAlbert Nobbs, The Guard, Stella Days lead nominees for IFTAs
Ninth edition of Annual Irish Film & Television Awards to be held on Feb 11.
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NewsMission Impossible beats Sherlock Holmes, Iron Lady in UK
Ghost Protocol takes £2.2m to narrowly edge out Sherlock Holmes sequel and strong newcomer The Iron Lady.
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NewsJinga takes rights to US comedy-horror Black Forest
US Hansel and Gretel update stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Welch and Molly C. Quinn
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NewsLipSync joins investors in Jordan's Byzantium
Continues LipSync’s relationship with Number 9 Films.
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NewsChristopher Hampton to adapt Ali & Nino
Kris Thykier’s PeaPie Films has acquired the feature film rights to Kurban Said’s novel Ali & Nino (published by Overlook Press).
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NewsOut of Africa, Blue Ice, Left Bank developing Mandela miniseries
Out of Africa Entertainment, Blue Ice Films and Left Bank Pictures have started development on Madiba (working title), a six-part miniseries about Nelson Mandela.
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NewsNetflix launches streaming-only service in UK
Neflix launches streaming service in UK and offering free trial.
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NewsUK box office up 4.5% in 2011, Warner Bros leads the way
UK box office crossed £1bn mark for third consecutive year in 2011, 3D receipts down 5.9%.
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NewsPhilm Company's new slate includes Killing The Shadows
London based director/producer Phil Hawkins has unveiled details of his new slate, which includes an adaptation of Wire In The Blood writer Val McDermid’s Killing The Shadows.
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NewsHigh Point takes world rights for Jason Ford's hoodie horror Community
UK urban horror film is in post production.
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NewsLoveFilm locks content from ITV, BBC
Archive deals include popular programmes Doctor Who and Inspector Morse.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Amit Gupta is preparing the shoot of his next feature Jadoo and Aidan Gillen stars in The Good Man, while shooting is underway on Pablo Trapero’s White Elephant in Buenos Aires.
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NewsLuke Treadaway to Get Lucky
Shooting begins today (Jan 6) on the film about two brothers on the wrong side of the law.
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NewsStephen Tompkinson to star in Harrigan
Filming is due to begin in Newcastle later this month on TallTree Pictures’ gritty crime thriller.
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NewsCineworld reports 1.5% revenue increase in 2011
UK’s second-largest cinema chain maintains 24.6% box-office market-share.
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Film Agency For Wales awards £250,000 development funding
23 projects have received development funding over the last year.
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NewsFilming to start on The Good Man starring Aidan Gillen
Phil Harrison’s drama to shoot in Belfast and South Africa.