UK News – Page 722
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NewsRoyals to attend UK premiere of Hugo in aid of the CTBF
All proceeds from the event will go to the Cinema & Television Benelovent Fund.
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NewsVaizey expects film policy review findings in January
Review has gone “incredibly well” says minister at media conference, solution to piracy “lies in the hands of ISPs and content creators working together”
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NewsFilm Agency for Wales invests £2.6m in Welsh film talent
Production awards were made to nine feature film projects in 2010/2011 including upcoming projects Deepcut to be produced by Revolution Films and Hole, the debut feature of Cardiff based director Ed Talfan.
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NewsTabloid subject Joyce McKinney sues Errol Morris
Morris also talks about his biological weapons project and dramatic feature with Ira Glass.
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NewsErrol Morris talks about 'investigation' side of documentary filmmaking
Morris says that documentary filmmakers can pick up some of the slack as investigative journalism declines.
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NewsGreen Isle adds $20m UK-Australia comedy to maiden slate
The new LA-based production company led by industry veterans Edwin Larson And Scott Vandiver is backing the $20m project A Monster Problem.
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NewsMGM strikes multi-year content deal with Netflix UK
Netflix, which launches in early 2012 in the UK and Ireland, will offer MGM and partner content..
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NewsNorth East Creative Fund makes 13 film investments
Public investment has created a ‘critical mass’ of film activity in North East England, according to Northern Film & Media chief executive Tom Harvey.
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Helen McCrory to star in Klimkiewicz's Flying Blind
It is the third film to go into production as part of South West Screen’s microbudget scheme iFeatures.
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NewsRange's Altered Image plans slate including African civil war story, contemporary noir
British film-maker and producer Gabriel Range has unveiled details of his new slate for production company Altered Image, which is also launching a £2m production and development fund.
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NewseOne takes UK on hot AFM seller 12 Years A Slave
The distributor has prevailed in a bidding war to acquire UK rights to Summit International’s sold-out prestige title to be directed by Steve McQueen.
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NewsSolid AFM deal-flow despite lack of new high-end fare
AFM trade appeared to be solid at the half-way mark despite a dearth of new high-end packages that in light of an extraordinary Cannes market was perceived more as a foible of the production and financing cycle than any harbinger of doom.
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NewsPerpetual pacts with Prescience to create Bridgeworks Capital
Perpetual has merged its bridge lending operations with UK financier Prescience. Perpetual MD Alastair Burlingham will join Prescience to head its bridge and tactical funding operations via a new specialist lending arm, Bridgeworks Capital.
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NewsSamantha Morton joins thriller The Mulo, sold by Intandem
Samantha Morton on board for UK thriller set in gypsy community.
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NewsMike Newell to direct On Chesil Beach
Newell takes over from Sam Mendes on Ian McEwan adaptation.
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NewsGary Oldman to executive produce Max Mannix drama Clickers
Gary Oldman is attached to executive produce Max Mannix’s Australian drama Clickers.
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NewsGenesis books new sales for A Lonely Place To Die
UK sales outfit also closes Japan deal on horror Evil Things.
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