UK News – Page 8
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NewsUK comedy ‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ starring Carey Mulligan to open Munich film festival
Directed by James Griffiths, the film stars Tom Basden, Carey Mulligan and Tim Key.
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NewsTom Cruise on using action to generate “emotion” and why shooting in the UK is “a dream”
The actor and producer participated in an on-stage conversation at the BFI Southbank.
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NewsEdinburgh lines up industry partnership with UK production company Unified
EXCLUSIVE: Unified is Amy Jackson and Lauren Dark’s nascent company.
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NewsScreenbound adds punk icon Harley Flanagan, Live Aid docs to Cannes slate
The UK outfit will be sellling ’Harley Flanagan: Wired For Chaos’ and ’Stand Together As One’.
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NewsCapture launches sales on historical action epic ‘Tamerlane: Rise Of The Last Conqueror’
EXCLUSIVE: The feature is based on a true story.
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NewsBlue Finch boards Brock Bodell’s Fantasia horror ‘Hellcat’
EXCLUSIVE: It is the feature debut of US writer-director Bodell.
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NewsMichelle Dockery, Eva Birthistle join cast of ‘West The Road’ as Bankside locks in pre-sales
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Murphy and Philippa Dunne have also joined the cast.
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NewsCannes, Cesar award-winner ‘Souleymane’s Story’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Theatrical release scheduled for later in 2025.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Surfer’ rides into 388 cinemas
’Ocean With David Attenborough’ is playing in 580 sites across the week.
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NewsHarris Dickinson and Archie Pearch’s Devisio building “eclectic” slate of 20 projects
EXCLUSIVE: The production outfit, backed by US financier Tricky Knot, has hired New York-based Daisy Kramer as development executive.
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News“I’m excited”: UK sales agents head to Cannes with bumper slates and a resilient outlook
Despite tariff concerns, UK sellers are buoyed by theatrical priorities of international buyers.
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NewsSebastian Stan, Leo Woodall to star in Rocket Science Cannes sale title ‘Burning Rainbow Farm’
Justin Kurzel to direct.
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NewsFantasia-bound comedy horror ‘Hold The Fort’ picked up for sales
Blue Finch Films has boarded sales.
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NewsRebecca Hall to star in zombie-action horror ‘Zero Protocol’ for Anton
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s Imaginarium Productions produces.
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NewsGurinder Chadha among speakers at UK’s India Week co-production market
Film Conclave encourages co-productions between the UK and India.
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NewsKelsey Grammer joins theme park thriller ‘Hell Ride’ for Altitude
Norwegian filmmaker Magnus Martens directs.
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NewsJez Butterworth, Peter Straughan, Jack Thorne to write four-part Beatles biopic
Sam Mendes of Neal Street Productions in association with Apple Corps for Sony Pictures.
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NewsMatthias Schoenaerts to star in Shane Atkinson’s ‘Le Cowboy’ for Bankside Films
EXCLUSIVE: The thriller will shoot in France and Belgium, with pre-production beginning later this year.
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NewsThird ‘Shaun The Sheep’ film in the works from Aardman, Studiocanal
Film is currently in pre-production; Sky to release in UK.
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NewsScreen reveals 2025 Rising Stars Ireland line-up
10 emerging actors, directors, producers and writers who are on the verge of their major professional breakthrough have been selected.