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Tim Bevan seen as frontrunner to be UK Film Council chairman
Working Title co-chairman Tim Bevan is emerging as a front-runner to become the new chairman of the UK Film Council when current chair Stewart Till leaves at the end of July.
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NewsOn the fast track
UPI’s Fast & Furious stepped up a gear over the Easter weekend to climb to the top of the international chart, grossing $45.2m, up 47% week-on-week. It has now grossed $90.1m after two weeks on release, playing on more than 5,000 screens in 50 territories.
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Vue to introduce 'mystery' cinema screenings
UKexhibitor Vue Entertainment is launching ‘mystery’ film screenings at 33 screens across England onMay 5.
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The End to open the East End Film Festival
London’s East End Film Festival will open with the UK premiere of The End, the debut title fromdirector Nicola Collins and her sister Teena, who produced the film.
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Smuggler, Ascension acquire 2008 Mann Booker winner White Tiger
Newly minted New York, Los Angeles and London-based Smuggler Films in association with Ascension Entertainment has acquired film rights to Aravind Adiga’s bestselling 2008 Mann Booker Prize winner White Tiger.
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Tributes pour in for Simon Channing Williams
Mike Leigh has led the tributes to British film producer Simon Channing Williams, who died of canceron April 11 at his home in Cornwall, England.
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Universal's Your Highness to begin shooting in Northern Ireland
Universal’s medieval fantasy Your Highness is to begin pre-production in Northern Ireland and is dueto start shooting in July.
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London still attracting productions despite economic gloom
London will play host to the same number of productions as last year despite fears the recessionwould affect film shoots in the capital, according to Film London.
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Simon Channing Williams loses his battle with cancer
UK producer Simon Channing Williams has lost his long-term battle with cancer. He died at his homein Cornwall on Saturday (April 11) aged 63.
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NewsSam Mendes' Away We Go to open Edinburgh Film Festival
Sam Mendes’ Away We Go will premiere at the Opening Gala of this year’s Edinburgh InternationalFilm Festival (EIFF).
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Film co-operative TheMoviesClub poised to make acquisitions
TheMoviesClub, the UK co-operative set up last summer to enable movie fans to buy the rights toindependent movies, is ready to make its first acquisitions after raising $22,360 (£15,000).
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UK shoot begins on Searchlight, DNA, Film4's Never Let Me Go
Principal photography has commenced in the UK this week (April 14) on DNA Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Film4’s futuristic dramaNever Let Me Go.
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NewsFast & Furious leaves the competition in the dust and closes in on $100m overseas
Universal/UPI’sFast & Furiousmaintained its devastating early pace as the action sequel delivered an estimated $46.5m weekend haul from 5,118 venues in 50 territories to race to an early $91m international running total.In North America the film tore past $115m in its second weekend and remained the top selling release worldwide ...
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NewsThe Works International to handle sales of La Prima Linea
The Works International has picked up the world sales rights to Italian thriller La Prima Linea (The Front Line). It has acquired the film in conjunction with sales agency QuickfireFilms.
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NewsBruce Robinson is 'comeback kid' with Rum Diary
Bruce Robinson jokes that on the set of The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, he is the ‘comeback kid’ - directing his first film since 1992’s Jennifer 8. ‘Now I’m working with the world’s most famous movie star all of a sudden,’ Robinson says. ‘It’s kind of a shock to ...
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Global gains at the box office
It is more than official. At ShoWest - the North American cinema convention which has traditionally sidetracked international concerns to a pre-show ‘International Day’ - Motion Picture Association Of America (Mpaa) president Dan Glickman declared international box office revenues now accounted for 65% of the studios’ theatrical pie.Given that international’s ...
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NewsHollywood's foreign policy: producers looking increasingly to international locations
On the eve of the annual Locations Trade Show in Los Angeles (April 16-18), Screen reports on why US producers are looking beyond their borders to international locationsmore than ever before.
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NewsIrish Film Board appears safe from government budget cuts
The Irish film industry is understood to have escaped savage cuts to its Government funding after this week’s emergency budget.
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Pact chief to give evidence to House of Lords inquiry
John McVay, the chief executive of cinema and TV industry body Pact, will give evidence to the House of Lords Communications Committee inquiry into British Film and TV.
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NewsUK Film Council faces $33m drop in funding
The UK Film Council is facing a $33m (£22m) cut in lottery funding over the next five years as money is diverted away from film to pay for the London Olympics.