All UK/Ireland articles – Page 1006
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Meurer, Curling to produce Stephen Fry's Handel biopic
Egoli Tossell Film Halle, the joint venture production company established by Berlin-based Egoli Tossell Film and the UK's Zepyhr Films initially to produce Michael Hoffman's $20.5m (Euros 13m) The Last Station, has other projects in the pipeline to be shot in Central Germany and particularly in the Land of Saxony-Anhalt. ...
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UK sales company Lumina rebrands as Salt to reflect wider remit
London-based Lumina Films has changed its name to The Salt Company, or Salt for short. The change is effective immediately.Samantha Horley continues as managing director with Lumina partners Robert Bevan and Cyril Megret now more hands-on as directors of Salt.Salt is part of the Monaco-based International Film Collective that also ...
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Charlotte Van Weede leaves HanWay for new Protagonist
Protagonist Pictures, the new UK-based sales company formed by Film4, Ingenious, and Vertigo, has hired Charlotte Van Weede as its head of sales.The company's CEO Ben Roberts announced the appointment of Van Weede, who joins from HanWay Films, where she is director of sales and distribution.Prior to joining HanWay in ...
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Skillset branches out with Northern Ireland careers service
UK audiovisual skills training organisation Skillset has launched a new careers service devoted to Northern Ireland.The service will work with both newcomers to film and TV as well as experienced workers.Three working professionals in the Belfast area have been trained as Skillset Careers Advisors and will offer one-to-one guidance or ...
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UK event to address impact of D-cinema on distributors
The role of distributors in the development of digital cinema is the subject of a London conference this month, organised by analyst Screen Digest and the European Digital Cinema Forum.The event - Digital cinema and film distribution: opportunities and threats - will be in the form of a series of ...
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UK landscape shifts as Warner moves to same-day VOD/DVD
Amid signs that the UK distribution market is in an increasing state of flux, British distributors are testing out more and more new ways of getting their movies in front of spectators.'Companies are beginning to look at imaginative release plans for films that 10 years ago simply wouldn't have been ...
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Space man: Duncan Jones talks about his feature debut
It is an early March morning at Shepperton Studios and Sam Rockwell is in a spaceship, shaving. He stars in Moon, an unusual and ambitious film which is being made in the spirit of classic 1970s sci-fi such as Ridley Scott's Alien and Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running.The film marks the ...
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Summerheat:the battle of the 2008 blockbusters
Hollywood's powerhouse summer of 2007 launched some of the biggest worldwide hits in cinema history. The indications are the 2008 blockbuster season may write itself into the record books too.If last year's summer was distinguished by lucrative third episodes of killer franchises such as Spider-Man, Pirates Of The Caribbean and ...
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Picturehouse to release Joiningthedots.tv documentaries
UK exhibitor Picturehouse Cinemas is working with Joiningthedots.tv to show films licensed to the site across its UK cinemas.Joiningthedots.tv is a documentary website from Mercury Media and The Independent newspaper.The first title to hit cinemas, from late May, is Joshua Dugdale's The Unwinking Gaze about the Dalai Lama.MercuryMedia MD Tim ...
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Pinewood 2007profits fall 26%, impacted by US writers' strike
UK studio Pinewood Shepperton saw a 26% fall in pre-tax profits in 2007, to $10.58m (£5.3m).The studio has recently hosted the latest Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, Sweeney Todd and The Wolfman, but lost out on another planned major shoot - said to be Angels & Demons -- due to ...
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Working Title signs newtwo-picture deal with Edgar Wright
Working Title has confirmed a new two-picture deal with UK hotshot director Edgar Wright.He will write and direct two projects for Working Title, starting with Baby Driver, described as 'a a wild spin on the action and crime genre which will be set in the US.'The second project under the ...
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LoveFilm brings in Ching-Har Wong to head customer acquisition
LoveFilm has appointed Ching-Har Wong as head of customer acquisition, replacing former head Nick Adderley.Wong takes the post immediately and reports to UK managing director Andrew Ground. She manages a team of five.Wong has more than 13 years of marketing experience, including senior positions at global Vodafone, Barclays, Kilivington Leith ...
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Producer Iain Smith tapped to chair UK's new Industry Training Board
Famed UK producer Iain Smith (Children Of Men, Cold Mountain) has been appointed to chair the Film Industry Training Board (FITB).The appointment was confirmed today by The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). Under Smith, the FITB will have statutory levy powers. Its role is to ensure that the ...
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LoveFilm offers recommendation tool to T-Mobile users
UK internet DVD and film site LoveFilm is working with mobile phone company T-Mobile on a new movie recommendation tool.T-Mobile Flext users will be recommended films based on a series of questions. The tool is driven through LoveFilm data with Unanimis and MediaCom.T-Mobile users can also opt in for a ...
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John Smith's $6m Love And Savagery rolls in Ireland
John N. Smith's Canada-Ireland coproduction Love And Savagery begins shooting today in County Clare, Ireland. The $6.3m (C$6.5m) production reunites Smith, screenwriter Des Walsh and director of photography Pierre Latarte, the creative team behind the acclaimed 1992 production The Boys Of St. Vincent.Set in 1968, Love And Savagery follows a ...
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Dogwoof starts film channel on blinkx's BBTV
UK distributor Dogwoof has created a film channel on blinkx's new broadband TV service BBTV.BBTV has a unique indexing system that allows viewers to interact with online sources such as Google, Wikipedia, IMDB or other sites.'The film industry is screaming out for a multi-layered film channel, run by professional distributors ...
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Jane Campion starts UK shoot for Bright Star with Pathe
Pathe has started principal photography on location in the UK for Jane Campion’s Bright Star.Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider and Kerry Fox star. The story is about the 23-year-old English poet John Keats (Whishaw) who starts a secret affair with the girl next door (Cornish), who is an unlikely ...
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Sarah Watt starts shoot for My Year Without Sex in Melbourne
The Works International has taken on sales for My Year Without Sex, which starts principal photography today.The film reunites writer/director Sarah Watt and producer Bridget Ikin after their award-winning 2005 feature Look Both Ways. That film won prizes at the Toronto, Rotterdam and Melbourne festivals and from the Australian Film ...
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Footprint makes bridge loan to The Laundry Warrior
The UK-based Footprint Investment Fund, previously known as the Footprint Film Fund, is making its first investment as a bridging loan to $45m action adventure The Laundry Warrior.Barrie Osborne, Michael Peyser and Jooick Lee are producing.The film is shooting now in New Zealand for August 2008 delivery. Jang Dong-Kun, Kate ...
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AAM, DigiScreen, Pillar, Royal Opera House strike digital deal
Arts Alliance Media is working with Montreal-based DigiScreen Corporation, The Pillar Group and the Royal Opera House-owned TV and DVD production company Opus Arte to bring ballets, operas and dance from the Royal Opera House and other performing arts companies to cinemas across Europe.The HD content, both pre-recorded and live, ...