All UK/Ireland articles – Page 1013
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NewsEwan McGregor to star in Mackenzie's The Last Word
Scottish star Ewan McGregor, currently winning plaudits for his performance in Angels & Demons, will team up with director David Mackenzie on the forthcoming film, The Last Word.
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NewsMetrodome scores UK and Irish rights to Goal III
London distributor Metrodome has picked up UK and Irish rights to Goal III: Taking On The World.
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NewsE1 Entertainment takes UK and Irish rights to Nativity
Protagonist Pictures has sold the UK and Irish rights to festive British comedy Nativity to E1 Entertainment.
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NewsKaleidoscope buys rights to The Horseman
The UK’s Kaleidoscope Entertainment has boarded UK rights for Media 8’s film The Horseman.
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NewsWarner Bros UK joins The Firm
Warner Bros. Pictures UK will release Nick Love’s latest movie The Firm in a joint venture with Vertigo Films.Set for release in the UK and Ireland on September 25, The Firm which was written and directed by Love, is loosely adapted from Alan Clarke’s classic 1989 drama of the same ...
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NewsFrance gets Dragon Tattoo, UK regards French Film
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week
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NewsKaleidoscope takes UK and Irish rights for Winter in Wartime
High Point Films has sold UK and Irish rights for Dutch film Winter in Wartime to London-based Kaleidoscope.
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NewsAnchor Bay buys UK rights to Sunshine Cleaning
Anchor Bay Films has acquired all UK rights to HanWay Films’ comedy Sunshine Cleaning starring Emily Blunt and Amy Adams.
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NewsGilliam and Thomas take on Don Quixote again
Recorded Picture Company founder Jeremy Thomas has reunited with Terry Gilliam to resurrect their former passion project Don Quixote.
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NewsPhyllida Lloyd to direct "banker to the poor" biopic
Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd is to make a $20m movie about Nobel prize winner Professor Muhamad Yunus, the so-called “banker to the poor”.
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NewsDanny Dyer Goes Pimpin
Danny Dyer, Robert Cavanah, John Hannah, Martin Compston and Shauna MacDonald will star in new UK gangster film Pimp.
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NewsJinga takes on sales for Gough's Salvage
UK sales agent Jinga Films has added Lawrence Gough’s Salvage to its Cannes slate.
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NewsArclight and Axxis pop for Bubblegum Crisis
Arclight Films and Singapore’s Axxis International are among the companies involved in a six-country collaboration to produce a $30m live-action feature based on Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis.
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FeaturesThe UK private film funds
Who are the leading players at the UK film funds and what are they backing?
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FeaturesWho’s got the money?
The UK’s private film funds are becoming increasingly important to cash-strapped independent producers. But are investors interested?
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NewsD3 Vue join forces with NX
UK multiplex operator Vue Entertainment is to join forces with financier and producer CinemaNX (NX), to release at least three movies directly into Vue cinemas and other theatres across the UK, from the end of this year.
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NewsIFC Films acquires cult drama Red Riding
IFC Films has acquired US rights from Studio Canal to The Red Riding Trilogy based on David Pearce’s cult noir novels about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper slayings in the UK during Seventies and Eighties.The trilogy includes Julian Jarrold’s 1974, James Marsh’s 1980 and Anand Tucker’s 1983, three self-contained ...
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NewsPrescience and Perpetual team on new financier P2
A new specialist financing company called P2 Bridge Limited (P2) has been launched as a joint venture between Prescience Film Finance and Perpetual Media Capital.
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NewsWatson peels Oranges for Icon
Icon Entertainment International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Oranges And Sunshine starring Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.