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blinkBox launches with content from Universal, Paramount, Aardman
Content from the likes of Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Aardman Animations and Discovery Networks UK is available through new service blinkBox.com, which launches Monday.Michael Cornish and Adrian Letts founded blinkBox Entertainment as a platform for downloading films and TV shows and also to customise personal content with existing ...
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Ratatouille becomes 10th Disney film to cross $300m overseas
Ratatouille stayed atop the international box office chart for the third consecutive weekend thanks to an estimated $27.7m haul from 3,793 theatres in 33 territories that raised the running total to $308m.The film ranked number one in 13 countries and the key driver was Italy, where the rat scored Pixar's ...
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Goal! 3 starts shooting with director Andy Morahan
Milkshake Films has started principal photography this weekn on Goal! 3. Andy Morahan, veteran of commercials and music videos, direct. That marks a change since 2006, when the producers said Michael Apted would direct.Mike Jefferies, who wrote the first two films in the football franchise, wrote the script with Piers ...
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LA agents confirmed for new Best Of Brits showcase
Agent Sally Whitehall, formerly of Curtis Brown, has launched a new LA-based film event to recognise UK talent. Best of Brits will be a celebration of UK films and film-makers. Whitehill said that confirmed attendees include representatives from ICM, Endeavor, UTA, William Morris, CAA, Brillstein Grey, Fuse and others. On ...
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Content on board for The Daisy Chain starring Samantha Morton
ContentFilm International has acquired worldwide rights to supernatural thriller The Daisy Chain, starring Samantha Morton.Aisling Walsh (Song For A Raggy Boy) will direct based on an original screenplay by Lauren MacKenzie. The film starts shooting Oct 29 as a UK/Irish co-production. Subotica Entertainment's Tristan Orpen Lynch and Dominic Wright will ...
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Tranter welcomes six-year stability of new BBC Films budget
'Discreetly celebratory' was how Jane Tranter, Controller BBC Fiction, described the state of mind at BBC Films, where a $4m (£2 m) increase in the current annual budget of $20m (£10m) was confirmed Thursday. There was also the added news that $2m (£1m) of the BBC's film acquisition budget would ...
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BBC Films to get extra $4m per year, for a total of $24m
As the BBC's widely reportedcuts were confirmed today, BBC Films fared better than other departments of the broadcasting giant.BBC director general Mark Thompson confirmed that BBC Films would get an extra $4m (£2m) investment annually, on top of its current $20m (£10m) annual budget. That's far less than BBC Films ...
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UK film minister upbeat on industry but co-productions drop
UK Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism Margaret Hodge defended the industry's position during her keynote speech atthe Screen International annual UK Film Finance Summit.But she has asked the UK Film Council to undertake an evaluation of the success of the UK tax credit as figures show ...
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Roller joins Bank of Ireland's US Media Finance team
Michele Roller has joined the Bank of Ireland's US Media Finance team as Director.She will focus on debt funding solutions for companies in the media sector, offering senior and mezzanine financing to publishing, information services, broadcasting, out-of-home, cable television and digital media companies. Roller previously served as vice president at ...
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Cronenberg kicks off LFF as BFI has reason to celebrate
The 51st Times BFI London Film Festival kicked off tonight with a gala screening of David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, which the veteran auteur shot in London.Cronenberg joked with the crowd assembled at the Odeon Leicester Square: 'The truth is the reason that you might not recognise London in this film ...
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Real D signs 500-system deal with Odeon and UCI
Real D has signed another huge deal, partnering with Odeon and UCI for the installation of 500 digital 3-D systems across the UK and Europe. The distribution partnership is Real D's largest international deal to date. The rollout of 500 systems will start immediately and continue for the next two ...
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Visual Factory takes on sales for Vampire Diary
UK-based sales company Visual Factory has come on board for Vampire Diary. Anna Walton (The Mutant Chronicles, Hellboy 2) stars along with Morven Macbeth, Jamie King and Kate Sissons. Mark James is directing with Phil O'Shea. James previously directed TV documentaries including Freeze an Omnibus, as well as one-hour special ...
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Nicholson picks Evans' White Elephants for UK script prize
Patrick Evans has won South West Screen's Screenwriter Development Competition, judged by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bill Nicholson. His screenplay White Elephants is about a father and teenage daughter, set against the backdrop of corruption in the Nigerian oil industry. Gloucestershire-born, Cornwall-based Evans beat screenplays from 128 other budding writers from the ...
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FACT works with Crimestoppers for anonymous piracy tips
The UK's Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and the charity Crimestoppers are partnering to offer anonymous public reporting of film piracy.Members of the public can report potential piracy issues to Crimestoppers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.FACT had previously run its own tip line to generate intelligence on ...
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Independent takes on sales for Kidulthood follow-up Adulthood
UK sales company Independent has come on board for Noel Clarke's Adulthood, which has now started shooting in London. Noel Clarke, writer and actor of Kidulthood, will make his directorial debut with that controversial hit's follow-up.In Adulthood, Clarke reprises his role as Sam from the first film, picking up as ...
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Government pledges $50m for UKFC to protect BFI archives
As the Times BFI London Film Festival gears up to open its 51st edition tonight, UK Culture Secretary James Purnell has announced that the UK Film Council has been awarded $50.8m (£25m) for the UK's national and regional film archives. The $50.8m allowance comes on top of the UK Film ...
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Meaney, Crook and Staunton line up for 3 and OUT
UK indie comedy 3 and OUT, starring Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Imelda Staunton and Gemma Arterton, will start principal photography Oct 29.Jonathan Gershfield makes his feature directorial debut after working on TV series including Big Train and Dead Ringers.Wayne Marc Godfrey is producing for new production outfit RMPC. Steve Lewis ...
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Ratatouille dominates UK box-office as Resident Evil takes $2m
Ratatouille dominated the UK chart this weekend with a hefty $9m take (£4.4m) from 503 sites in its opening weekend. Click here to see the chart.The Pixar adventure, released through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI), boasted an impressive $18,047 (8,863) site average and beat the next highest entrant, ...
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Grierson: Sheffield Awards reveals shortlisted documentaries
Sheffield Doc/Fest (Nov 7-11) has announced the nominees for the first Grierson: Sheffield Documentary Awards, which will be presented Nov 10. There are three categories in the awards: an innovation award, a green award for a project about environmental issues and a youth jury award chosen by 16-18 year olds. ...
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Arts Alliance adds download deal for ITV library titles
Arts Alliance Media has struck a deal with ITV DVD, part of Granada Ventures, to offer downloads-to-own. A range of film from the ITV DVD archive - ranging from Brief Encounter and the Carry On films to The Shawshank Redemption - will be available via AAM's Vizumi download site and ...