All UK/Ireland articles – Page 23
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NewsMicheal Ward to lead WestEnd revenge thriller ‘Uncle’ (exclusive)
The UK shoot will commence in April.
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News‘The Trouble With Jessica’ heads to North America, Europe (exclusive)
The dark UK comedy has also sold in Australia and the Middle East.
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News‘The Wind In The Willows’ animated feature adaptation blows into Scotland (exclusive)
The feature will include new female characters that are not in the book.
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NewsAction thriller ‘Zero’ sells for North America (exclusive)
A US theatrical release is plotted for the second quarter of 2025.
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NewsPrime Video’s ‘The Rings Of Power’ moving to UK’s Shepperton for third season
The series originally shot in New Zealand before relocating to the UK’s Bray Film Studios.
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NewsFiona Lamptey, Eve Gabereau among speakers at Reclaim The Frame distribution event
They are joined by Mubi’s Cate Kane and BFI’s director of inclusion, Melanie Hoyes.
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FeaturesUK indie distributors look ahead to 2025: “I’m more optimistic than I have been in years”
After the turbulence of the post-pandemic period, many see new opportunities in the marketplace.
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NewsBoxing crime drama ‘Salvable’ squares up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Vertical has picked up all rights.
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FeaturesEFM 2025: The buzz titles from the UK
Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers at the 2025 European Film Market (EFM), which runs February 13-19.
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NewsInternational buyers check in for Ruben Ostlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’
Film stars Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl, Keanu Reeves and Nicholas Braun.
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NewsVue’s Tim Richards set for CinemaCon global achievement award (exclusive)
Richards was recently award a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
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NewsStudiocanal execs Alex Hamilton, Katheryn Needham move to new roles
Hamilton will work with all territory CEOs overseeing distribution across all Studiocanal territories.
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NewsFormer Sister and BBC exec sets up LA-based outfit Hound
Kate Fenske’s launch of Hound comes four months after closure of Sister US.
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NewsHalf of UK independent cinemas still operating at a loss, says the ICO (exclusive)
Some 48% of survey respondents were projected to make a loss for 2024-25.
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NewsFan Bingbing and Gabriel Byrne to star in Wayne Wang’s ’Diary Of A Mad Old Man’ for Bankside (exclusive)
Production will begin this summer in Japan.
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NewsMimi Poskitt to become managing director of Sheffield DocFest
The 32nd edition will run June 18-23.
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NewsJames McAvoy to receive honorary award at Glasgow Film Festival
He will receive the Cinema City Honorary Award at the March festival.
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Reviews‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’: Review
Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant make a welcome return in this warm-hearted, best of British romcom
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Features“It felt subversive and radical”: ‘Conclave’ screenwriter Peter Straughan on adapting Robert Harris’s papal thriller
The king of the book adaptation talks about finding his own story through others.
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NewsShudder picks up supernatural horror ‘825 Forest Road’ (exclusive)
The film will be released in North America, UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand in the spring.