All UK/Ireland articles – Page 317
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Screen Scotland partners with Edinburgh Fringe on talent and IP scouting scheme
Fringe shows to have been developed for the screen include Fleabag and Beats.
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Curzon names new-look distribution team as Steve Lewis departs (exclusive)
Lewis is leaving Curzon after 20 years.
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UK’s Arrow Films acquires FrightFest title ‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ (exclusive)
Director Staten Cousins Roe is nominated for the Screen International Genre Rising Star Award.
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Emmys 2019: What made TV snob Hugh Grant return to the small screen for ‘A Very English Scandal’?
Grant, nominated for a Primetime Emmy, says he relished the chance to play a darker character.
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‘The Lion King’ posts second £10m+ weekend at UK box office
’Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans’ opened with £584,049.
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Emmys 2019: How Jesse Armstrong, UK creator of HBO’s ‘Succession’, became a transatlantic TV superstar
He says he was ready to step up to the role of showrunner for the first time.
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Altitude boards Irish comedy ‘Beards’ with Fionn O’Shea, Sharon Horgan (exclusive)
Lola Petticrew also stars in director David Freyne’s second feature.
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'The Walking Dead' star Andrew Lincoln joins Naomi Watts on 'Penguin Bloom'
Story based on true family tragedy… and a magpie chick.
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UK film industry urges new culture secretary to avoid a no-deal Brexit
Nicky Morgan takes over from Jeremy Wright.
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Louis Theroux leaving BBC to form production company; Netflix and Amazon circling (exclusive)
Theroux is setting up the new outfit with BBC Studios executive Arron Fellows.
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How ‘Yesterday’ became a summer counter-programming hit in the US
Why Arizona is hot for the Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis film but Texas can let it be.
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UK box office preview: ‘Horrible Histories’, ‘The Current War’ look to tap into audiences
Horrible Histories distributor Altitude looks to tap into lucrative family market.
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Eddie Izzard joins Focus Features, Working Title comedy 'Covers'
Production underway in Los Angeles on Nisha Ganatra’s Late Night follow-up.
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David Puttnam exits ‘Arctic 30’ production role to chair UK democracy committee
Baltasar Kormakur is confirmed to direct.
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Irish genre film ‘Wolf’ set to star Barry Keoghan receives Screen Ireland backing
The film is written and directed by Nathalie Biancheri.
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy to star in ‘Louis Wain’ for Studiocanal, Shoebox, Amazon (exclusive)
The project is being directed by rising UK filmmaker Will Sharpe.
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Joanna Scanlan to star in UK director Aleem Khan’s debut feature ‘After Love’ (exclusive)
The Bureau is producing the feature, with backing from BFI and BBC Films.
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Outspoken Sheffield Doc/Fest programme director departs festival
Luke Moody said ‘dinosaurs’ of UK TV had narrowed focus of the festival programme.
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‘The Lion King’ posts second-highest UK box office opening of 2019 with £16.7m
Film is only behind Avengers: Endgame for this year’s best openings.
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UK’s NFTS to open major hub in northern England
The new Leeds hub will be spread over a number of sites.