All UK/Ireland articles – Page 350
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NewsMoviehouse to sell Greta Bellamacina’s ‘Hurt By Paradise’ (exclusive)
Hurt by Paradise was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at Edinburgh and for Best UK Feature Film at Raindance.
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NewsBritish take on Edward Bunker’s ‘Little Boy Blue’ in the works (exclusive)
Source: No Exit Press / Ion Mills Edward Bunker A contemporary British movie version is to be made of Little Boy Blue, one of the novels by cult American writer and convicted criminal Edward Bunker, who died in 2005. Bunker was the co-star of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir ...
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News30WEST acquires stake in UK’s Altitude Media Group
Arrangement follows news of CAA backing Elysian Film Group Distribution.
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NewsUK box office preview: new openers include ‘Greed’, ‘The Call Of The Wild’, ‘Little Joe’
Micheal Winterbottom’s Greed stars Steve Coogan as a vulgar super-rich British retail tycoon based loosely on Philip Green.
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NewsDanny Perkins launches new distribution company Elysian Film Group Distribution with CAA backing
The company is backed by a minority investment from CAA.
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NewsBankside boards Terence Davies’ ‘Benediction’ starring Jack Lowden (exclusive)
Siegfried Sassoon biopic to begin shooting next month.
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NewsParkland strikes deals on ‘23 Walks’ starring Alison Steadman and Dave Johns (exclusive)
23 Walks is directed by Paul Morrison, Oscar-nominated for his debut feature Solomon & Gaenor.
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NewsLevelK scares up deal for BFI-backed ghost story ‘Martyrs Lane’ (exclusive)
The project is directed by Ruth Platt, whose previous features are The Lesson and The Black Forest.
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NewsWestEnd takes ‘Mr Malcolm’s List’ starring Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu, Oliver Jackson-Cohen (exclusive)
The film is directed by Emma Holly Jones and is an expansion of her short film Mr Malcolm’s List: Overture.
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NewsFirst Look: Maisie Williams in home invasion thriller ‘The Owners’ (exclusive)
It is one of Williams’s first roles since Game Of Thrones came to an end last year.
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NewsArmando Iannucci, Yann Zenou team on Natalie Bailey’s wrestling comedy ‘Sumo’
Rocket Science is selling the project at the EFM.
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FeaturesEFM 2020: the buzz titles from the UK and Ireland
As the 2020 European Film Market (EFM) kicks off, Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers.
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NewsMetro International takes sales on Robert Graves drama ’The Laureate’ (exclusive)
Tom Hughes stars as Graves alongside Dianna Agron and Laura Haddock.
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NewsIndustry call for Berlinale, EFM to keep late February slot
“It could bring new energy to the market.”
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NewsFirst Look: Suki Waterhouse in teen horror ‘Seance’ (exclusive)
‘You’re Next’ writer Simon Barrett making his feature directorial debut.
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NewsFilmmaker Chris Atkins talks about the UK film tax fraud that saw him sentenced to five years in prison
Atkins has written a book recounting his surreal experiences during his nine months at London’s Wandsworth prison.
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NewsEndeavor Content takes stake in The Ink Factory
Deal sets up development fund and gives Endeavor Content first-look position to sell upcoming projects.
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NewsUS firm Blackhall Studios to build new UK site near Reading
Company forecasts it will create up to 3,000 jobs, and take two years.
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NewsSTX, Hyde Park, James Bond producers team up on Gerard Butler thriller ‘Remote Control’
EON’s Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli on board as executive producers.
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FeaturesWhy risk-taking is paying off for the UK’s independent distributors
Original stories, homegrown titles and nimble business models are giving the UK’s indie distributors reasons to be cheerful.