All UK/Ireland articles – Page 352
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NewsJackie Collins documentary in the works at Passion Pictures
AGC Studios, CNN Films, and the BBC Arts are co-financing Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story.
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NewsUK box office preview: can ‘Blinded By The Light’ become the latest music-themed hit?
Screen Star of Tomorrow Viveik Kalra leads Gurinder Chadha’s latest.
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News‘Are You Proud?’ director suffers apparent homophobic attack
Ashley Joiner required 10 stitches after the incident.
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NewsIwan Rheon, Tom Cullen to star in UK thriller ‘Barbarians’ (exclusive)
The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno, Conor Swindells, Will Kemp, and Tommy McDonnell.
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NewsUniversal buys select international territories on Kristen Stewart Venice title 'Seberg' (exclusive)
Studio takes rights including Nordics, Benelux, Latin America.
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NewsBafta upholds theatrical eligibility rules for film awards but promises closer scrutiny of all entrants
Bafta says it will encourage Netflix and Sky to reveal box office figures for the films they enter.
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NewsBafta introduces new casting category for 2020 film awards
Bafta have also announced that the original music category will be renamed original score.
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NewsBafta to trial extended eligibility window for foreign language award in 2020 (exclusive)
UK distributors will be able to release films up to four weeks after the awards ceremony.
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BFI launches ‘up to £120k per project’ animated shorts fund
The fund expects to back six to 10 projects per year from animators ‘with a track record’.
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NewsScreen Awards 2019: Film4, Dogwoof, Screen Scotland execs join judging panel
The 2019 awards will take place on November 28.
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NewsUK drama ‘Bait’ scoops top prizes at New Horizons Film Festival
Mark Jenkin’s debut won the Grand Prix and audience award at the event in Wrocław, Poland.
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News‘The Lion King’ holds off ‘Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw’ at UK weekend box office
’Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw’ posts middling opening for the franchise.
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NewsMartin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ to close 2019 BFI London Film Festival
Netflix mob drama starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci will have international premiere on October 13.
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NewsFuna Maduka, director of international original films, to leave Netflix (exclusive)
Executive has been at US streamer for six years.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw’, ‘Angry Birds 2’ take aim at ‘The Lion King’
Other openers include ‘Animals’ and ‘Holiday’.
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NewsHBO Max secures exclusive US streaming rights to ‘Doctor Who’
Platform also licenses 700 episodes of BBC series including UK version of The Office, Top Gear, Luther, The Honorable Woman.
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NewsWelsh horror ‘Gwledd’ becomes sixth Ffilm Cymru Cinematic project to wrap (exclusive)
Lee Haven Jones’ feature debut stars Annes Elwy.
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NewsUK outfit Brightstar signs first-look TV deal with Amazon
Brightstar is presently executive producing Netflix’s Kaos from The End Of The F***ing World creator Charlie Covell.
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NewsScreen 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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NewsCurzon names new-look distribution team as Steve Lewis departs (exclusive)
Lewis is leaving Curzon after 20 years.