All UK/Ireland articles – Page 355
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NewsDavid Tennant miniseries hit 'Deadwater Fell' lands at Acorn TV
Show to receive US premiere as an Acorn TV Original in April.
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NewsUK box office admissions fall slightly in 2019; blockbuster concerns for 2020
Admissions recovered from a slow start last year, although revenue fell, a trend which may continue into 2020 with less surefire hits due for release.
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NewsUniversal, Warner Bros plan home entertainment distribution alliance to cover UK, North America
Entity will cover North America, and complimentary arrangements in UK, parts of Europe, Japan.
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NewsSTXFilms to cease theatrical licensing in France under Amazon Prime Video pan-European deal
Pan-European deal effective immediately.
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NewsTilda Swinton to receive BFI Fellowship
Oscar and Bafta-winning actress to be honoured at BFI Chairman’s dinner.
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Amazon Studios, Steve McQueen deal greenlights sci-fi series ‘Last Days’
Streaming platform unveils deals with Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, Plan B Entertainment; announces cast on The Lord Of The Rings series.
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NewsOscar nominations 2020: How did UK films and talent fare?
UK talent present in all acting categories as well as throughout the nominations.
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News‘1917’ storms UK box office with £7.3m opening
‘Little Women’ overtakes ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ for second spot.
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News‘Kes’ producer Tony Garnett dies aged 83
Garnett also worked on Earth Girls Are Easy and seminal TV drama Cathy Come Home.
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NewsFive new UK talents receive £10k each from Creative England’s Shortflix initiative
They will each will make a short which will be broadcast on Sky Arts in 2020.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘1917’ set to march into cinemas
Other new titles include ‘Seberg’ and ‘Uncut Gems’.
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News‘Rise Of The Footsoldier’ reboot marching ahead (exclusive)
The fifth instalment of the British gangster series set for release in 2021.
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FeaturesSix talking points for the UK film industry in 2020
The BFI, distribution and Brexit will take centre stage this year.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival to open with ‘Proxima’; close with ‘How To Build A Girl’
UK premiere of ‘Proxima’ to open 16th edition of the festival.
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NewsFilm4 restructures creative team for 2020 (exclusive)
Julia Oh, Lauren Dark and Ben Coren are all promoted.
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NewsModern Films acquires Julian Jarrold’s ‘Sulphur And White’ for UK (exclusive)
Drama to receive a royal world premiere.
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FeaturesGeorge MacKay on filming ‘1917’: “No-man’s land was really hard”
The actor spent seven months rehearsing and filming for his lead role in Sam Mendes’s 1917.
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News‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ still on top but ‘The Gentlemen’ opens strong at UK box office
New openers include The Gentlemen and Jojo Rabbit.
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NewsPicturehouse appoints Premier PR’s Elizabeth Taylor
PR exec to manage publicity and communications for Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment.
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FeaturesHow Sam Mendes reinvented the First World War movie with ‘1917’
“The idea of setting something that was going to be a propulsive, exciting movie against that backdrop just seemed a really tough ask.”