All UK/Ireland articles – Page 385
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NewsBenedict 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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NewsJoanna 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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NewsOutspoken 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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News‘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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NewsUK’s NFTS to open major hub in northern England
The new Leeds hub will be spread over a number of sites.
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NewsAdministrators track down head of beleaguered UK collections agency MM Cam (exclusive)
Kingston Smith & Partners appeal to potential creditors to come forward with information.
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News‘The Lion King’ leaps to $544m global box office (update)
Spider-Man: Far From Home nearing $1bn worldwide.
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NewsNatascha McElhone signs to star in Valerie Buhagiar’s ‘Carmen’, now shooting in Malta (exclusive)
Shooting for the film is underway on location in Malta.
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NewsITV, BBC unveil details of Britbox streaming service
ITV taking an initial 90% stake in the forthcoming SVoD venture, which will launch in Q4 this year.
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NewsUK box office preview: how loud can ‘The Lion King’ roar?
Other openers include cricket doc ‘The Edge’ and ‘Tell It To The Bees’.
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NewsBerlin Forum winning documentary ‘Heimat Is A Space In Time’ lands UK distribution (exclusive)
Film won the Caligari Prize in the Berlinale Forum section this year.
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NewsUK’s FrightFest unveils five-person shortlist for Screen Genre Rising Star Award
Nominees include Rebecca Rogers for her role in ‘Stalked’.
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NewsHanWay hires Marta Ravani to head documentary and library label
Ravani has previously worked at TF1 and Protagonist.
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News‘Bodyguard’ star Gina McKee, Douglas Hodge of ‘Catastrophe’ join ‘A Grand Romantic Gesture’ (exclusive)
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, Ontario Creates among financiers.
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NewsUK broadcaster Sky makes key film-buying appointment
Former Sky Cinema director Ian Lewis left the business last week.
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NewsFfilm Cymru Wales selects five features in latest funding round
Titles include Catherine Linstrum’s ’This Earth Is Not Our Home’.
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NewsEmmy nominations: the key talking points
HBO dominates, Netflix wants a trophy, ‘Fleabag’ earns first nods.
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NewsBafta kicks off £25m redevelopment of its London headquarters
Bafta will move next door and its activities will continue.
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NewsUK's National Lottery Cinema Day partners with Odeon as part of 2019 expansion
The event increases to over 250 venues this year.
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NewsArmando Iannucci's 'The Personal History Of David Copperfield' to open BFI London Film Festival
Dev Patel stars in the adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel.