All UK/Ireland articles – Page 826
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NewsOdeon to complete digital projector overhaul with NEC Display Solutions
Odeon UCI to upgrade all of its 2,100 screens in its 231 cinemas with NEC projectors.
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NewsNetflix UK acquires Lilyhammer
Netflix has secured the streaming rights in the UK and Ireland for Lilyhammer, the mobster comedy drama starring Sopranos actor Steven Van Zandt.
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FeaturesDonald Rice
The writer-director talks about his Tribeca-bound feature directorial debut, Cheerful Weather For The Wedding.
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FeaturesPaul Webster
The veteran UK producer talks about Salmon Fishing In The Yemen’s audience appeal; Jason Statham’s new side in Hummingbird; and Joe Wright’s inventive take on Anna Karenina.
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NewsBFI announces “pillars” of its Five Year Plan For Film
Amanda Nevill today promised a “fresh approach” from the BFI in its Five Year Forward Plan For Film; government and BFI to officially respond to Chris Smith’s Film Policy Review on May 14.
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NewsPremier PR sells First Movies to Penn Schoen Berland
London-based public relations company Premier PR has sold its entertainment market research agency, First Movies, to LA based research and consulting firm Penn Schoen Berland, part of the WPP group.
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NewsDan Simmons appointed Creative Skillset's head of film
He has been acting head of film at the UK training organisation - which rebranded at the beginning of this month from Skillset to Creative Skillset - since last April.
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NewsMovie Mogul’s Monster Project goes into development
The cross genre feature will be the British independent production company’s second film following Panic Button.
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NewsDavid Pritchard to produce Keith Floyd biopic
David Pritchard is adapting his book Shooting the Cook, about British TV chef Keith Floyd, into a feature.
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NewsSundance ties with Shine Group
Shine Group’s youth production arm is to produce a series of highlights packages of the inaugural Sundance London film and music festival.
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NewsEdinburgh Film Festival to open with Killer Joe
It will be the UK premiere of the comic noir thriller which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year.
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NewsMoviehouse takes on ActionFest award winner I Declare War
Sales company also working with Samaritan Entertainment on Repatriate.
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NewsFormosa plans thrillers, film noir via its first Seed EIS development slate
EIS specialist Formosa Films has announced details of its inaugural Seed EIS (SEIS) Development slate.
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NewsBFI launches Hitchcock season
The three-month season is the result of a three-year national archive project to restore Hitchcock’s silent films.
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NewsAutlook, Films Transit to jointly handle sales on Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
EXCLUSIVE: Feature documentary shows Bob Cringely’s 1995 interview with Jobs.
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NewsAneurin Barnard joins cast of UK adventure-fantasy Mariah Mundi
Barnard joins cast of UK fantasy starring Sam Neill, Michael Sheen; production to get under way April 30 in Bath; Six Sales on board.
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NewsAntonia Campbell-Hughes to star in Constantin biopic
Rising Irish star Antonia Campbell-Hughes has been cast as Natascha Kampusch in Constantin Film’s English-language biopic 3096 (working title) to be directed by German-American Sherry Hormann at the Bavaria Film studios outside Munich from next month.
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NewsUPIE signs multi-territory deal for Fandango's Diaz – Don’t Clean Up This Blood
Universal Pictures International Entertainment takes UK, Germany, Benelux, Brazil and German speaking Switzerland from Fandango Portobello, which also closes deals in Spain, Canada and Poland.
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NewsNetflix UK launches app for Windows Phone
All devices running Windows Phone 7.5 or higher can now use streaming service.
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NewsBattleship sinks Titanic 3D at the UK box office
Universal’s action sci-fi commandeers top spot with an estimated $6.1m (£3.9m) haul.