All UK/Ireland articles – Page 863
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NewsScott Free UK plans TV co-pro adaptation of Mosse’s Labyrinth
Four-hour TV series being made with Germany’s Tandem Communications.
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NewsContentFilm, Black Camel start Scottish shoot for Barker's Outpost sequel
Black Camel’s development slate also includes feature version of short Zombie Musical, and a bigger-budget Barker thriller.
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NewsOptimum takes UK-Irish rights to animated Song of the Sea
Film in development now with Cartoon Saloon and director Tomm Moore, who worked on Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells.
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NewsHarry Treadaway, Honor Blackman to star in Optimum's Cockneys Vs Zombies
Principal photography will begin in London next week.
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FeaturesTales from the script
Two leading UK writers met in London on Valentine’s Day to share their experiences of writing for a greenlight, maintaining influence on shoots and whether screenwriting is an art or a craft. Louise Tutt took notes
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FeaturesTeam spirit
Do European screenwriters enjoy closer involvement with projects or do tensions with directors remain? Geoffrey Macnab discovers whether writers are receiving enough recognition for their work
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NewsPeccadillo Pictures and blinkbox launch LGBT genre page
LGBT-themed titles to be available on blinkbox’s website via a unique lesbian and gay genre page.
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NewsSundance, AEG Europe plan pre-Olympics London arts festival
The event, which will include a film component, will run at London’s O2 from April 26-29, 2012.
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NewsMinghella Film Festival awards four shorts
The inaugural awards took place as part of the Minghella Film Festival on the Isle of Wight, which was set up in 2009 in memory of the late British director Anthony Minghella.
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NewsTroubled Magma looks set to appoint a liquidator
A creditors’ meeting will be held in Galway later this week for troubled Irish-based production outfit Magma European Scripting House (MESH), which now looks set to appoint a liquidator.
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NewsPeplow to leave UK's Skillset to join Sydney-based AFTRS
UK producer Neil Peplow is to leave Skillset to relocate to Australia and become director of screen content at the Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS) from May 2.
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FeaturesBattle: Los Angeles conquers UK box office
Sony’s action-sci-fi records a week-high location average of $6,872 (£4,269) to topple Rango from the number one slot.
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FeaturesMike Hodges
The director talks about the 40th anniversary of Get Carter, the state of the British film industry, and two new films he’d like to make.
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NewsSony launches UK TV channel geared toward female audience
Sony Entertainment Television will launch on April 7 with the UK premiere of US medical drama Hawthorne, starring and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith.
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NewsSkillset training academy launched in UK
It will focus on seven key areas where Skillset research has revealed a short fall of qualified talent.
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NewsHayley Atwell plays Charlotte Rampling's daughter in I, Anna
Barnaby Southcombe’s debut feature just wrapped shooting this weekend.
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NewsRed Riding writers hope 1977 will be made as stand-alone film
Novelist David Peace and screenwriter Tony Grisoni speak about the ‘1977’ script at Newcastle’s Story Engine conference.
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NewsShoot wraps for Solimeno's thriller The Glass Man
UK independent film The Glass Man starring Andy Nyman, Neve Campbell and James Cosmo has finsihed principal photography.
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New website launches for film industry recruitment
My First Job In Film aims to standardise recruitment by presenting the industry a cost-free, turnkey offering for job vacancies.
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NewsFrightFest moves into UK distribution and takes on Shadow
UK festivals organiser FrightFest is expanding into theatrical distribution, through a new venture formed with Wild Bunch.