All UK/Ireland articles – Page 90
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FeaturesBuyers want certainty but need new stars, say UK sales agents as they gear up for busy Cannes
Fully-packaged projects and clear genres are important but risks need to be taken to reach younger audiences, say sellers.
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NewsMoin Hussain’s Venice Critics’ Week title ‘Sky Peals’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Faraz Ayub, Natalie Gavin and Claire Rushbrook all star.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ climbs into over 650 cinemas
Space for indie titles ‘La Chimera’, ‘The Almond And The Seahorse’.
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NewsCycling drama ‘Hard Miles’ starring Matthew Modine secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
Sean Astin, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Leslie David Baker star alongside Modine.
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News101 Films International to launch sales on comedy horror ‘Crocodylus: Mating Season’ (exclusive)
A private investigator is hired to look into the legend of a human-alligator hybrid.
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NewsBBC Film reveals new projects on slate (exclusive)
Includes the second features of Remi Weekes and Raine Allen-Miller.
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News’The Apprentice’ producer Daniel Bekerman lines up ‘The Eden Express’ with Stephen Fry as EP
LevelK will do a soft launch in Cannes; Stephen Fry to serve as executive producer.
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News‘The Outrun’ to open revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival
The full EIFF programme will be unveiled on July 10.
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NewsSteven Soderbergh’s Sundance title ‘Presence’ acquired for UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan star in the film.
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NewsProtagonist boards game-show thriller ‘Press Your Luck’
A first-look at the thriller, based on a true story about a game show scandal, has also been unveiled.
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NewsUK’s NFTS selects 20 executives for Inside Pictures training programme (exclusive)
Participants from All3Media, Studiocanal, Curtis Brown.
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NewsSXSW London to debut in June 2025
Announcement draws praise from culture secretary Lucy Frazer, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
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NewsCannes UK Pavilion to host talks on indie tax credit, international co-pros, engaging audiences
There will also be Talent Talks with creatives including Sandhya Suri and Robbie Ryan.
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NewsAlexander Skarsgard, Harry Melling to star in Harry Lighton’s ‘Pillion’ for Element, Cornerstone
Picturehouse Entertainment is also providing production finance in a first for the UK company.
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NewsFremantle revenues fall back in first quarter of 2024
Parent company RTL blames ’timing effects’ of show deliveries in the UK, Italy and Germany for the fall.
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NewsThea Gajić’s Cannes Great 8 selection ‘Surviving Earth’ swept up by Bankside Films (exclusive)
The film will feature in the Cannes Great 8 showcase.
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NewsBifa unveils UK producers selected for Springboard career support programme (exclusive)
Producers of ‘In Camera’, ‘Pretty Red Dress’ also on the yearly programme.
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NewsKevin Spacey facing civil trial in UK over sexual assault
The trial relates to an assault that took place in 2008.
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NewsDiane Keaton to star in survival thriller ‘Constance’ for WestEnd Films (exclusive)
Mark Pellington will direct the film which is set to shoot in August in Los Angeles.
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NewsProtagonist to launch Sophie Hyde’s ‘Jimpa’ starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow at Cannes; unveils first image (exclusive)
Olivia Colman and John Lithgow star in the family drama now filming in Australia, the Netherlands and Finland.