All UK/Ireland articles – Page 916
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NewsMedia convergence may push theatrical windows, report finds
Olswang’s new Convergence Survey finds that delivering consumers the content they want how and when they want it will be one key to curbing piracy.
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NewsWimbledon Film and Television Studios launched
Formerly known as Merton Studios, the newest addition to the UK studio sector is to be officially launched today by London mayor Boris Johnson.
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NewsUlrich Thomsen, Sonja Richter to star in Ireland-set Flowers of Desire
Danish-language co-production will shoot this summer for director Simon Staho.
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NewsUK's Prime Focus to move into production
UK post production company Prime Focus is launching its own production division, Prime Focus Productions, specialising in TV dramas.
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NewsMat Whitecross, Paul Viragh re-team for Coldplay-backed film noir
Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess and Lesley Manville head the cast of the CinemaNX backed project which is being co-financed by UK rock band Coldplay.
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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.