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BBC Films, HanWay groom teen spies with Cherub

2009-02-07T06:31:00Z

BBC Films is to tap into the teen market with the adaptation of the first book of Robert Muchamore's teenage spy series. Cherub;The Recruit, which is being introduced to buyers in Berlin by HanWay Films, marks the start of what BBC Films hopes will be a book franchise aimed at ...

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IFC Films takes UK comedy In The Loop for US distribution

2009-01-23T00:54:00Z

IFC Films has bought US distribution rights to Armando Iannucci's comedy farce In The Loop, set to get its world premiere here tonight [January 22], and will release on its IFC In Theaters platform later this year.The film will also get channelled through IFC Entertainment's exclusive deal with Blockbuster. IFC's ...

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Five Minutes Of Heaven

2009-01-21T11:11:00Z

Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegl. UK/Ireland. 2009. 90 mins

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In The Loop

2009-01-20T16:58:00Z

Dir. Armando Iannucci, UK, 2008, 109 minutes.

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Ecosse, Shivas to produce Disraeli biopic

2000-06-30T18:11:00Z

Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd is being lined up to star as Benjamin Disraeli in the provisionally titled Dizzy, a feature dramatising the life of the brilliant British prime minister being produced by Mark Shivas and Ecosse Films.Gruffudd would play Disraeli at 28 years old in the film, which revolves around ...

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Bolstered BBC Films encroaches on FilmFour turf

2000-06-26T06:23:00Z

A bolstered BBC Films could be hived off from its hulking parent company and housed in new digs near London's Charlotte Street, within spitting distance of archrival FilmFour, according to plans currently being drawn up by the UK's public broadcaster. Assuming those plans get rubberstamped, BBC Films will soon re-locate ...