UK News – Page 17
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NewsMichaela Coel teams with BBC, HBO, A24 on drama series ‘First Day On Earth’
The 10-part series is made in association with A24
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NewsSouth African Venice Horizons title ‘Carissa’ picked up for sales (exclusive)
It is the debut feature from filmmakers Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar.
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News‘Alien: Romulus’ takes UK-Ireland box office crown from ‘It Ends With Us’ with £3.7m start
Second-highest series opening after ‘Alien: Covenant’ in 2017.
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NewsAlex Garland and Andrew Macdonald talk ‘28 Years Later’ trilogy, casting indie films and the importance of producers
Garland was talking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, alongside his long-time producer and EIFF chair, Andrew Macdonald.
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News“Cinema is in a very bad way,” says Brian Cox, on eve of production of directorial debut ‘Glenrothan’
Cox’s directorial debut starts shooting later this month in Scotland.
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NewsUK’s Sky Studios adds ex-BBCS drama head
Parish will work with third-party indies as well as Sky’s production team to oversee the creation of Sky original titles.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Alien: Romulus’ creeps into 676 cinemas for Disney
Signature opens DiCaprio-produced animation; multiple Indian titles launch.
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NewsScreen’s The Future of UK Film Summit: final call for Early Bird tickets
The high-level conference will be held on September 24, 2024, at BFI Southbank, London.
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NewsUK’s Curzon cinema chain says it is “business as usual” as US parent company faces auction
Curzon’s US owner is facing an auction in November after allegedly defaulting on a loan.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest to open with ‘Black Cab’ starring Nick Frost; full line-up unveiled
The UK horror and sci-fi fantasy film festival runs October 3-6 in Manchester.
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NewsRoy Keane football drama ‘Saipan’, Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Rosebushpruning’ among latest UK Global Screen Fund recipients
’Behind The Palm Trees’ from The Bureau and ‘Dust’ from Bêtes Sauvages have also received backing.
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NewsVenice Competition title ‘Harvest’ sells to UK-Ireland, Germany, Latin America (exclusive)
Caleb Landry Jones, Harry Melling, Rosy McEwen among cast.
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NewsNetflix UK’s Teresa Moneo joins expanded Edinburgh film festival board
’Aftersun’ producer Amy Jackson has been upped to vice-chair.
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NewsDuncan Heath-backed Isle of Wight studio submits planning application
Medina Studios is being part-spearheaded by talent veteran Duncan Heath.
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News‘It Ends With Us’ stuns UK-Ireland box office with £4.5m top spot
Blake Lively romance dethrones ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’.
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NewsDisney to spend $5bn on production in UK and Europe over next five years
The company aims to spend $1bn a year over the next five years.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘It Ends With Us’, ‘Trap’, ‘Borderlands’ lead openers
’It Ends With Us’ opens in 630 cinemas through Sony.
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NewsJapanese hit ‘Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram’ set for UK-Ireland release (exclusive)
Marks the first time that a feature in the ‘Detective Conan’ franchise has been given a theatrical release in UK and Irish cinemas.
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NewsSundance winner ‘Sujo’ among San Sebastian’s Horizontes Latinos selection
José Luis Torres Leiva’s ’When Clouds Hide The Shadow’ is the strand’s opening film, while Celina Murga’s ’The Freshly Cut Grass’ will close.
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NewsJennifer Saunders, Hiran Abeysekera, Pippa Bennett-Warner join cast of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Production is underway in the south of England and at Shinfield Studios.