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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 110
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NewsSignature Entertainment acquires Second World War spy thriller ‘The Partisan’ (exclusive)
Cast includes ‘A Clockwork Orange’ star Malcolm McDowell and Morgane Polański.
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NewsWriters Guild of Great Britain warns UK writers not to work on American shows during strike
Guild warns that WGA will ban writers who strikebreak.
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News‘Harold Fry’ leads new releases at UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ stays top
Franchise titles continue to dominate, with ‘Big George Foreman’ the second best performing new release.
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NewsBlue Finch Films acquires UK sci-fi horror ’Hostile Dimensions’ (exclusive)
The film was been selected for the Frontières Buyers Showcase in Cannes.
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News‘McQueen’ producer Misfits hires Passion Pictures’ Lizzie Gillett
Gillett has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of documentary at Misfits.
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NewsRocket Science to launch Cannes sales on ‘Cliffhanger’ reboot starring Sylvester Stallone
Ric Roman Waugh to direct, Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film among producers.
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NewsEva Green wins “painful and damaging” UK court battle over collapse of sci-fi film ‘A Patriot’
In a statement Green said she was proud to stand up against “bully-boy tactics”.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Harold Fry’, ‘Polite Society’ vie for bank holiday audiences
Further new releases include ’Big George Foreman’ and ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’.
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NewsRichard Sharp resigns as BBC chair
Independent report concludes Sharp breached public appointment governance rules.
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NewsChristine Healy steps down as chair of UK’s ScreenSkills HETV council
Healy oversaw £28m of investment into HETV Skills fund in her tenure.
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NewsSean Connery Foundation reveals first £1m grant recipients
This grant aims to fund organisations supporting Scottish filmmakers and producers.
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NewsMubi acquires Cannes Un Certain Regard title ‘How To Have Sex’
Film is the debut from Screen Star of Tomorrow Molly Manning Walker, sold by mk2 Films.
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NewsSony Pictures Television hires Big Talk’s Matthew Justice to head UK and European production operations
Exec will report into SPT’s president of international productions Wayne Garvie.
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NewsUK screenwriting incubator The Script Factory to re-launch
The programme is back after a nine-year hiatus.
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NewsNetflix reveals £4.8bn investment in UK economy, teases upcoming slate
New projects include UK series ‘Black Doves’, ‘Department Q’ and ‘Bank Of Dave: The Sequel’
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NewsAnthony Bregman, UK execs, producers to take part in Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme (exclusive)
Speakers include BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Film4’s Farhana Bhula and The British Blacklist’s Akua Gyamfi.
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NewsRodrigo Reyes, Sean McAllister docs among 48 projects selected for Sheffield DocFest’s MeetMarket
Projects come from 34 different countries.
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NewsUK’s Windrush Caribbean Film Festival unveils line-up, launches Menelik Shabazz award
The festival will run across the UK from June 6-21.
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News101 Films appoints director of acquisitions (exclusive)
Executive will be involved in acquisitions, casting and production.
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NewsUK’s Independent Entertainment and Lowkey Films team for three-feature deal (exclusive)
Slate includes horror ‘Tender Omens’ and sci-fi thriller ‘Beyond The Deep’.