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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 111
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NewsCurzon Mayfair landlord lays out plans for future of the London cinema
The landlord wants to keep the 38 Curzon Street building as a cinema, but operated independently.
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News‘Evil Dead Rise’ bites into second place at UK-Ireland box office as ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ holds lead
‘Evil Dead Rise’ started with £1.5m – a healthy result for an 18-rated title.
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NewsTilda Swinton, Steven Spielberg back growing campaign to save London cinema Curzon Mayfair
The future of the Curzon Mayfair looks uncertain with the landlord refusing to renew the Curzon’s lease, which ends in 2024.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: can ‘Evil Dead Rise’ scare off its competitors?
Another busy week sees 18 new titles in cinemas.
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NewsMister Smith Entertainment boards Weston Razooli’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Riddle Of Fire’ (exclusive)
The action comedy is the debut feature of US filmmaker Razooli.
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NewsKevin Spacey set to stand trial for sex offences in the UK in June
The US actor appeared via video link at Southwark Crown Court at a pre-trial review.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse building sold for £2.65m to commercial bidder
The identity of the buyer has not been confirmed, but the 88 Lothian Road building has not been sold to a “culturally motivated” bidder.
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News‘Inland’ starring Mark Rylance scores UK theatrical distribution deal (exclusive)
The film debuted at last year’s BFI London Film Festival.
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FeaturesThe tricky path to net zero: how cinemas are getting serious about sustainability
“When we started looking at that net-zero plan, we realised it is extraordinarily complicated.”
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FeaturesUK distributors call for overhaul of “stifling” BBFC fee structure
Indie distributors charge the current structure prevents wider release of arthouse films.
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NewsBFI names Skills Clusters partners, reveals head of National Lottery Skills programmes
Screen Yorkshire, Film London, Screen Scotland and Northern Ireland Screen are among the six partner organisations to receive National Lottery funding.
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NewsAmelia Brown lands top job at Fremantle UK
Former Thames boss - who was slated to leave - will replace Simon Andreae.
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Features“I grew up in this cinema family”: why the granddaughter of UK cinema mogul Sam King wrote a book about his life
The daughter of Screen’s founder has written a book about her grandfather Sam King, co-founder of Shipman & King
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NewsWriters’ Guild of Great Britain “ready to stand shoulder to shoulder” with US writers’ guild as strike looms
“Many of their issues are our issues. Their fight is our fight,” said WGGB chair Lisa Holdsworth.
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NewsTull Stories head joins UK production company Park The Bus (exclusive)
Jonny Tull is speaheading the intenational sales of football referee doc ‘In The Middle’.
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NewsFilm and TV Production Restart scheme boosted UK economy by £2.3bn
More than 100,000 jobs for cast and crew were supported and 48,500 full-time jobs were created by the scheme.
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News‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ scores £7.6m second weekend to dominate UK-Ireland box office
Easter holidays boost takings of ’Mummies’, ‘Puss In Boots’; ‘Rye Lane’ tops £1m.
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NewsAmazon’s Martin Backlund takes up role of managing director for Prime Video Nordics
Backlund previously held the post of head of content for Prime Video UK and Nordics.
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FeaturesNew Talent Focus: ‘Raging Grace’ director Paris Zarcilla on spotlighting Filipino stories, UK diversity
The writer/director of SXSW award winner Raging Grace is inspired by the work of writers including Sally Wainwright, Sharon Horgan, Nathan Bryon and Craig Mazin
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: can Universal’s Dracula comedy ‘Renfield’ bite into the top five?
Also out this weekend: Sony has anime fantasy ’Suzume’ and Paramount action thriller ‘Assassin Club’.