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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 247
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FeaturesBritBox eyes expansion in North America, more original content
BritBox’s North American operation having grown by 20% during the pandemic.
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NewsVinnie Jones joins ‘Rise Of The Footsoldier: Origins’ (exclusive)
Fifth instalment of the British crime franchise set for release in 2021.
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News‘Tenet’ to test international box office waters
Film not yet dated in severely Covid-hit Latin America.
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NewsFilmart Online sales title ‘Max Cloud’ lands US deal
UK, Australia, Japan, Germany, China remain open.
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NewsMalachi Smyth’s ‘The Score’ starring Johnny Flynn to restart UK shoot (exclusive)
Lydia Wilson joins Flynn, Naomi Ackie and Will Poulter in the cast.
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NewsNew UK distributor Sovereign acquires ‘Song Without A Name’
Award-winning Peruvian drama debuted at Cannes.
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NewsFilm Constellation boards Carlos López Estrada’s ‘Summertime’ ahead of TIFF (exclusive)
The musical from the director of ‘Blindspotting’ was first seen at Sundance.
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NewsFrancis Lee’s ‘Ammonite’ to close BFI London Film Festival
’Ammonite’ is one of 13 films from the LFF programme that will screen in previews across the UK.
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NewsDogwoof picks up international sales on TIFF selection ‘76 Days’ (exclusive)
CAA Media Finance handles North American rights.
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NewsUK film executive Colin Leventhal dies aged 73
Leventhal was a leading figure at the UK’s Channel 4 and a former partner at HAL Films.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up 28% as more than half of all cinemas now reopen
Exhibitors are preparing for this week’s release of ‘Tenet’.
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NewsDavid Olusoga decries UK TV industry’s “lost generation of talent”
MacTaggart lecturer issues blueprint for keeping hold of BAME talent.
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NewsClio Barnard to direct See-Saw’s ‘The Essex Serpent’ starring Keira Knightley for Apple TV+
See-Saw Films producing for Apple TV+.
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News‘Unhinged’, first new wide release in US since March, grosses $4m in cinemas (update)
Distributor confident of reaching $8m by Thursday, $30m by end of run.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires BFI London Film Festival doc winner ‘White Riot’ (exclusive)
Film set in 1970’s Britain deeply divided over immigration.
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News‘Unhinged’ holds UK-Ireland box office lead for fourth week
Weekend takings for the top five titles up 18.5%.
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NewsCork Film Festival, Docs Ireland launch talent development scheme (exclusive)
The programme is for Irish doc filmmakers on their first or second feature.
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NewsSteve McQueen’s ‘Mangrove’ to open BFI London Film Festival
The European premiere of Mangrove will kick off the festival on Wednesday October 7.
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NewsHow are UK advance ticket sales of ‘Tenet’ actually performing?
The industry hopes Christopher Nolan’s spy thriller will bring customers flooding back to cinemas on August 26.
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NewsThe films opening around the world this weekend: ‘Cuties’, ‘Monos’, ‘Sheep Without A Shepherd’
New releases scarce in the week before ‘Tenet’ hits many markets.