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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 273
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News‘A Quiet Place Part II’ postpones release date due to coronavirus
Director John Krasinski confirmed the news via social media.
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NewsBritish Film Commission’s annual budget doubled by UK government
Film and high-end TV production spend in the UK hit £3.61bn last year.
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NewsIreland’s Ardmore Studios plans major expansion
When complete, Ardmore Studios will have over 140,000 sq ft of sound stages and 160,000 sq ft of support buildings.
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NewsPotboiler secures TV rights to Booker winner ‘Girl, Woman, Other’
The story, focused mainly on women of colour, was named a favourite of Barack Obama in 2019.
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NewsUma Thurman to star in UK thriller series remake ‘Suspicion’ for Apple
The series is an adaptation of 2015 Israeli title ‘False Flag’.
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NewsPurely Capital launches receivables platform with $150m funding
UK producer Wayne Marc Godfrey co-founded the firm.
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NewsUK PR and marketing agency Organic appoints Christina Joyce in TV push
Agency to handle new series of ‘Peaky Blinders’ among three recent business wins.
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NewsPlans afoot to turn Edinburgh’s Filmhouse into Scottish national film hub
£50m ($65m) plan likely to take at least five years to complete.
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NewsStudiocanal UK moves ‘The Secret Garden’ forward to fill ‘No Time To Die’, ‘Peter Rabbit 2’ slot
Marc Munden’s feature has moved one week earlier in April.
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NewsUK sales outfit first to confirm it will not attend Cannes due to coronavirus concerns (exclusive)
Guy Collins’ GFM hopes to set up series of virtual meetings instead.
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NewsSony moves ‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ from Easter to August due to coronavirus concerns
Live-action/CGI hybrid becomes second major studio release to shift.
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Netflix teams with John Boyega’s UpperRoom to make a slate of African films
The non-English language projects will focus on West and East Africa.
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NewsScreen Scotland greenlights Connery-led studio First Stage with £1m investment
Jason Connery and producer Bob Last have been appointed to run the large-scale film and TV studio in Leith.
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News‘Parasite’ becomes the highest-grossing non-English language film at the UK box office
Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar winner passes ‘The Passion Of The Christ’.
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NewsRaindog Films secures backing for move into TV from BFI-backed UK Creative Content Fund
The company is run by Ged Doherty and Colin Firth.
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NewsCinéfondation’s Atelier unveils 2020 selection
Screen UK Star Of Tomorrow Moin Hussain will present his project Birchanger Green.
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News‘Onward’ tops UK box office as ‘Parasite’ breaks non-English language record
Bong Joon Ho’s Palme d’Or and Oscar winner has now grossed £11.5m and counting.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival co-chief talks hidden gems, surprise guests and 2021 plans
Allan Hunter reflects on the 16th edition.
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News‘Radioactive’ director Marjane Satrapi reveals why she chooses not to work with US producers
wThe Iranian-French filmmaker of Persepolis and Radioactive was speaking at the Glasgow Film Festival.
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News‘Arracht’ wins Glasgow audience award; festival draws record admissions
Tom O’Sullivan’s Irish famine drama received its UK premiere at the festival.