UK News – Page 12
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NewsKristen Wiig, Bill Murray to star in ‘Epiphany’; Rocket Science launching EFM sales
Max Barbakow, who directed 2020 Sundance comedy Palm Springs, to helm project.
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NewsUniversal hires Kezia Williams as MD for UK and Ireland
Williams joins Universal at the end of February and will report to Paul Higginson.
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NewsFederation Studios appoints Côme Chazal as group executive director for UK strategy (exclusive)
The Paris-based company is ramping up its expansion into English-language markets.
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NewsBafta Elevate 2025/26 cohort includes ‘Mr Gay Syria’, ‘Kanaval’ directors
The cohort comprises documentary and factual filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds.
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News‘Dog Man’ barks up £3.2m to top UK-Ireland box office; ‘Macbeth’, ‘September 5’ in top five
‘A Complete Unknown’ nears £10m; ‘The Brutalist’ holds well again to overtake awards favourites.
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NewsWestEnd launches sales on action thriller ‘Breaking Cover’ starring Scott Adkins (exclusive)
The shoot will begin in the UK in May 2025
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NewsBFI delegation of disabled UK filmmakers attends Rotterdam
Inaccessability of festivals prompted British Film Institute to take a delegation of four UK-based disabled filmmakers to IFFR Pro.
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NewsBill Skarsgard, Murray Bartlett and Noah Jupe join ‘Death Of Robin Hood’ cast
High Jackman and Jodie Comer are starring, with shooting starting this week in Ireland.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office rises 10% in January 2025 compared to previous year
New releases combine with December holdovers to bring January cheer to exhibitors.
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News‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and Bigfoot docs added to Screenbound EFM slate (exclusive)
’Sane Inside Insanity’ marks the 50th anniversary of the cult classic musical film.
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NewsAI offers monetisation opportunities for creatives, suggest tech sector execs
Creatives fear changes to copyright law in the UK could result in an “impoverishing” of their sector’s workers.
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News‘Bridget Jones 4’ advance tickets selling faster than ‘Barbie’, report UK cinemas
The film starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Leo Woodall opens on February 13.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures boards SXSW romantic comedy ‘One More Shot’ starring Emily Browning (exclusive)
Sales will launch at the upcoming EFM on the Australian time travel comedy.
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NewsKiefer Sutherland, Rebel Wilson star in Sky Christmas comedy ‘Tinsel Town’
Mister Smith Entertainment will be launching sales at the EFM.
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NewsFilm Constellation to launch international sales on Plan B, Teorema’s Berlin Panorama selection ‘Olmo’ (exclusive)
Coming-of-age comedy to premiere on February 16.
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NewsTotal UK film production spend rises 56% in 2024; film and high-end TV combined reaches £5.6bn
Film and high-end television production spend is up 31% on the previous Hollywood strike-addled year.
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NewsLocal box office market share for UK indie films nearly doubles in 2024
The 2024 box office for films on release in the UK totalled £979m.
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NewsIain Forsyth, Jane Pollard’s ‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Film will play at Dublin and Glasgow film festivals before cinema release.
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NewsPicturehouse launches new UK industry event, Picturehouse Create (exclusive)
The company also confirmed that Sundance Film Festival: London will not take place in 2025.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom and Mohammed Sawwaf now filming ‘Gaza Year Zero’ in Palestine (exclusive)
Le Pacte has acquired international rights to the fiction film.