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Matt Smith And Morfydd Clark To Lead Supernatural Horror ‘Starve Acre’; Cornerstone Handling Sales On EFM Hot Pic
The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark are to lead supernatural horror film Starve Acre from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. Cornerstone is handling world sales and will launch at next month’s European Film Market.
The brooding horror film, which is adapted from an Andrew Michael…
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Mark Rylance To Star In Golf Comedy-Drama ‘The Fantastic Flitcrofts’; Cornerstone Launching Sales – Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Mark Rylance is set to make his big-screen comedy debut in The Fantastic Flitcrofts, a golf movie written by Paddington 2 scribe Simon Farnaby.
Bridge Of Spies and Dunkirk actor Rylance will play Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, who managed to gain entry to The British…
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BBC Films Halts Shooting On Reggie Yates Feature ‘Pirates’ Over Coronavirus
Pirates, the debut feature from British TV presenter and writer Reggie Yates, is one of the first BBC Films productions to be halted by coronavirus.
The Hillbilly Films production, about three friends who drive across London on New Year’s Eve in 1999 in search of party tickets, has been filming in the British capital…
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iFeatures On Ice: Creative England Seeks New Backers For ‘Lady Macbeth’ & ‘Apostasy’ Initiative As Partners Put Program Under Review
UPDATE: After today’s story that Creative England’s popular iFeatures scheme was looking at an uncertain future, Lady Macbeth producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly and director William Oldroyd got in touch to ask if they could send over a comment to voice their support for the program, which I’ve added to the end of this…
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‘Judy’ Producer Hires Development Head; Asian Lab SEAFIC Sets Projects; Ellie Bamber Pic Underway In Ireland – Global Briefs
Calamity Films, the UK producer behind Judy, for which Renée Zellweger recently won an Oscar, has named Sam Gordon as its head of development. Gordon joins from BBC Films, where he worked as a development executive on projects including recent Sundance pic Herself and the upcoming People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan…
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Film4, BBC, BFI & Pact Back UK Producers Survey That Reveals Stark Challenges Of Indie Biz
EXCLUSIVE: A new survey published today on the state of the UK's independent production sector has revealed the harsh challenges being faced by the country's indie producers.
Among the eye-opening findings are that 75% of independent film producer respondees who have made 1-2 feature films earned less than $7,800…
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BBC Films Talks Biggest Ever Sundance Slate, Fresh Voices, Netflix, BAFTA & New Movies With Ruben Östlund, Reggie Yates & Anna Rose Holmer
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Films is at the Sundance Film Festival with a record five movies playing in official selection. It's one of the UK producer-financier’s biggest hauls at any overseas festival.
Debuting in Park City this year are Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd's Herself, Remi Weekes' debut His House, Sean Durkin's…
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‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ Director Sean Durkin Plots Pic On Von Erich Wrestling Family; Tessa Ross & BBC Films Onboard
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Durkin, whose sophomore feature The Nest starring Jude Law and Carrie Coon premieres at Sundance on Sunday (January 26), is already hard at work on his next film project.
The Martha Marcy May Marlene filmmaker is scripting a pic that will tell the rise and fall of the Von Erich family, a dynasty of…
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‘People Just Do Nothing’ Movie Adaptation Shooting In Japan & UK For Focus Features & BBC Films
Production is underway on an under-the-radar feature adaptation of BAFTA-winning BBC comedy series, People Just Do Nothing.
After five seasons of the cult mockumentary series on BBC and Netflix, People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan has begun shoot in Japan and the UK for six weeks and is due be released in cinemas…
‘Follies’: Stephen Sondheim Musical Getting Film Treatment From ‘On Chesil Beach’ Director Dominic Cooke, Heyday, BBC Films
Follies, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical, is being adapted into a feature film by On Chesil Beach filmmaker Dominic Cooke.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Marriage Story producer David Heyman is overseeing the project with Rosie Alison at their banner Heyday Films. Rose Garnett of BBC Film…
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BBC Films Chief Rose Garnett Talks Reshaping The UK Org & Changes To Public Funding Landscape: Zurich Summit
In a rare public speaking engagement, BBC Films director Rose Garnett took to the stage at the Zurich Film Festival yesterday (September 28) to discuss how the organization has changed under her tenure, and how the nature of public service broadcasting is evolving.
BBC Films remains a stalwart of the UK business and…
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‘Great 8’: BFI, British Council, BBC Films & Film4 Reveal Cannes Marché 2019 Lineup Of Hot UK Movies in Post-Production
For the third year, the UK's three leading financiers, the BFI, BBC Films and Film4, in collaboration with the British Council and the UK government's 'Great' campaign, will be showcasing up-and-coming UK talent in Cannes via the ‘Great 8’ program. Scroll down for the lineup.
Highlighted on Tuesday May 14 during a…
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