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EXCLUSIVE: 'Get Ready For It'! Man-band Take That have shot a cameo scene for the Greatest Days film that features hits from the group's song book. Take That members Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald revealed exclusively to Deadline that they joined Greatest Days filmmaker Coky Giedroyc (Save Me) in Athens…

EXCLUSIVE: Relight My Fire! It required a little Patience but Take That movie Greatest Days, which will star Aisling Bea, has set its cast and financiers ahead of shoot next month. The question now is: Could It Be Magic? Cast confirmed for the feel-good UK comedy-musical includes comedian and 2020 BAFTA winner Bea (Thi…

UK distributor-producer Elysian Film Group has appointed Picturehouse Entertainment exec Nick McKay as Head of Distribution. The company has also announced today its first acquisition for theatrical release: Studio Ghibli pic Earwig And The Witch. Based on the children's novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones…

Kris Thykier's Archery Pictures, which has credits including the upcoming Colin Firth-starring Mincemeat and Sky Atlantic series Riviera, is teaming with Elysian Film Group, the banner formed by ex Studiocanal UK boss Danny Perkins, to create a new label focused on producing comedy for the UK theatrical market. Mews…

EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal exec Jed Benedict is joining Danny Perkins’ Elysian Film Group as Head Of Acquisitions & Development, we can reveal. Effective immediately, Benedict joins the recently launched CAA-backed UK distribution arm of Perkins and Kate Solomon's film and TV production company. London-based Benedict was…

Take That movie musical Greatest Days is set to be the first production for Danny Perkins’ UK producer-distributor Elysian Film Group. The film, which has been developed with Universal Music Group, is based on UK stage musical The Band which featured songs from the hit UK boy-band, whose members have included Robbie…

Elysian Film Group, Danny Perkins' film and TV production company, has formed a UK distribution company, Elysian Film Group Distribution, which is backed by a minority investment from CAA. Elysian says it will focus on a “diverse slate that appeals to mainstream UK cinema-goers”. The company is at the EFM in…

Danny Perkins, the former Studiocanal UK boss, has lifted the lid on his new film first Elysian Film Group for the first time. Perkins, speaking at the INTV conference in Israel, revealed that producer Kate Solomon has co-founded the company with and he has plans to produce television series in addition to feature…