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Mark Jenkin, whose indie pic Bait was a breakout hit this year in the UK and is up for two BAFTAs, has set his next project, Enys Men (Cornish for “stone island”), with backing from Film4. The horror film is planning to shoot in Cornwall in May this year. Film4 is co-financing, with senior commissioning executive…

Secret Diary Of A Call Girl creator and Succession executive producer-writer Lucy Prebble has been awarded the 2019 Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship, given in partnership with the BFI and Film4. Now in its seventh year, the UK fellowship awards a screenwriter £30,000 to explore the intersection between screenwriting…

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies) has joined Tessa Thompson (Avengers: Endgame), Ruth Negga (Loving) and André Holland (Moonlight) in Rebecca Hall’s (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) directorial debut Passing. Shoot is underway in New York on the anticipated drama based on a screenplay Hall adapted from the…

BritBox has officially opened for business in the UK, launching on Thursday after striking a big new partnership with British broadcaster Channel 4. BritBox, a joint venture subscription streaming service between the BBC and ITV, will eventually feature content from all the major UK public service broadcasters after…

Here's a first look at Toni Collette and Damian Lewis in Dream Horse, Euros Lyn's story of a cleaner and bartender (Colette) who recruits her husband and a local accountant to help her bring together a syndicate of local people to breed a foal – which they name Dream Alliance. Cornerstone Films is handling sales and…

EXCLUSIVE: Sexy Beast and Under The Skin director Jonathan Glazer is edging towards the starting line on his anticipated next movie, a Holocaust drama which we hear will shoot next year in Poland. Studio A24, UK financier-producer Film4, Len Blavatnik’s financier Access Entertainment and producers James ‘Jim’ Wilson (Y…

BAFTA award-winning and Oscar-nominated The Favourite producer Lee Magiday is set to produce the Film4 feature In the Shadows about Somali-born boxing champion Ramla Ali. Pic will be produced under Magiday’s newly founded production company Sleeper Films and Madeleine Sanderson (Being AP) of Curate Films. Emmy Award…

New Regency, Film4 and Warp Films are teaming on a feature version of UK stage musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, which will star Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley), and newcomer Max Harwood as the lead. Fox will release worldwide. Inspired…

UK funding stalwart Film4 held its annual pre-Cannes bash last night in London where it teased footage of projects in production and whetted industry appetite for films in development. Film4 is a perennial presence during the awards season and at major festivals. The Favourite and Cold War scored 13 nominations with…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Hereditary star Toni Collette and Billions star Damian Lewis are to lead cast in UK race horse feature Dream Horse for American Animals and Three Identical Strangers outfit Raw. Euros Lyn, director on Sherlock, Happy Valley and Black Mirror, is helming the true story about a woman's dream to breed and raise…

Film4 executive Sam Lavender, who oversaw films including The Favourite and The Lobster, has joined Simon Maxwell's Endeavor Content-backed drama production company Motive Pictures. Lavender, who was a Senior Commissioning Editor at the Channel 4 film division, will join Motive Pictures as Executive Producer. He will…