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EXCLUSIVE: Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer have been cast in Invasion, a sci-fi thriller pic from BAFTA-winning UK filmmaker Michael Pearce (Beast). I can also reveal that Amazon Studios has taken worldwide rights to the project and will produce alongside American Animals outfit Raw and UK funder Film4, which backed…

Sue Bruce-Smith, Film4's Deputy Director and a much-loved figure in the UK biz, has died at the age of 62 following a battle with cancer. She was diagnosed two years ago and had been receiving treatment at home in Dublin with the support of her family – she passed away on Saturday morning. Bruce-Smith started her…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: A potential TV spin-off of British director Jonathan Glazer’s cult sci-fi feature Under The Skin has sparked a bidding war between the film’s original financier Silver Reel and studio A24. Based on a novel by Michel Faber, Under The Skin was director Glazer's first film in a decade when it landed in 2013…

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…