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3481 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 18/04/2024.

Hot Fuzz team signs Working Title deal

Following the stupendous box-office success of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, writer/director Edgar Wright and writer/star Simon Pegg have agreed upon a two-picture deal with Working Title. First...  

04/04/2008 | Production | UK

Campion begins Bright Star shoot

Jane Campion, the writer/director of the Oscar-winning The Piano, has commenced shooting the John Keats biopic Bright Star across various UK locations. The film deals with the last three years of...  

03/04/2008 | Production | UK

Helen Mirren to play Mrs Tolstoy

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren is all set to portray revered Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s wife Sofya Tolstoy in a biopic titled The Last Station. Christopher Plummer will play the War And...  

03/04/2008 | Production | UK

Jobson begins Killers shoot

Scottish director Richard Jobson, best known for the acclaimed 16 Years of Alcohol, has commenced principal photography on his new film New Town Killers at various Edinburgh locations. The film...  

02/04/2008 | Production | UK

British teen actor Sangster to play Tintin

Seventeen-year-old Thomas Sangster, best known for his winsome turn as Liam Neeson’s son in Love Actually, has been chosen by Steven Spielberg to play iconic boy reporter Tintin. British actor...  

31/03/2008 | People | UK

D-UK to launch in May

Director Michael Apted has kick-started the process that will lead to the launch of a UK directors’ guild in May. The new organization, titled Directors UK (D-UK) will have Paul Greengrass as...  

27/03/2008 | Industry | UK

Kapur to don Minghella mantle

Shekhar Kapur, the Golden Globe nominated director of films such as Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age, is all set complete one of late British director Anthony Minghella’s unfinished...  

26/03/2008 | Production | UK

British cinema mourns a man for all seasons

The British film world, already in shock over the untimely death of Anthony Minghella, had further reason to mourn after Oscar and BAFTA winning actor Paul Scofield passed away on March 19th from...  

25/03/2008 | People | UK

Second Advance Party films in Glasgow

After Andrea Arnold’s acclaimed Red Road, Glasgow-based Sigma Films and Denmark’s power house Zentropa are supervising the shooting of Rounding Up Donkeys, the second low budget feature film that...  

21/03/2008 | Production | UK

Harry Potter drives Cineworld profits

Multiplex chain Cineworld’s pre-tax profits climbed to £12.4 million for the 12 months ending December 2007, up from a loss of £7.7 million during 2006. The group attributes this to the strong box...  

20/03/2008 | Distribution | UK/Ireland

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