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Sony TV’s Wayne Garvie challenges European producers to better exploit European stories 4v141z
Sony Pictures Television’s president of international production was speaking at Italy’s AVP Summit.
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‘The Angry Birds Movie 3’ goes into production with DNEG as animation partner 6362c
John Rice is returning to direct the animated video game adaptation.
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Banijay UK buys ‘Peaky Blinders’ production outfit Caryn Mandabach Productions 5r5j5u
Producer Caryn Mandabach will pivot to a first-look deal with Banijay under her newly formed label Conduit Productions.
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Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie, Jessica Gunning cast of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ 6x6348
Lenny Henry, Michael Palin and Simon Russell Beale will play a trio of wise men.
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Writers’ Guild of Great Britain calls for penalties on employers who use free labour, stricter AI controls 4g5x5m
The calls are outlined in WGGB’s manifesto.
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Range Studios International launches UK, Euro horror development fund (exclusive) 5n3d5m
UK-based outfit plans to commission five-10 English-language feature scripts in first year and move quickly into production.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ starring Ryan Gosling, Sandra Huller starts UK shoot 1i273c
Amazon MGM Studios is producing the live-action film.
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US studio production heads among speakers at Italy’s Audiovisual Producers Summit 4m632q
Line-up includes Sony’s Wayne Garvie, Disney’s Alessandro Saba and NBC Universal’s Veronica Sullivan.
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UK film and high-end TV inquiry faces indefinite pause as committee dissolved 4k6f3v
The committee will be revived with new after the UK general election on July 4 who will decide whether to continue the inquiry.
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‘Peaky Blinders’ film lands at Netflix with Tom Harper to direct 5r3963
Production is set to begin later this year.
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UK film production spend down 45% in Q1 2024, but high-end TV rises 59k17
Film production spend was £211m, down from £381m, according to figures from the BFI.
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Sony Pictures’ shark thriller with Phoebe Dynevor readies Melbourne shoot 3i3148
The thriller will be directed by Norway’s Tommy Wirkola.
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Disney EMEA boss reveals £3.5bn UK production spend 16475x
Koeppen affirmed the company’s “belief in the importance of theatrical distribution”.
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Arclight Films unveils first look of Joel Kinnaman in ‘Ice Fall’ (exclusive) 17116z
Stefan Ruzowitzky’s thriller recently wrapped production in Bulgaria.
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UK’s Marlow Film Studios refused planning permission by council 5f373d
Concerns were raised over the impact on the local road network and the use of greenbelt land for development.
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Sean Byrne’s ‘Dangerous Animals’ filming underway in Australia 301n54
The thriller will star Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney and Josh Heuston.
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Anthony Kimble s 5X Media with Arrested Industries slate 40602v
Development projects include a film based on memoir by Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe.
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Asmae El Moudir lines up first fiction feature ‘Holy Cow’ (exclusive) 2x2c2v
El Moudir won the Best Director award in Un Certain Regard last year with her documentary The Mother of All Lies.
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UK Indie Film Tax Credit becomes law “in nick of time” ahead of General Election 5b1k6r
Finance Act receives Royal Assent just before Parliament is dissolved.
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‘Dancing Queen’ sequel pre-sells widely as filming starts in US, Denmark and Norway (exclusive) 475134
The film is a sequel to Berlinale 2023 title ‘Dancing Queen’.