It’s been announced that Belgian director/scriptwriter/producer Jean-Pierre Dardenne is to be president of the Cinéfondation jury at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.…
The Talent Lab will return the Edinburgh International Film Festival for a second year, once again giving new filmmakers the opportunity to access the knowledge of key players from across the international film industry. It…
At the end of last week, we reported on how pre-release ticket sales were indicating that The Hunger Games could be on course for a huge opening weekend box office. And those indications were not…
As the earliest of the summer 2012 blockbusters start to appear over the horizon, Warner Bros is already looking ahead to next year. This week it announced its release schedule for summer 2013, firming up…
Earlier this week, studio MGM reported its financial results to investors and announced that it has taken back full control of its iconic United Artists label.…
This week sees the release of the hotly anticipated The Hunger Games (Thursday March 22 in the USA, Friday March 23 in the UK) and, according to figures seen by The Hollywood Reporter, by Wednesday…
Creative England, the body launched in October 2011 to support independent creative businesses and talent in every part of England outside London, has responded to government plans to implement new tax breaks for video games,…
Chancellor George Osborne today announced the 2012 budget, in which he stated that ‘tax credit schemes for video games, animation and “high-end” TV production firms will be established’. Films that are made in the UK, and…
Today sees the publication of the Film Distributors’ Association (FDA) Yearbook 2012, marked by a keynote speech by Lord David Puttnam CBE, President of the FDA. Addressing the UK industry at large, Lord Puttnam’s speech…
