Netflix and Amazon Prime help bolster UK TV production sector revenue BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Netflix and Amazon Prime helped the UK TV production sector post record revenue last year, the industry’s trade association said. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/netflix-and-amazon-prime-help-bolster-uk-tv-production-sector-revenue-37280516.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/article37280514.ece/08966/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_dd3ce9ca-2458-4bac-90a8-9b5e48aed6e1_1 Email Netflix and Amazon Prime helped the UK TV production sector post record revenue last year, the industry’s trade association said. Shows including The Crown, Black Mirror and The Grand Tour contributed to income of £2.7 billion in 2017, a rise of nearly a third over the past decade, according to the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (Pact). The annual census reveals the independent TV sector has grown by 1.9% per year since … [Read more...] about Netflix and Amazon Prime help bolster UK TV production sector revenue
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Belfast production company launches summer internship
0 Comments Belfast production company launches summer internship - here's how to apply BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Belfast-based production company, Stellify Media, has launched its annual summer internship. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/belfast-production-company-launches-summer-internship-heres-how-to-apply-36929805.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/article36929803.ece/530b5/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_1e427a67-0e69-4c7b-9824-74d90b098174_1 Email Belfast-based production company, Stellify Media, has launched its annual summer internship. The scheme will aim to help one lucky student looking to launch their careers in the TV industry with the production company behind revamped hit shows Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Blind Date. The paid internship runs from mid-June through to the start of September, with the successful candidate enjoying a summer in Stellify Media’s development team and production teams to … [Read more...] about Belfast production company launches summer internship
‘Bumbling British eccentricity’: The story behind ‘Three Billboards’ production company Blueprint Pictures
Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin apologise for the mess. In truth, there is little disarray at the central London headquarters of their film and television company Blueprint Pictures, but the offices in Fitzrovia have yet to receive the personal touch. The company’s nine-person team moved in just before Christmas, and everyone has been busy.First there is Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which has thrown the co-chairmen into the white heat of awards season for the first time, while also netting them their first personal Oscar nominations as two of the picture’s three producers, alongside Martin McDonagh (the $15m production was jointly financed by Fox Searchlight and Film4). Then there are a pair of Studiocanal-financed productions, The Mercy and The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, which hit UK cinema screens in February and April respectively. These are closely followed by the first production to emerge from Blueprint Television, A Very English … [Read more...] about ‘Bumbling British eccentricity’: The story behind ‘Three Billboards’ production company Blueprint Pictures
UK industry reacts to closure of prop house A+M: ‘A complete disaster’
The UK’s film industry has reacted with shock to last week’s news that historic London prop house A+M is set to close down due to the HS2 Crossrail development.A+M has been a London institution for 40 years and stocks more than one million props. Recent productions to have utilised the company include Netflix series The Crown and period feature Outlaw King, as well as Disney’s Beauty And The Beast and upcoming Aladdin.There’s been no official confirmation yet what will happen to the stock, but a source with knowledge of the events said some props have been sold to productions, some have gone to auction, and some have been scrapped.Screen spoke to several of the country’s leading production designers and set decorators about what this could mean for UK film production. Jude Farr, Oscar-nominated for her work on The King’s Speech and set decorator on Netflix’s Outlaw King:“I wouldn’t do a film and not come here. I’ve just … [Read more...] about UK industry reacts to closure of prop house A+M: ‘A complete disaster’
‘Wild’ director Jean-Marc Vallée launches production company Crazyrose
Hot on the heels of four Golden Globe wins for Big Little Lies, Jean-Marc Vallée has launched Crazyrose and has agreed to a first-look deal with Bloom that gives the sales agency a key strategic production partner and entry point into TV.Vallée and longtime producing partner and former ICM agent Nathan Ross will develop, finance and produce original film and TV content.The deal with Alex Walton and Ken Kao’s Bloom will cover projects that Vallée himself directs as well as Crazyrose material directed by others.Endeavor Content serves as advisor to Crazyrose and recently acquired a majority stake in Bloom. Representatives had not replied to Screendaily at time of writing as to whether Endeavor Content would fund Crazyrose’s overheads.Big Little Lies won Globes on Sunday for best television limited series or motion picture made for television; best actress in the category for Nicole Kidman; best supporting actor for Alexander Skarsgaard; and best supporting … [Read more...] about ‘Wild’ director Jean-Marc Vallée launches production company Crazyrose