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Time to pack your briefcase, the boys could be heading back out on tour. The Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas has said that he and co-stars James Buckley (Jay), Simon Bird (Will), and Blake Harrison (Neil) would consider reuniting for a third movie. He told the Always Be Comedy podcast that the…

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of her acclaimed directorial debut Passing, Rebecca Hall has found her next filmmaking vehicle in Four Days Like Sunday, a mother-daughter drama inspired by her own history, which she’s written to direct and will star in for See-Saw Films. Set in the mid 1990s, the film…

Film4's annual budget has dropped from £25 million to £22.5 Million for 2024.  The Poor Things backer confirmed the reduction with us, adding that the figure was "in line with recent years."  “Film4 is the largest PSB funder of independent film in the UK. Our budget is set annually, in line with…

The heads of UK financiers Film4 and BBC Film voiced concern this morning for the future of the indigenous UK film sector, which has seen its market share dwindle in the shadow of big U.S. inward investment and budgets stall at the big UK funding bodies. Ollie Madden, Director, Film4, and Eva Yates…

Jim Wilson reeled off the Oscar nominations for The Zone of Interest, which he produced with Polish producing partner Ewa Puszczynska, as they were announced, beginning with best international film, sound, adapted screenplay, director and best picture. "It's amazing," he told Deadline. "I've never…

EXCLUSIVE: Film4, Channel 4, Rogan Scotland and Screen Scotland are underway on feature documentary The Secret Of Me (w/t), we can reveal. World sales and distribution will be handled by UK firm Dogwoof, which will begin discussing the project at the upcoming EFM. The film was commissioned by Film4…

Channel4 Chief Executive Alex Mahon this morning announced the departure of Film4 Chairman Daniel Battsek who is set to return to the U.S. from March. Read the internal statement below. Battsek, former President of Miramax and National Geographic Films, is leaving after an eight-year stint and is…

Fresh from his Oscar nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin, Irish actor Barry Keoghan is turning his attention back towards a dream assignment: a new feature retelling of the story of Billy the Kid. Keoghan’s American Animals director Bart Layton is aboard to direct the feature, produced by Element…

David Fincher To Receive Honorary Cesar AwardDavid Fincher is to receive an Honorary Award at this year's Cesar Awards. The primary French awards show will fete the Gone Girl filmmaker at its 2023 ceremony on February 24 at the Olympia in Paris. The awards body described Fincher as an "outstanding…

EXCLUSIVE: The Worst Person In The World and Portrait Of A Lady On Fire outfit MK2 has joined UK feature How To Have Sex, which is currently shooting in Greece. Directed by emerging UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker (pictured above right), How to Have Sex follows a group of teenage girls as they…

Neon, Double Agent and Film4 are partnering to co-finance and exec produce 2073, a new documentary from Academy Award and BAFTA-winning director Asif Kapadia (Amy). 2073 is billed as a genre-bending thriller set in a dystopian future, which will tackle some of the biggest challenges imperiling our future. The project…

Film4 has promoted Director Daniel Battsek to Chairman and his place will be taken by Ollie Madden. Channel 4 said the changes “reflect the current success of Film4 both in the UK and internationally, and will ensure that Film4 continues to make a significant contribution to the film industry as well as strengthening…