A round up of film news in the UK. Bradley Cooper 'books cookery lessons from Gordon Ramsay' for new movie 'Chef' Bradley Cooper will reportedly receive a “crash course in cookery” from Gordon Ramsay for his role in an upcoming movie called Chef. The Silver...

A round up of film news in the UK. Russian cult film director Balabanov dies at 54 Alexei Balabanov, a director who captured the essence of Russia’s early post-Soviet years with cult films about crime and the war in Chechnya, has died at the age of 54 following a long illness....

A round up of film news in the UK. Kendrick joins Braff indie film (From Worcester News) Anna Kendrick is set to star in the Zach Braff indie film Wish I Was Here. The Pitch Perfect star is the latest actor to join the cast according to The Wrap. Wish I Was Here was funded by a hugely...

A round up of film news in the UK. Film studios announce plans to double 'media village' (From This Is Local London) The studio, which has housed productions including The Iron Lady and The Bill, said demand from high-profile media and broadcast companies, and the convenience of...

A round up of film news in the UK. Iron Man 3 execs changed film for Chinese audience by adding four minutes to the film with Chinese actors and 'even toning down ethnicity of the lead villain' The execs behind the mega-successful Iron Man 3 went to great lengths to make the movie...

A round up of film news in the UK. 'Django Unchained' back in Chinese movie theaters BEIJING (AP) — Quentin Tarantino’s violent slave-revenge movie “Django Unchained” returned to Chinese theaters on Sunday, about a month after it was pulled on opening day for...

A round up of film news in the UK. Movie theater publicity stunt results in police response The manager of a movie theater in Jefferson City, Mo., is defending himself after a publicity stunt resulted in a police response last weekend. KMIZ reports that management of Goodrich Capital 8...

A round up of film news in the UK. Film director Bryan Forbes dies aged 86 Family friend Matthew D’Ancona said: “Bryan Forbes was a titan of cinema, known and loved by people around the world in the film and theatre industries and known in other fields including politics. ”He is...

A round up of film news in the UK. Movie mogul who DOESN'T want to be paid millions: Ace Ventura director insists on taking minimum fee for new movie as he shows off the tiny trailer he calls home It costs $44,000 to fly for an hour and a half, someone doesn’t even make that in a...

A round up of film news in the UK. Sebastian Faulks fires warning shot over Birdsong film starring Nicholas Hoult “Nothing’s really been signed,” Faulks tells Mandrake. “I only want to see it be made into a film if it is a very good one. Nothing is definite.” A BBC television...

A round up of film news in the UK. Is that a Din O'Saur? 'Irish Loch Ness monster' caught on camera by film students in Lough Foyle Students filming for a college project claim to have captured on film a ‘monster’ swimming in Irish waters. The group claim they were...

A round up of film news in the UK. Marvel plans female superhero film The movie studio – which has enjoyed incredible success with ‘Iron Man’, ‘Thor’, ‘Captain … Responding to a suggestion from the crowd for a She-Hulk movie, he said: “She-Hulk...