15 h. ago Revealed: The shocking cost of Lapland UK and why it could be cheaper to travel to Finland

Over the years, the UK-based '4.5-hour immersive Santa experience' has attracted famous faces, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Beckhams and the Rooneys.

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18 h. ago All hail Avatar! How event movies are trying to bring back the box office blockbuster

Ahead of James Cameron’s latest Avatar sequel hitting the big screen, we look at how studios aim for ‘theatricality’ to get streaming film fans from sofa to cinemaIf anyone still knows how to fill a movie theatre, it’s James Cameron. Having broken the all-time worldwide box office record in 1997 with Titanic and again 12 years later with Avatar, his work is the acme of big-screen spectacle.His latest offering, Avatar: Fire and Ash, arrives in radically different circumstances. With several years now between us and the pandemic, it is clear that theatrical box office is likely not coming back to what it was: US total box office for 2025 currently stands at $7.6bn (down from $11.3bn in 2019); the worldwide haul is expected to be around $34.1bn, a 13% drop from pre-Covid times. All the more onus on Cameron’s hypertrophic Smurfs to bring in the box office cavalry at year’s end. And hopefully supply some further indications about the magic elixir needed to break the Netflix’n’chill stran...

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32 h. ago First look: New immersive experience to open celebrating legendary UK film studios

The attraction will cement Hertfordshire’s position as ‘one most significant filmmaking regions outside Los Angeles’

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32 h. ago 'I visited the UK's magical Lego North Pole and one thing floored me'

Legoland in Windsor, Berkshire, has been transformed into an immersive Christmas experience, launching its very own Winter Wonderland complete with snow-covered trees and Father Christmas

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64 h. ago Inside the battle against new film studios being built near picturesque countryside town

Hollywood directors back plan for huge new film studio complex approved by the government, despite local opposition

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4 d. ago US unions call for Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery merger to be blocked

The US streaming giant Netflix said that it agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery film and TV studios business in a 72 billion US dollar deal.

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6 d. ago Steve Cropper dead: Legendary Blues Brothers guitarist dies aged 84

Steve Cropper, who was once named the second greatest guitarist of all time behind Jimi Hendrix, has tragically died at the age of 84 this week his son has confirmed

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6 d. ago Mr Men Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers

David Heyman has joined the French media company StudioCanal with plans to bring one of the bestselling children’s book series of all time to the screenThe film-makers behind the successful Paddington series are to embark on a feature film adaptation of another British family favourite, the Mr Men and Little Miss series of illustrated children’s books.David Heyman, whose Heyday Films produced Paddington and Paddington 2 as well as the Harry Potter series, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and White Noise, is to join with the UK arm of French media company StudioCanal to make the film. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mr Men and Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers

David Heyman has joined the French media company StudioCanal with plans to bring one of the bestselling children’s book series of all time to the screenThe film-makers behind the successful Paddington series are to embark on a feature film adaptation of another British family favourite, the Mr Men and Little Miss series of illustrated children’s books.David Heyman, whose Heyday Films produced Paddington and Paddington 2 as well as the Harry Potter series, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and White Noise, is to join with the UK arm of French media company StudioCanal to make the film. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Legendary ITV newsreader leaves huge sum to family after his death

An ITV icon died in June following a career that spanned over half a century, and left an eye-wateringly large sum to his four children, as his wife died seven years earlier

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1 week ago Oh yes he is! Kiefer Sutherland dives into the world of panto

Hollywood megastars hit Leeds this year to make Tinsel Town, a feelgood festive comedy about panto. The 24 star, Rebel Wilson and more talk about their addiction to Gregg’s sausage rolls – and epic brawls with Danny DyerTwenty-odd years ago, I binged a TV series on DVD for the first time. At my mate’s house in a village outside Harrogate, I was glued to Jack Bauer shooting his way through 24. We probably only made it to episode six before surrendering to sleep for school the next day.Fast forward to the start of this year, and photos are all over the local news of Kiefer Sutherland out and about in nearby market towns Knaresborough and Wetherby. The real Jack Bauer in Yorkshire! He and Rebel Wilson are in the area making Tinsel Town, a British Christmas film about pantomimes. By March, I am invited to a Leeds studio, where they are filming, and find Sutherland dressed as Buttons on a stage. His glittery eyeshadow shimmers as he smiles and dances to Katy Perry’s Roar with the Cindere...

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1 week ago Camden Film Quarter: Plans for new 'cutting edge' film and TV studios in north London

Plans submitted for new ‘state-of-the-art’ facilities ‘ to rival and surpass those of New York and Los Angeles’

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1 week ago Ethan Browne dead: Legendary singer Jackson's son found 'unresponsive'

The son of singer Jackson Browne, Ethan Browne, has died at the age of 52 family have revealed in a devastating statement on social media

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1 week ago Britain gives planning approval to major new film studio near London

Britain gives planning approval to major new film studio near London  Reuters

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1 week ago Britain gives planning approval to new major film studio near London

Britain gives planning approval to new major film studio near London  Reuters

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2 w. ago FIRST LOOK: Legendary Strictly finalists reunite for 'spectacular' Blackpool routine

Four of Strictly Come Dancing's most loved finalists will be stepping onto the famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom tonight in what is expected to be a highlight of the series so far

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2 w. ago And cut! Nevada lawmakers narrowly reject plan to lure movie projects to Vegas

Nevada wrapped up a seven-day legislative session with a major proposal to offer tax credits to film studios failing, and the governor's sweeping crime legislation passing

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2 w. ago Immersive Barbie movie experience 'coming to London's West End'

It’s believed Barbie’s Dream House will open next summer

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2 w. ago Barbie Is Coming to the West End With a Secret Cinema Immersive Experience

Barbie Is Coming to the West End With a Secret Cinema Immersive Experience  London On The Inside

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2 w. ago New museum in California offers immersive experience of the Shroud of Turin

A museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin has opened at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, California

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