Latest news with #VueLumière
Yahoo
7 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Benedict Cumberbatch, Dua Lipa, Riz Ahmed & Annie Lennox Among 300 Signatories Of Letter Calling On UK PM Keir Starmer To Act On Gaza
Benedict Cumberbatch, Riz Ahmed, Dua Lipa and Annie Lennox are among 300 public figures to have signed an open letter calling on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to end the country's 'complicity' in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. 'We urge you to take immediate action to end the UK's complicity in the horrors in Gaza,' read the letter. 'Right now, children in Gaza are starving while food and medicine sit just minutes away, blocked at the border. Words won't feed Palestinian children – we need action. Every single one of Gaza's 2.1 million people is at risk of starvation, as you read this. More from Deadline Carrousel Studios, SunnyMarch & Landscape Team On Chevaline Killings Limited Series 'The Annecy Murders' Vue Lumière Acquires Benedict Cumberbatch Flick 'The Thing With Feathers' Briarcliff Acquires U.S. On Benedict Cumberbatch Sundance Premiere 'The Thing With Feathers' 'Mothers, fathers, babies, grandparents – an entire people left to starve before the world's eyes. 290,000 children are on the brink of death – starved by the Israeli government for more than 70 days.' The signatories called for an immediate suspension of all UK arms sales to Israel; immediate humanitarian access for experienced aid agencies and commitment from the UK government to assist in brokering a ceasefire. Further entertainment world figures getting behind the letter include Tobias Menzies, Tilda Swinton, Toby Jones, Steve Coogan, Sadie Frost, Ruth Negga, Lily Cole, and Mark Ruffalo. The initiative comes amid growing international disquiet about the 20-month Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, originally initiated in response to Hamas' October 7, 2023 attacks on southern Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and another 251 taken hostage. The death toll in Gaza currently stands at more than 54,000 people according to the latest figures released by the territory's Hamas-run health authority, with the territory on the brink of famine following Israel's 11-week blockade of food supplies. The letter was initiated by Choose Love, an NGO providing emergency and support to displaced communities. 'We need action from Keir Starmer now,' said the agency's co-founder and CEO Josie Naughton. 'That means stopping all arms sales and licenses, making sure that legitimate humanitarian organisations can reach people in Gaza. It means doing everything possible to make these horrors end. Action is a choice, just as inaction is one. History will remember what we did in this moment. We are begging the Prime Minister to make the right choice.' Israel resumed aid deliveries last week, but the United Nations says not enough supplies are making it into the territory to end food shortages. Overnight a crowd of desperate people broke into a warehouse in the strip looking for food, with two people killed and many injured in the scrum. The governments of U.K. and Western allies including France, Italy, Germany and Canada have been emphatic in their backing of Israel in the wake of the October 7 attacks. However, a number of European leaders have expressed concerns over the Israel's actions in Gaza in recent days. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told a press conference in Finland earlier this week that Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza was 'beyond comprehension', while top EU diplomat, Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday that Israeli strikes in Gaza went beyond what was 'necessary to fight Hamas'. In the UK, Foreign Minister David Lammy summoned the Israeli ambassador and suspended talks on a trade deal on May 20, calling Israel's blockade on aid into Gaza, 'intolerable' and 'morally wrong, unjustifiable'. However, top UK trade envoy Lord Austin went ahead with a trip to Israel this week to bolster ties between the two countries. Thursday's letter follows a number of similar and separate letters to Starmer this week, from groups ranging from top lawyers to a collective of UK and Ireland writers, with signatories including Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan. The full-list of signatories: Abigail Lawrie Abnit Nijjar Afua Hirsch Aimee Croysdill Aisling Bea Aiysha Hart Alewya Alex Eagle Alex Hannaby Alex Lockwood Alex Lawther Alex Boateng Alexei Sayle Alexi Lubomirski Alexis Bamforth Alice Aedy Alison Oliver Amalia Vitale Amanda Rajkumar Amber Massie-Blomfield Amelia Dimoldenberg Amy Jackson Anais Aida Andi Oliver Andrea Kapos Andrea Riseborough Andrew Wilkinson Andy Sewell Anna Chancellor Anna Hussain Annabelle Wallis Annie Lennox Annie Mac Anoushka Shankar April De Angelis Asif Kapadia Basma Khalifa Becky Bowe Becky Hill Bella Freud Ben Howard Benedict Cumberbatch Bill Paterson Brian Cox Brian Eno Caitriona Balfe Callum Grieve Camilla Brady Camilla Whitehill Camille Charriere Candice Brathwaite Carmen Busquets Cassandra Stavrou Cathy Runciman Cecily Eno Celina Teague Charlene Ryan Charlie Waterhouse Charlie Murphy Charlie Brooker Chloe Abrahams Chris O'Dowd Clare Patey Clover Hogan Cosima Davies Courttia Newland Dame Harriet Walter Dame Tracey Emin DBE RA Dan Smith Daniel Lismore Danny Boyle David Lan Dawn O'Porter Dawn Butler Daze Aghaji Deanna Rodger Deborah Curtis Deborah Frances-White Deirdre Moran Denise Gough Dermot O'Leary Díana Bermudez Dr Ghassan Abu-Sitta Dr Inua Ellams. MBE. FRSA. FRSL. Dr James Smith Dua Lipa Dylan Brady Ed Burnside Ed Gillespie Edward Davis Eleanor Tomlinson Elizabeth Slade Ellis Howard Emma Findlay Emma Naomi Eve De Haan Eve Ensler Everyday Racism Farah Nabulsi Farrah O connor Federico Gaggio Felix White Fisayo Akinade Frederica Lovell-Pank Gary Lineker Geoff Lumb George Gwynne Giada Lubomirski Gideon Berger Giles Duley Giles Taylor Gizzi Erskine Grace Campbell HAAi Hannah Menzies Hannah Lowe Harriet Walter Harry Williams Hildegard Bechtler Himesh Patel Ian Drysdale Ian Kershaw Ian Rickson Ieuan Williams Imad Al Arnab Imran Yusuf Indira Varma Isabella Nefar Jack Casey Jack Rooke Jake Dunn James Smith James McVey Jamie Byng Jan Woolf Jemima Khan Jen Brister Jess Mills Jessica Fostekew Jessie Ware Jo Rendle Joel Gray Joel Murphy John Fass John Keane John Lithgow Johnny Bleasdale Jolyon Maugham KC Jolyon Rubinstein Jon Hopkins Jonathan Pryce Jordan Stephens Joy Crookes Julie Hesmondhalgh Juliet Stevenson Juno Dawson Katharine Hamnett Kathy Lette Katie Davies Katie Leung Kelly Eastwood Kerry McDermott Khalid Abdalla Konnie Huq Laline Paull Lara Savikl Laura Hawkins Laura Whitmore Laura Bailey Lauren Lyle Lauren Mayberry LED BY DONKEYS Lee Hall Lena De casparis Lena Headey Lennie Ware Leyla Hussein Liam Smith Lilly Heine Lily Cole Linda Maitland Lise Mayer Livia Giuggioli Firth Lolly Adefope Lorna Tucker-McGarvey Lottie Coll Louisa Young Love Ssega Lydia West Mabel Mackenzie Davis Maddy Neghabian Mae Martin Malcolm Garrett Marcia Cross Margo Mars Mark Grimmer Mark Ruffalo Marli Siu MASSIVE ATTACK Matt Black Matt Haig Max Porter Maxine Peake Meera Soda Melisa Basol Merck Mercuriadis Mhoira Leng Michael Collins Michelle Mao Misan Harriman Mohsan Alvi Morgan Spector Moss Barclay Munroe Bergdorf Myriam Francois Nabhaan Rizwan Nadia Sawalha Najjib Rahman Nancy Strang Nansi Nsue Natalie Pinkham Nathalie Emmanuel Nathaniel Curtis Neil Griffiths Neneh Cherry Nicholas Donovan Nicola Coughlan Nicola Thorp Nicole Cox Nihal Arthanayake Nikesh Shukla Nikesh Patel Nikita Gill Nilly (Pauline) Brook Nish Kumar Noé Sébert Noomi Rapace Olivia Marcus Olivia West Oluwakemi Davies Omar Abdel-Mannan Onjali Q Rauf Ophelie Bedier Paapa Essiedu Paloma Faith Patrick Walker Paul Ewen Paul Laverty Paul Reynolds Payzee Mahmod Pete Wyer Peter Straughan Phoebe Collings-James Poppy Ajudha Primal Scream Professor Jacqueline Rose Rachel Chinouriri Raghib Ali Rebecca Hall Rehana Kapadia Richard Bacon Riz Ahmed Robert Diament Robert Gilbert Roger Hartley Rosa Hesmondhalgh Rose Williams Rosie O'Donnell Ruby Stokes Ruth Negga Sabrina Mahfouz Sadie Frost Salena Godden Sam Fender Sam Roddick Samuel West Savannah Miller Scott ODonnell Seamus McGarvey Shalini Peiris Shappi Khorsandi Sharmadean Reid Sharon Watson Shelagh Wright Sheridan Kates Shola Mos-Shogbamimu Siobhán McSweeney Sophia Di Martino Sophie Hunter Sophie Willan Stephen Kapos Steve Coogan Sunetra Sarker Susan Wokoma Sydney Lima Sylvia Banafsheh Brook Taban Shoresh OBE Tadhg Hickey Tallulah Greive Tanya Haj-Hassan Tilda Swinton Tim McInnerny Tobias Menzies Toby Jones Tom Rutherford Tony 'Gad' Robinson Tracey Seaward Twana Omer Tyler Richardson Tyson McVey Vic Hope Victoria Harwood Victoria Moseley Waad Al-Kateab Waleed Elgadi Will Attenborough Will Sharpe WolfAlice Wretch 32 Yasmin Evans Yomi Adegoke Zareen Rahman Zarlasht Halaimzai Zawe Ashton Zowie Broach Best of Deadline 'The Morning Show' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Vue Lumière Acquires Benedict Cumberbatch Flick ‘The Thing With Feathers'
Vue Lumière has picked up The Thing with Feathers starring Benedict Cumberbatch for the UK and Ireland. Vue Lumière, the distribution arm of exhibition company Vue, acquired the film from mk2. The company has said it plans to release the film in cinemas across the UK and Ireland later this year. More from Deadline Briarcliff Acquires U.S. On Benedict Cumberbatch Sundance Premiere 'The Thing With Feathers' Searchlight To Bloom Jay Roach's 'The Roses' With Benedict Cumberbatch & Olivia Colman Over Labor Day Weekend Benedict Cumberbatch Talks Portraying A Father's Grief In 'The Thing With Feathers' & Why He Loves Producing - Berlin Film Festival The Thing with Feathers had its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year, then went on to play as a Special Gala at the 75th Berlinale. It is based on the bestselling book by Max Porter, published by Faber, and stars Cumberbatch as a grieving father of two young boys who loses his wife very suddenly. Written and directed by Dylan Southern, best known for his music documentaries Meet Me in the Bathroom, Shut Up and Play the Hits and the upcoming untitled Oasis project, it is produced by Adam Ackland and Leah Clarke for SunnyMarch (We Live in Time, The Mauritanian and the upcoming Roses) and Andrea Cornwell's Lobo Films (Love Lies Bleeding, Saint Maud). The film was developed with Film4, who co-financed alongside the BFI and Align, in association with Uncommon Creative Studio, mk2 Films, and Rank and File, in co-production with Film i Väst and Filmgate Film. mk2 Films is handling international sales. 'We feel that The Thing with Feathers fully embodies what we are doing with Vue Lumière and what we want to say to audiences around cinema, storytelling, performance, creativity, and impact,' Eve Gabereau, Director of Distribution at Vue Lumière, said in a statement. 'Also, we are committed to and energised by working with the filmmaking teams and UK partners Film4 and BFI in a joined-up way for the widest possible release.' Fionnuala Jamison, Managing Director of mk2 Films, added: 'We're very pleased to be partnering with Vue Lumière on their first major dramatic feature. It's a moving and distinctive film that we're proud to see embraced by such an ambitious new player in the UK market.' Best of Deadline Streamer Subscription Prices And Tiers – Everything To Know As Prices Increase And Ads Abound 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
Scotsman
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
New Cluey collection in the cinema
Watch more of our videos on and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Following the great box office and family audience success of Bluey at the Cinema: Family Trip Collection, Vue Lumière is releasing a second Bluey adventure on the big screen. Bluey at the Cinema: Let's Play Chef Collection will be playing in over 500 cinemas across the UK and Ireland from Saturday 3rd May, just in time for the Early May Bank Holiday weekend. Bluey at the Cinema: Let's Play Chef Collection is an hour-long treat courtesy of BBC Studios and Ludo Studios, made up of eight episodes from the TV show's three series, all based around the fun of food. The compilation will showcase memorable moments such as Takeaway, Fancy Restaurant, and highlight the Heeler's skills in the kitchen with episodes such as Omelette and Duck Cake. Commenting on the new and continued offer of Bluey in cinemas, Johnny Carr, Head of Event Cinema and Distribution, Vue Lumière said: 'Following the tremendous success of Bluey at the Cinema: Family Trip Collection, which garnered over 250k admissions at the box office last summer, we're delighted to announce this unmissable cinema event – the world's leading animated series and global phenomenon - for the May Bank Holiday weekend and beyond.'
