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Also opening: Disney’s ‘Encanto’, ‘Bad Luck Banging’.

Ridley Scott’s House Of Gucci and Reggie Yates’ Pirates head the openers at the UK-Ireland box office, in another bumper week of 17 theatrical debuts.

House Of Gucci is Scott’s second film to arrive in cinemas in six weeks, after medieval epic The Last Duel in mid-October.

Like that title, House Of Gucci tells a true story and boasts a stellar cast, led by Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani, an ambitious woman who marries fashion heir Maurizio Gucci, played by Adam Driver. She pushes him to take over the family business,...

Pirates, the debut feature from British TV presenter and writer Reggie Yates, is one the first BBC Films productions to be halted by coronavirus.

The Hillbilly Films production, about three friends who drive across London on New Year’s Eve in 1999 in search of party tickets, has been filming in the British capital for three weeks. But like countless other film and TV productions, work has ground to a halt on the project.

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“It is with great sadness that filming on Pirates has stopped. The Covid-19 virus has become a real and immediate threat and the health of our cast and crew and that of their...

The BBC Films-backed project stars ‘Blue Story’, ‘1917’ actors.

The threat of coronavirus has seen production suspended on Reggie Yates’ feature directorial debut Pirates.

The film, starring Elliot Edusah (1917), Jordan Peters (Blue Story) and Reda Elazouar (The Little Drummer Girl), had been filming in London for the last three weeks.

But the spread of Covid-19 has led producers Hillbilly Films to suspend filming, with the backing of financiers BBC Films and the British Film Institute (BFI).

“It is with great sadness that filming on Pirates has stopped,” said producers Polly Leys and Kate Norrish.

“The Covid-19 virus has become a...

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings participated in a masterclass as part of the graduate showcase.

The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has held its 2020 Graduation Showcase, awarding prizes to graduating students and celebrating the past 12 months of graduate productions.

The three-day event included a masterclass at Picturehouse Central in London from Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings, who told students that “there has never been a better time to graduate” due to the growth and increased investment in the UK.

The showcase then concluded with the prize ceremony at Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square, London on Thursday, February...

Yates’ debut follows extensive television work.

Elliot Edusah (1917), Jordan Peters (Blue Story) and Reda Elazouar (The Little Drummer Girl) have signed to lead the cast of Reggie Yates’ feature debut Pirates, which began shooting this week in London.

Polly Leys and Kate Norrish of Hillbilly Films are producing the project, which was developed with BBC Films and is financed by BBC Films and the BFI.

Written and directed by Yates, the film is a comedy focusing on three friends driving from North to South London on New Year’s Eve 1999 in search of tickets to the supposed hottest party in town.