Film Production in the UK may struggle to find an appropriate body of reel-chuckers of late, as Icon finally shuts its gates of distribution across our fair British Isles. It is also to cut around twenty of the thirty-two jobs in its London office, reports Variety. Lionsgate UK are said to be in talks to acquire Icon's library, and distribute a hefty mountain of titles acquired by the label but not yet released.

Employees at Icon, said to be gravitating towards a greater focus on production, are currently going through a redundancy consultation phase. Let’s just hope the removal guys don’t come for the chairs during the group therapy session. In January, 15% of lovies at the company were laid off as a cost-cutting measure. Variety suggests that the managing director of the company, Ian Dawson, had been given a year to improve Icon's performance or face its closure. Maybe Dawson’s failure is a blessing in disguise, if Icon can actually turn the ship around and maintain a rebirth as filmmakers.

If Lionsgate does buy the library, it will be picking up titles such as A Single Man, The Road, Precious, The Killer Inside Me, Man On Wire and Paranormal Activity. The label had a number of high-profile releases this year including Project Nim, The Devil's Double, The Beaver and, most recently, Drive.

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