Deaf audiences are being prioritized at UK cinemas as a new initiative allows deaf, deafened and hard of hearing cinemagoers to see captioned films the day before the movies’ general release. The initiative comes from distributor Paramount Pictures UK and starts with the robot animation film Transformers One on 10 October. Subtitled screenings of Paramount’s upcoming films, including Gladiator II and Sonic the Hedgehog 3, will follow over the next few months. Rebecca Mansell, chief executive of the British Deaf Association, called the initiative ground-breaking. Deaf, deafened and hard of hear…