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Danny Boyle And Fox Searchlight Sign Three-Year Deal
Posted on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 by Russ Fischer
Danny Boyle has drawn up a three-year production deal with Fox Searchlight and Pathe Pictures, according to Variety. Both companies were involved in Slumdog Millionaire; through this deal the two companies will co-finance and co-produce Boyle’s next project(s) over the next three years, with Pathe handing distribution in much of Europe and Fox Searchlight controlling the US and other territories. The filmmaker has a long history with Fox Searchlight, as the company produced and/or distributed 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Millions. Read More »
Danny Boyle Reteams with Slumdog scribe Simon Beaufoy For Maximum City
Posted on Monday, June 8th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Last week it was revealed that Danny Boyle had purchased the screen rights to Suketu Mehta’s 2004 book Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found. The Telegraph has learned that Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire scribe Simon Beaufoy has been hired to pen the screenplay adaptation. The screenwriter says that adapting a non fictional tale for the screen will require creative license, something the original author has granted him.
Maximum City is a non-fiction work, so it will be a huge challenge to find the story in it. It is a wonderful book and I used it in my initial research for Slumdog. There are some great characters in the book, but no stories, so my job will be to get the fictional out of a non-fictional story. Suketu is very understanding about my creative input and flexible about many changes. I will have to come up with something to bring together all the characters from the book into something that can make a film.
Danny Boyle Returning To Mumbai With Maximum City?
Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
British filmmaker Danny Boyle (Academy Award winning director of Slumdog Millionaire) might be returning to India to film another story in Mumbai. The Wall Street Journal’s Indian newspaper Live Mint reports that Boyle has acquired the film rights to Suketu Mehta’s 2004 book Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found.
The book is partly an autobiography, part travelogue , and part socio-political analysis of the history and people of Mumbai. Boyle referred to the book as his “bible” on Slumdog, using it through filming of “inspiration, comprehension and balance.” The book has been widely acclaimed, and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. The Economist named Maximum City one of its books of the year for 2004. Film rights were sold in May for an undisclosed amount.
A less reliable (read: gossipy) Digital Spy reports that Aamir Khan has been approached by Boyle to star during his recent trip to India. Khan is best known for his role in Lagaan, which is one of three Bollywood films in history to have been nominated for an Oscar. The 44-year old actor has appeared in 42 Bollywood movies. He is also rumored to be starring alongside Kate Winslet in Pan Nalin’s next movie.
Slumdog Millionaire Deleted Scene: Prem Visits the Police Station
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Fox Searchlight has provided us with a deleted scene from Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire to promote the UK DVD release on June 1st 2009. The scene, which can be viewed after the jump, features Prem Kumar (Anil Kapoor), host of the Indian version of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, visiting the police station where Jamel (Dev Patel) is being interrogated.
New Film From Vikas Swarup, Creator of Slumdog Millionaire, Coming Our Way
Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
On the no-brainer development fast track now is the second film to be based on a novel by Vikas Swarup, the guy who penned Q&A. That one was the novel adapted into Danny Boyle’s outrageously popular Slumdog Millionaire.
According to Screen Daily, Six Suspects is to be a $15 million budget whodunit set in Delhi. Set to be scripted by John Hodge, screenwriter of not one but two other Danny Boyle-helmed films (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave) the project is being described as “Agatha Christie meets Elmore Leonard” and, if it’s anything like Slumdog, the film will dive into Delhi’s criminal underbelly known for its contract killings and rampant fraud.
Rumor Killer: Danny Boyle NOT Directing New James Bond Movie
Posted on Monday, March 9th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Last week The Sun reported that Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is being offered the chance to direct the 23rd James Bond film. We speculated at the time that it was probably an inaccurate story as the source is rather dubious, even though its a newspaper. Well it turns to be false. The filmmaker tells Entertainment Weekly that while he has always enjoyed Bond movies, “I have no plans to direct one.” Boyle went on to say that the story wasn’t true in the slightest: “I don’t know who came up with the story, but please tell them I’m very flattered to be thought of!”
Discuss: So if not Boyle, who should direct the next James Bond movie?
Danny Boyle Puts Teen Assassin On The Backburner For My Fair Lady?
Posted on Thursday, March 5th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
There’s been a whole lot of Danny Boyle in the news these last couple of weeks and now, I’m afraid to say, here comes another lump. Open up.
Rumors bubbling up at the EW Hollywood Insider blog suggest that Danny Boyle is closing in on a remake of My Fair Lady. This rehash already has a script, penned by Emma Thompson, and will once again be a musical. I suspect a lot of /Film readers will be disappointed to read that Boyle’s desire to net the Lady gig will see him shelving Hanna, a more readily geek-appealing story of a teenage assassin.
Will Danny Boyle Direct the Next James Bond Movie?
Posted on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Update: This story has been debunked by Boyle himself.
The Sun is not really considered a trusted source for information, especially when it comes to gossip (the word “our sources say” is the big tip off). I don’t know why, but somehow we always get hooked by their bullshit. Maybe it’s because some of their claims are just interesting, while other stories we just want to be true. I wish we lived in a world where newspaper’s didn’t print fabricated information, but some do more than others. Basically, I’ve just gone the long way to say, take this rumor with a grain of salt.
The Sun is reporting that Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is being offered the chance to direct the 23rd James Bond film. Of course, Boyle is probably getting a ton of studio offers after his Academy Award and Golden Globe wins. But according to the UK newspaper/gossip sheet, EON Productions is “leading the chase.” It might be worth noting that Callum McDougall, who produced Boyle’s 200 film The Beach is also an executive producer on the project. So what are the chances this might be true, or that Boyle will end up directing the next Bond film? One would assume that his current situation would allow him a chance at more interesting and original projects.
Discuss: Would you like to see a Danny Boyle-directed James Bond movie?
Danny Boyle and Dev Patel to Appear on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Posted on Thursday, February 26th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle and star Dev Patel are in talks to appear on the real Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. This according to The Sun, if it happens, the two would play together on a celebrity edition where the winnings would be donated to an Indian children’s charity.
Wouldn’t it be great if Freida Pinto, who plays the romantic lead in the film, was available to be the “phone a friend” option? I have a feeling that the real life Pinto probably wouldn’t be of much help on a large money question (she wasn’t much of a help at that moment in the film), but it would be cool none the less. Wait a second, is Who Wants to Be a Millionaire even still on tv?
Danny Boyle Offers To Buy Slumdog Child Actors New Homes
Posted on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 by David Chen
After the stunning Oscar night success of Slumdog Millionaire, I didn’t think it would be possible to be an even bigger fan of Danny Boyle (especially after his heartfelt speech and infectious child-like excitement throughout the night’s proceedings) but yet again, the man has pleasantly surprised me. According to The Daily Mail, Boyle and producer Christian Colson have agreed to buy new apartments, worth £20,000 each, for Slumdog child actors Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (young Salim) and Rubina Ali (young Letika).
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Did you miss any of the important Oscar speeches from last night’s Academy Awards? Well you have a second chance to catch them now on YouTube. After the jump we’ve embedded the speeches from Danny Boyle (Best Director), Kate Winslet (Best Actress), Penelope Cruz (Best Supporting Actress), AR Rahman (Best Sound, Best Score), Heath Ledger’s Family (Best Supporting Actor), and Sean Penn (Best Actor).
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Woody Allen and Miyazaki Not Included on EW’s 25 Greatest Active Film Directors List
Posted on Thursday, February 19th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Entertainment Weekly just published their list of the 25 Greatest Active Film Directors. It’s one of those really annoying slideshow stories, so we’ve done the legwork and printed the entire shortlist after the jump.
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