Danny Boyle
Daniel "Danny" Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, ... More »
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BBC Films falls in love with Matthias Schoenaerts, Danny Boyle reminisces with Philip French, and Olivia Colman seeks direction in the wrong quarter Matthias Schoenaerts arrives for the screening of Rust and Bone at Cannes last year that made him a star. Photograph: Venturelli/WireImage ... Read more »
Bollywood Comes to Cannes
The actress, who shot to fame after starring in Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire," attended Cannes in 2011 and 2012. Pictured, Ms. Pinto on the red carpet Wednesday. Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor brought some bling to the red carpet. She attended the festival as the ... Read more »
Danny Boyle on Trainspotting: 'We wanted to make a pleasurable film out of unwatchable subject matt...
It instantly made the reputations of its cast and crew – not least its director Danny Boyle. Now the other side of the Olympic opening ceremony, and having turned down a knighthood, Boyle sat down in front of the Hibrow cameras after a Trainspotting reunion event in London last ... Read more »
Cannes Film Festival: James Franco on Adapting Novels and Multitasking
Danny Boyle talked to me about that movie “Trance” while we were doing “127 Hours”: he was talking about wanting to explore sexual content in a mainstream movie. And he did, sort of, but it didn’t have as much as I thought it would. But it is coming around: Directors are trying to use ... Read more »
Keanu Reeves' revolution: Matrix star to direct Chinese-backed kung fu film
He recently produced and fronted Side by Side, a documentary investigating the death of photochemical film production and the rise of digital, interviewing directors such as the Wachowski brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Martin Scorsese and Danny Boyle... Read more »
Extreme fun with zombie parkour and first-person skiing
Then Danny Boyle flipped them on their head and made them truly terrifying to me with his new depiction of zombies in "28 Days Later" that - dramatic pause - could actually run! And now the concept gets pushed even further. Feel the extreme terror of zombie parkour in the slick video ... Read more »
Les Miserables loves company – DVD reviews
Legends from Martin Scorsese to Danny Boyle are quizzed by none other than Keanu Reeves – wooden as an action hero, disarmingly frank as an interviewer. Reeves pits the views of celluloid obsessives – such as Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan – against digital converts like Steven ... Read more »
BBC News Pinewood Studio plans rejected by South Bucks Council
Those in favour included film directors Danny Boyle and Ridley Scott... Read more »
Minnie Driver creates the dreaded lollipop effect by slipping into overly slimming black and navy su...
'I still want an Oscar, and to work with Danny Boyle and Martin Scorsese – of course I want all of that,' the Emmy winner told The Guardian last year. 'But what I really, really want to do is another US TV series. I do. I want that life. I want a regular pay cheque. And I want to be able ... Read more »
Stars Set For TV Bafta Awards
Meanwhile, Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony is nominated in the sport and live event category alongside Super Saturday, the Paralympic Games and the Wimbledon Men's Final. The Girl - based on actress Tippi Hedren's tumultuous relationship with film-maker Alfred Hitchcock - is ... Read more »
Inside Lines: Blazers square up to each other in the Olympic ring
But genteel croquet may well have competition from cricket, also last played in the Olympics of 1900 but revived as part of Danny Boyle's 2012 opening ceremony. The International Cricket Council are considering a bid for 2024. Wouldn't 2020 have been more appropriate? Wembley announce ... Read more »
Hollywood & Mine News from Tinseltown
Offer John Woo on LE SAMOURAI, Richard Curtis on BREAKING AWAY, Danny Boyle on EUREKA, Richard Linklater on SOME CAME RUNNING or Sean Durkin on 10 RILLINGTON PLACE, you’re hitting a much more serious tone where great if not properly appreciated films are given their due. Oscar winner ... Read more »
The Connoisseur Series: Stella Artois Video Series Features Interviews With Celebrated Actors... --...
Notables include Rosario Dawson, now starring in Danny Boyle's Trance, singer and actress Kat Graham, Margin Call Oscar nominated director JC Chandor, Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan, actress and TV host Stacy Keibler and actor Paul Wesley. "For Stella Artois, brewing is a ... Read more »
TV Baftas 2013: Why BBC shouldn't be too sore about Olympics coverage losing out to Paralympics
That jaw-dropping opening ceremony as conceived and pulled off spectacularly by Danny Boyle was one of the TV highlights of the century so far, never mind the year gone by. Then there was Super Saturday, when Brit viewers were whipped into a frenzy as Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and ... Read more »
Ewan McGregor wants to do Trainspotting sequel
Picture: Comp EWAN McGregor has said that he would love to reprise his role as Mark Renton in Danny Boyle’s sequel to Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting follow-up Porno. The Hollywood star said it would be an “extraordinary experience” to rejoin the original cast of the cult 1996 film. The ... Read more »
Accents galore in the trailer for 1970's set crime pic Blood Ties with Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mil...
A 1970's set crime drama with a bang-up cast, co-written by James Gray, and directed by the French boyfriend in Danny Boyle's THE BEACH. Wicked. BLOOD TIES is a very compelling looking film, which may be trying too hard to be so, but I have to admire the effort. Starring Clive Owen... Read more »
Sharlto Copley witnesses something extraterrestrial in the full trailer for Europa Report
It also reminds me a lot of Danny Boyle's SUNSHINE, another great flick. Between this and GRAVITY, intelligent scifi looks like it is coming back to theaters. And that is a damn good thing. Starring Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo, Embeth Davidtz, Dan Fogler, Anamaria ... Read more »
Vitalic's Cinematic Music Video Recalls Controversial British Short
In a beautifully orchestrated chain of executions, Chassaing has dropped references to several films — most notably Alan Clarke's Elephant (produced by Danny Boyle). The 1989 short is set in Northern Ireland and was a silent, stark commentary on the country's sectarian violence, depicted ... Read more »
News: Silverstein Announce London Show For November
Not as spectacularly, perhaps, as when his veteran dance outfit Underworld helped their old pal Danny Boyle by assembling the soundtrack for last summer’s Olympic Opening... Full Article at The Independent ... Read more »
Capaldi, Colman tipped for success
The coverage of Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony is nominated in the Sport and Live Event category. Also recognised are The Girl, Last Tango In Halifax and Accused - all of which picked up four nominations. The Girl - based on actress Tippi Hedren's tumultuous relationship with ... Read more »
