Tag Archive for ‘Danny Boyle’
Next Bond
Danny Boyle is flattered by the thought, but has no plans to direct the 23rd Bond.
Boyle’s next move
What could be worse than Danny Boyle directing James Bond Part 23? How about a remake of My Fair Lady? As much as I love Pygmalion and the original My Fair Lady film (I played Henry Higgins in a production for a theater class I took in London), this makes less sense than Bond. Ugh.
No Danny No
British tabloid The Sun is reporting that Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has been asked to direct the next Bond film. Our advice/request to Mr. Boyle: Run. Far, far away. Danny Boyle making the 23rd Bond film as his follow-up to one of the most decorated films of all time would be a crime […]
Strangely familiar
The charge that ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ exploits Mumbai’s poverty is so absurd that by the same token Charles Dickens’ entire body of work would have to be invalidated as a defamation of 19th-century England. Like all accomplished stories, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is probably resonating with audiences because it gives a glimpse of complex truths and tells us […]
Elsewhere: Danny Boyle talks Slumdog
Like Peter Sciretta at Slash Film, I was a little skeptical when I first heard Danny Boyle was making a movie involving India’s version of the popular game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Peter Sciretta: When I first heard about the film, the only thing that really attracted me to it was your […]