Tag Archives: Danny Boyle

WATCH: Danny Boyle on ‘Trance,’ the British Establishment and Bond

By | Posted on April 4th, 2013
Danny Boyle (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Danny Boyle has become such a formidable figure in the arts that any cultural offering from him now has event status. So there is a lot of excitement surrounding the arrival this week in U.S.

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James Bond Roundup: ‘Skyfall’ Shown to House of Lords, Producers Hope for Mendes Return

By | Posted on April 1st, 2013
The House of Lords in a file photo from May 2010. (Leon Neal, PA Wire/AP Images)

We can see the advance publicity for the next James Bond movie now: “Coming soon to a Parliament near you.”

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‘Skyfall’ Finally Starts To Pick Up Some Awards Love…

By | Posted on March 25th, 2013
Sam Mendes clutching his three Empire awards (AP Images: Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision)

Empire Magazine, the journal of note for the British film buff, has done what the Oscars failed to do, what the Golden Globes failed to do, and what the Brit Awards failed to do (principally because it does not have any categories that ...

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Danny Boyle: Brits ‘Brilliant With Music’ But ‘Rubbish at Film’

By | Posted on March 18th, 2013
Danny Boyle speaking at the 92YTribeca in New York last week. (Paolo Mastrangelo)

Film director Danny Boyle has some definite ideas about where Britain stands in the modern cultural universe.

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Danny Boyle Confirms ‘Trainspotting’ Sequel

By | Posted on March 11th, 2013
Danny Boyle: The Oscar-winning maestro may have received the best reviews of his career for his expert shepherding of the London Olympics opening ceremony, which set the tone for the hugely successful Games. With its Voldemort/Mary Poppins battle and ambitious embrace of British history in its entirety, Boyle's set was as much of a fever dream as 'Trainspotting,' with even better music. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

A script for the sequel to Trainspotting is in progress with a release date set for 2016, the 20th anniversary of the original, confirms director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire), according to The Independent.

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Kristin Scott Thomas Flip Flops Role in Pinter Production

By | Posted on February 1st, 2013
Kristin Scott Thomas, Lia Williams and Rufus Sewell Old Times play at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London, Britain. (AP)

Kristin Scott Thomas (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Nowhere Boy) and Lia Williams (Dirty Weekend) have signed up to role-share in Harold Pinter’s play Old Times, reports the London Evening Standard.

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WATCH: James McAvoy in Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’

By | Posted on January 30th, 2013
James McAvoy in 'Trance' (Pathe UK)

British director Danny Boyle’s latest film, Trance, will open in the U.S. on April 5, a release date that has just been set. (The movie has its U.K. debut on March 27.)

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Celebrity Hook/Break-Ups of 2012

By | Posted on December 26th, 2012
(Photos via AP)

Let’s take a peek at who got together this year and others who called it quits.

Harry Styles & Taylor Swift

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Life Outside ‘Sherlock’: Benedict Cumberbatch

By | Posted on September 21st, 2012
The Sherlock star's talent has been known to fans of UK television for years, and finally Hollywood has come calling: in this year alone, he's had roles in the Oscar-bait films The Whistleblower, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and War Horse. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Benedict Cumberbatch is best known as the inquisitive, know-it-all modern day Sherlock Holmes in BBC’s original drama Sherlock that airs on PBS in the U.S.

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Former ‘Doctor Who’ Star Cast in ‘Thor’ Sequel

By | Posted on August 3rd, 2012
Life outside the tardis: Christopher Eccleson cast in Thor sequel. (Photo via BBC)

Christopher Eccleston gets his villain on! Best known for playing the Ninth Doctor on Doctor Who, he will star as Malekith the Accursed in Thor: The Dark World scheduled to be released November 8, 2013, reports Deadline.

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