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James Bond producers discuss Danny Boyle’s exit from No Time To Die

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Before True Detective director Cary Fukunaga was brought on to helm No Time To Die, Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) was the original director before departing due to creative differences. In an interview with Variety, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson discussed Boyle’s exit from the project explaining the director and the producers were not aligned on […]

Should Robert Pattinson have held out for James Bond instead of Batman?

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After Danny Boyle’s recent backing of Robert Pattinson for Bond, Tom Jolliffe considers whether Pattinson has chosen the right franchise to come on board… After a little conjecture following the mutual (maybe mutual) agreement for Ben Affleck to hang up his cape, the Bruce Wayne/Batman role has now went to Robert Pattinson. The internet, naturally […]

Movie Review – Yesterday (2019)

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Yesterday, 2019. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon, Camille Chen, Maryana Spivak, Lamorne Morris, James Corden, Harry Michell, Ellise Chappell, Alexander Arnold, Sophia Di Martino, David Lautman, Joel Fry. SYNOPSIS: A struggling musician realises he’s the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up […]

Movie Review – Yesterday (2019)

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Yesterday, 2019. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon, Camille Chen, Maryana Spivak, Lamorne Morris, James Corden, Harry Michell, Ellise Chappell, Alexander Arnold, Sophia Di Martino, David Lautman, Joel Fry, and Ana de Armas. SYNOPSIS: A struggling musician realizes he’s the only person on Earth who can remember The […]

Danny Boyle has a “wonderful idea” for another 28 Days Later sequel

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Danny Boyle has been doing a lot of talking on the current press tour for his bootleg Beatles musical comedy Yesterday (read our ★★★★ review here). This time though, it isn’t about his revoked licence to kill, but the future of his 2002 non-zombie classic 28 Days Later. Speaking to The Independent, Boyle revealed that […]

Movie Review – Yesterday (2019)

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Yesterday, 2019. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, Joel Fry, Ed Sheeran, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, James Corden, Alexander Arnold, Lamorne Morris, Harry Michell, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell and Ana de Armas . SYNOPSIS: After a freak electricity outage and ensuing accident, a struggling musician realises he’s the only person […]

Danny Boyle teaming with Irvine Welsh for Creation Stories

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Burning Wheel Productions have announced that filmmaker Danny Boyle has joined the feature production Creation Stories as an executive producer, reuniting the filmmaker with Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh. Scripted by Welsh and directed by Nick Moran (Telstar: The Story of Joe Meek and The Kid), Creation Stories will tell the tale of infamous record label […]

Danny Boyle discusses his exit from Bond 25

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There was quite the excitement last year when it was announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle and his frequent screenwriter collaborator John Hodge would be tackling 007’s 25th official outing, only for Boyle to exit the director’s chair on Bond 25 a few months later due to reported creative differences with producers Michael G. Wilson […]

First trailer and poster for Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’ Yesterday

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Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer and poster for director Danny Boyle and writer Richard Curtis’ feel-good comedy Yesterday. The film stars Himesh Patel as an aspiring singer-songwriter who wakes up one day to discover The Beatles never existed and decides to perform their songs to the world, rocketing him to fame. Joining Patel […]