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Danny Boyle’s ‘Solomon Grundy’ Delayed Due To Perceived ‘Benjamin Button’ Similarities
Danny Boyle’s ‘Solomon Grundy’ Delayed Due To Perceived ‘Benjamin Button’ Similarities
Thanks to both overwhelmingly positive responses and its feel-good message, Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” has already been pegged by many prognosticators as an early Oscar favorite, alongside other yet to be released films like “Revolutionary Road” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin ...
Exclusive: Danny Boyle Updates 'Trainspotting' Sequel
Exclusive: Danny Boyle Updates 'Trainspotting' Sequel
cinematical.com — Earlier this month, Cinematical managed to chat up director Danny Boyle , whose film Slumdog Millionaire (one... of my favorites of the year, actually) hits select theaters tomorrow. We'll post our full interview a bit later on, but we couldn't wait ... (more) Exclusive: Danny Boyle Updates 'Trainspotting' Sequel
Quint and Danny Boyle talk SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, India's filmmaking future, TRAINSPOTTING 2 and ...
aintitcool.com — Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I’ve been a big fan of Mr. Danny Boyle’s work since TRAINSPOTTING and... was even one of the only people, seemingly, to dig the hell out of A LIFE LESS ORDINARY. So when the opportunity to sit down with him as he came through ... (more) Quint and Danny Boyle talk SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, India's ...
Danny Boyle On ‘28 Months Later’: It’s Not Called ‘28 Months Later’!
Danny Boyle On ‘28 Months Later’: It’s Not Called ‘28 Months Later’!
moviesblog.mtv.com — Recently, reports spread across the net that “Slumdog Millionaire” helmer Danny Boyle was considering hopping back into... the saddle to direct “28 Months Later,” the second sequel to his smash 2002 film about a viral outbreak ... (more) Danny Boyle On ‘28 Months Later’: It’s Not Called ‘28 ...
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Danny Boyle Was Going To Tackle 'Solomon Grundy' Until 'Ben Button' Came Along
:: The Playlist :: — ... idea. “’Solomon Grundy’ is a story about a guy who ages seven days. He lives his whole life in seven days. He’s born on a Monday, christened on a Tuesday, grew up on Wednesday, marries on Thursday, took on Friday, and it was like that,” Boyle explained. “And we were going to cast seven different actors to play the part because he starts at zero and ends up at eighty-five.” We're glad this sounds nothing like a super-hero or super villain movie. [MTV] ...

Boyle Presses Pause On Solomon Grundy
Cinema Blend News — ... days: Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Grew worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday. That was the end of Solomon Grundy. “It is a wonderful idea, and it’s got really potential still. Maybe. No one knows what Benjamin Button is going to be like, so maybe it won’t be similar to that at all. Maybe it will feel really different to that, so [that Solomon ] might come alive again.” Boyle told MTV Movies Blog . He also said that this wouldn’t be like Benjamin Button , which uses a ...

Daily Links: Public Enemies, My Fair Lady, Women in Film
Thompson On Hollywood — ... Keira Knightley is attached as Cockney flower-girl Eliza Doolittle. Boyle has the necessary exuberance for the gig and hails from British theatre, where he directed Shakespeare and all sorts of things, but is he a devoted musical lover? Boyle was heading toward directing the South African apartheid drama Ponte Tower. He has back-burnered Solomon Grundy, based on the nursery rhyme about a short-lived baby, as being a tad too close to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. My Fair Lady could be just the right escapist tonic for dark times. ...

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