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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 […]

Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy tempted to return for Alex Garland’s 28 Months Later

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It has been 20 years since Danny Boyle’s infected chased Cillian Murphy across a desolate London landscape and into the English countryside with 28 Days Later, and now the two have been speaking positively about how they’d like to revisit that bleakest of world’s for an oft-rumoured sequel.  During an interview with the NME in […]

TV Review – Pistol

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Chris Connor reviews Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols limited series Pistol… The Sex Pistols may have been a short-lived group but they were at the vanguard of the British Punk movement, anarchic and inflammatory, spearheaded by red haired devil Johnny Rotten and bassist Sid Vicious they remain an iconic group 45 years on.  The group’s story […]

Danny Boyle says James Bond producers lost confidence in his Russia-based 007 movie

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No Time to Die’s journey to the big-screen was a long, arduous, pandemic delayed one, but it’s easy to forget that even before all that Daniel Craig’s swansong was already subject to upheaval  when Danny Boyle exited the project due to creative differences with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Now the Trainspotting director […]

Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols series Pistol gets a new trailer and poster

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Ahead of its premiere on Disney+ later this month, a new poster and trailer have been released for Pistol, the upcoming limited drama series from director Danny Boyle which is based on Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol; take a look here… “Pistol” is a six-episode limited […]

First look images from Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols series Pistol

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Disney+ and FX have released two first look images for Pistol, the Danny Boyle-directed limited drama series based on the Sex Pistols’ guitarist Steve Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol; take a look here… “Pistol” is a six-episode limited series about a rock and roll revolution. The furious, raging storm at […]

Cary Fukunaga says Danny Boyle gave him his blessing to direct No Time To Die

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Though the post-production stage and release of No Time To Die has felt long, the process of actually getting the made film took just as long. Once upon a time, Danny Boyle was set to helm the latest James Bond entry but the filmmaker behind such hits as 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and the Oscar-winning […]

Danny Boyle to direct Michael B. Jordan in Methuselah

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Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle has signed on to direct Michael B. Jordan in Warner Bros.’ long-planned Methuselah, while his Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours collaborator Simon Beaufoy will rework the script. Methuselah has been in development for around a decade now, with Tom Cruise attached to star at one point, and is based upon the […]

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 […]

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 […]