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Gerard Butler wants Danny Boyle work

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Gerard Butler wants to make a film with Danny Boyle. The 'Olympus Has Fallen' actor is a huge fan of the Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' filmmaker and would love to appear in one of his movies because the director isn't afraid to take…

Danny Boyle: My film plots are 'the same'

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Danny Boyle says 'Slumdog Millionaire' and '127 Hours' are "the same film". The 'Trainspotting' director admits his latest efforts, including his most recent production, 'Trance', all bear striking resemblances to each other because they feature…

Strictly and Great British Bake Off up for BAFTA Audience Award

TV gossip

'Strictly Come Dancing' and 'The Great British Bake Off' are up for the Radio Times Audience Award at this year's Arqiva British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs). BBC period drama 'Call the Midwife', fantasy series 'Game of Thrones', US drama…

Danny Boyle likes 'not knowing' how to make a film

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Danny Boyle likes not knowing how to make a film before he starts shooting. The 'Trance' director has revealed that he doesn't over-prepare for his movies and prepares to wait for inspiration to strike and figure things out as he goes along while…

Danny Boyle hypnotised Trance cast

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Danny Boyle wanted the cast of 'Trance' to experience hypnosis. The film director brought in TV star Derren Brown to work with the stars of his art heist thriller - James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson - but was disappointed with the…

Trainspotting sequel will pick up from original film

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The 'Trainspotting' sequel would explore what happened to the characters, according to Danny Boyle. The director - who helmed the cult hit 1996 movie starring Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd and Robert Carlyle - has offered an update…

Trance

Vibrant, genre-subverting thriller contains trio of assured performances

Director Danny Boyle has a flair for making vibrant, zeitgeist-capturing films about characters in extreme situations ultimately overcoming the odds – whether it’s an Edinburgh heroin addict in Trainspotting, a teenaged Mumbai orphan accused of cheating…

Danny Boyle: 'Trance is like a puzzle'

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Danny Boyle says 'Trance' is like a "puzzle" for the audience to piece together. The director - who helms the upcoming thriller starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel - has revealed that cinema-goers will need to do "a bit of work…

Danny Boyle won't direct James Bond film

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Danny Boyle has ruled himself out of directing the next James Bond movie. The 'Trance' filmmaker has insisted he has no interest in taking over the spy franchise from recently departed 'Skyfall' director Sam Mendes as he prefers working on smaller…

Danny Boyle plots Trainspotting sequel in 2016

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Danny Boyle is hoping to release 'Trainspotting' sequel 'Porno' in 2016. The 'Slumdog Millionaire' director has revealed that the long-rumoured sequel to his hit 1996 black comedy about a group of heroin addicts may finally hit screens in 2016, 20…

Emeli Sande records track for Danny Boyle's Trance

Music gossip

Emeli Sande is recording a song for the soundtrack to 'Trance'. The BRIT-award winning singer is joining forces with musician Rick Smith of electronic group Underworld - who she worked with on Danny Boyle's opening ceremony to the 2012 London Olympic…

Side by Side

A-list directors on film vs digital debate in doc produced and presented by Keanu Reeves

The title of this reasonably interesting and fairly comprehensive documentary about traditional photochemical film and pioneering digital technology is slightly misleading. Although filmmakers have been using both forms for roughly the last decade and a…

Danny Boyle: Trance will be gripping thriller

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Danny Boyle thinks 'Trance' will cast a dark "spell" on viewers. The London 2012 Olympics mastermind and renowned director insists his new art heist thriller is more than just a film noir melodrama and has a gripping emotional story at its…

John Lydon allowed songs to feature in Olympics due to NHS

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John Lydon allowed the Sex Pistols' music to be included in the Olympic Games opening ceremony because it represented the NHS. The punk band had a hit with 'God Save The Queen' - which was hugely controversial due to its anti-establishment lyrics…

TV audience of one billion watch Olympics Opening Ceremony

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An estimated worldwide audience of over one billion watched the London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony last night (27.07.12). The spectacular event - masterminded by director Danny Boyle with help from thousands of volunteers - was brought to a…

Stereophonics: 'music and sport go hand in hand'

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Stereophonics' Kelly Jones thinks "music and sport go hand in hand." The 'Dakota' singer is excited about the Olympics in London and although many people are complaining about it now, he knows when it starts, they will come together. He told The…

Paul McCartney treats gigs as a workout

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Sir Paul McCartney treats his gigs as a gym workout. The former Beatle - who turned 70 today - doesn't need top work out to keep fit, because his energetic concerts keep him in top shape. He told the Daily Star newspaper: "I've been having…

Underworld musical directors of the Olympics

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Underworld have been named musical directors of the London 2012 Olympics. The 'Born Slippy' dance duo - Rick Smith and Karl Hyde - have been appointed music directors of the opening ceremony, and will work with film director Danny Boyle on the…

DVD Box sets of work by Terence Rattigan, Andrei Tarkovsky and Danny Boyle

Abbas Kiarostami and David Leland collections also released in June

If you are still buying DVDs in these straightened, downloaded times then you are going to want a bit of bang for your buck. Box sets are the way forward and late June and July are surprisingly full of intriguing new releases. The Terence Rattigan…

127 Hours

(15) 94min Is there a more versatile or interesting British filmmaker than Danny Boyle working today? Few of his contemporaries have as varied a filmography, and there is no denying the consistency in quality of his cinematic narratives. Slumdog…

'Self-amputation' scene in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours disturbs cinema audiences

Five of the best self-surgery scenes in film

Danny Boyle's new film 127 Hours has been met with much critical acclaim after its US premiere. While it isn't out in the UK until January, the buzz has still been brewing just as much. Panic attacks have been reported as a result of the climactic…

Kids events at the Edinburgh Book Festival

Some big names are rolled out for the final week

With the final embers of the Book Festival starting to do that fading away thing, there are some sparkling treats to occupy the bairns with before Charlotte Square Gardens loses the tents. The Gruffalo’s Birthday (30 Aug) has writer Julia Donaldson and…

Slumdog Millionaire

ROMANCE/DRAMA Adapted by Simon Beaufoy from Vikas Swarup’s novel Q&A this winning story of a Mumbai street urchin (Skins’ Dev Patel) who makes it to the final round of India’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? might well be the film that…

Preview 2009 - Danny Boyle

It’s not uncommon for the films that turn out to be the best of any given year to have been released at the beginning of that year. Think of Lust, Caution, No Country for Old Men, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno and There Will be Blood – all…

Boyle tipped for Oscar win for Slumdog Millionaire

Adopted as one of our local heroes, Danny Boyle helped put Scotland on the Cool Britannia map with his witty, stark portrayal of heroin addicts in 1996 film, Trainspotting. Now, with such well-received silver screen successes as The Beach and 28 Days…