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Danny Boyle Sort of Confirms Trainspotting 2

Our favorite band of quirky, Scottish heroin addicts will return to the big screen, according to director Danny Boyle....  read more

127 Hours Review

A crime thriller. A drama about heroin addicts. A romantic black comedy. A zombie movie. A charming kids' flick. A space odyssey. And then an Oscar-winning tale about a poor, lovelorn boy in India. If there's another director alive with the range of curiosity that Danny Boyle has, he's not as talented.  read more

Watch Six Clips from Danny Boyle's 127 Hours

The movie, which stars James Franco, hits select theaters Friday...  read more

Sigur Rós, Bill Withers, Many More Featured on 127 Hours Soundtrack

Danny Boyle’s latest flick, the psychological 127 Hours, boasts a veritable buffet of musical delights dotting its soundtrack including original scoring from Oscar-winning A.R. Rahman....  read more

Update: Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry to Direct London Olympics, Promise Zombie-Free Ceremonies

Choose London. Choose a fancy sports complex in the eastern part of the city. Choose Mick f***ing Jagger for the opening ceremonies. Choose two top-notch British filmmakers to direct the thing....  read more

Saoirse Ronan Signs On to Be Joe Wright's Teenage Assassin

Saiorse Ronan ruined her sister’s life in her breakout role as a young Briony Tallis in 2007’s Atonement, and her next project will see the angel-faced actress cast as a cold-blooded teenage assassin. Ronan (her first name is pronounced SEER-shuh) is in negotiations to star in Hanna according the Hollywood Reporter, which would reunite her with Atonement director Joe Wright. The movie tells the story of the titular character, a 14-year-old eastern European girl raised by her father to be a killing machine. When Hanna meets a French family who introduces her to a world beyond bullets and blood, she...  read more

James Franco Joins New Danny Boyle Flick, 127 Hours

James Franco has signed up to star in Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, the director’s much-touted follow-up to Slumdog Millionaire....  read more

Joe Wright Eyes a Thriller

Joe Wright is king of the epic, sweeping, often-period dramas that sometimes receive Oscar buzz. His filmography ranges from the acclaimed (Atonement) to the middling (The Soloist) to the D.O.A. (Indian Summer)....  read more

Precious' Lee Daniels and Slumdog's Christian Colson Go to Selma

Lee Daniels’ new movie, Precious, has garnered riotous praise and deafening Oscar buzz. Now, it’s time for Daniels to try his hand at another buzz-worthy, socially conscious project....  read more

Danny Boyle Tackles Mountaineer Survival Story in 127 Hours

It’s official. Danny Boyle has signed on to direct the harrowing story of Aron Ralston, a mountaineer who was trapped under a boulder on a Utah mountain for five days in 2003. He survived by amputating his arm with a dull camping knife and climbing down to safety....  read more