Tag: Trainspotting
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Here Are the Young Men review – Anya Taylor-Joy and the bad boys
Three Dublin lads and their super-smart classmate face an uncertain future in a tale that only hints at dark possibilitiesHere is an ensemble coming-of-ager in which someone actually says the line: “That summer may have changed everything …” It’s in a style I associate with the 90s: movies such as Trainspotting or Human Traffic, with…
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Kelly Macdonald: ‘I’m beyond sex scenes now. I just play detectives’
She shot to fame in Trainspotting, and has starred in Gosford Park, Boardwalk Empire and even as a Disney princess. So why did the Scottish actor panic about her new role in Line Of Duty?Kelly Macdonald’s roles are typically quiet, fraught with internal conflict and entailing journeys that are more reflective than active. As a…
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Danny Boyle to Direct Sex Pistols Limited Series for FX
Danny Boyle is giving iconic punk rock band the Sex Pistols the limited series treatment at FX.FX announced on Monday that Boyle, the director behind praised films such as “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Steve Jobs,” and “Trainspotting,” will direct and executive produce “Pistol,” a six-episode limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones. The series…
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Bradley Welsh, ‘T2 Trainspotting’ Actor, Shot Dead in Edinburgh
Bradley Welsh, an actor in “T2 Trainspotting” and a former boxer, died after being shot in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Wednesday. He was 42.The Edinburgh Police Division reported an incident on Chester Street in Edinburgh’s West End neighborhood around 8 p.m. local time. They found Welsh seriously injured in the street and said he died at…
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Danny Boyle to Executive Produce Biopic ‘Creation Stories’ on Oasis Label Co-Founder Alan McGee
Danny Boyle’s next film is the upcoming Beatles musical “Yesterday,” but the director is set to executive produce another music biopic about the record label executive who ushered in the band Oasis, a group that once declared themselves bigger than The Beatles.Boyle will executive produce “Creation Stories,” a biopic based on the life of music…
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‘Bond 25’ Gets Cary Joji Fukunaga As New Director For 007 Daniel Craig
Eon Productions and MGM have set Cary Joji Fukunaga as the new director who’ll mount James Bond 25 with Daniel Craig in the starring role. Filming will begin March for a worldwide release date of February 14, 2020. MGM will distribute domestically, and Universal releases the film in international territories, after it won a hotly…
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Bond 25 Director Confirmed as Danny Boyle, Production With Daniel Craig Begins December 2018
It’s official: MGM and Annapurna will team up to distribute Bond 25 in the U.S. on November 8, 2019. Universal Pictures has won the lucrative rights to handle the film’s international distribution. Sony previously handled Bond distribtion, but it’s rights to the franchise expired after “Spectre” and set off a bidding war among studios. The…
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Danny Boyle, Richard Curtis team up for Working Title comedy
British pair also to produce alongside Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.Working Title is set to produce an untitled comedy to be directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) and written by Richard Curtis (Notting Hill, Love, Actually). The project is currently in development at Universal.There are no plot details as yet about the…
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Danny Boyle Teams with ‘Love Actually’ Writer for Untitled Comedy
A couple weeks ago, we reported that Danny Boyle was in the running to direct Bond 25, edging out other contenders like Yann DeMange and David Mackenzie. We also learned that Boyle was reteaming with his Trainspotting screenwriter John Hodge to work on the script. But now it looks like Boyle’s turning his attention away…
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Alex Garland Confirms New Adaptation Of ‘The Beach’ In The Works
“The Beach” arrived at an interesting time for Danny Boyle and his star Leonardo DiCaprio. The director was still nursing the wounds after the poorly received “A Life Less Ordinary,” his followup to the breakout hit “Trainspotting.” As for the actor, he was still riding the global superstardom high following “Titanic,” and the project offered…