Danny Boyle

Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is planning to make a film based on the true story of an American climber who hacked off part of his arm with a knife after it became trapped under a rock, it has emerged. According to Daily Variety, the Oscar winner will direct 127 Hours based on mountaineer Aron Ralston’’s ordeal in Utah’’s Blue John Canyon in 2003. Ralston used a blunt knife and pliers to amputate his right forearm after it was pinned between a boulder and the canyon wall for nearly five days, reports The Mirror. The mountaineer documented his experience in a book entitled Between ... Read Full Story

Film director Danny Boyle has chosen his follow up project to his surprise box office and Oscar hit Slumdog Millionaire. According to trade paper Variety Thursday, the British millionaire is to direct 127 Hours, a film about Aron Ralston, the American mountaineer who made headlines the world over when he used a knife to sever his own arm after it became trapped under a boulder during a 2003 hike. No cast has yet been chosen for the project, which would mostly feature just a single actor, Variety said. However, the writing and production team that created Slumdog could reunite for the new movie and ... Read Full Story

Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is to make a film about the story of US mountaineer Aron Ralston. Ralston had his right forearm pinned for almost five days under a boulder during a climb in 2003. He then used a dull knife to amputate the limb and then scaled a 65-foot wall and hiked out before he found a family who gave him food and water. Boyle will be directing the movie and is now looking for an actor to play the lead. Production is scheduled to start shooting next year for a release late in the year. source: Splash News Related Posts Slumdog ... Read Full Story

A row over funds set aside for two child stars of Slumdog Millionaire was fuelled by a warning given to their families to stop demanding upscale homes and cars. The trust fund allotted to Rubiana Ali, 10, and Azharuddin Ismali, 11, is hanging in the balance after claims filtered out of India that the children are truants. The Oscar-winning movie's director, Danny Boyle, was reported to be furious that the children were able to skip school when he flew out of India. Their parents, meanwhile, were allegedly claiming a lump sum of £31,000 each child received to get them out of the poverty of ... Read Full Story

Actor Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail plays outside his home with his newly purchased bike on March 3, 2009 in Mumbai, India. Azharuddin starred in the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. (Photo by Ritam Banerjee/Getty Images) more pics » Danny Boyle with Rubina Ali at the Oscars. It was recently reported that the Mumbai home of 10-year-old Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail , one of Slumdog Millionaire 's young stars, was razed by the Indian government - as was the home of Rubina Ali , another of the film's child actors. After the parents of both children complained to the press about the relative lack of financial support received from ... Read Full Story