Simon Beaufoy

The 61st Annual Writers Guild Awards held ceremonies in Century City on the West Coast and at the Hudson Theatre Millennium Broadway Hotel for the WGA East. Milk Screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black, was a big winner taking home the WGA award for Best Original Screenplay and receiving a special honor award at the ceremony. Simon Beaufoy took home the statuette for Slumdog Millionaire. We expect these to films to sweep the same categories at the Oscars. Watch an interview where out director/screenwriter Dustin Lance Black talks about what Harvey Milk means to him. Congrats to all of the winners and nominees! SCREEN WINNERS ORIGINAL ... Read Full Story

While many are still anticipating the opening of X-Men Origins: Wolverine it seems there is always talks of sequel since this is already a franchised property it isn’t suprising. I have not seen the film and while the cast is something that interests me, the movie itself seems campy and stupid. Plus Wolverine was already done in the first three X-Men films (credit Adam on that quote). That being said, one my favorite films of the year, Slumdog Millionaire , was written by Simon Beaufoy, in which he was awarded an Academy Award. Beaufoy apparently is being pegged to script a second Wolverine Origin ... Read Full Story

March 27, 2009 07:05:50 GMT Contrary to earlier speculation, 'Slumdog Millionaire' scribe Simon Beaufoy has not signed any deal to write down a potential sequel to 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', but will pen 'Truckers' instead. © Sylvain Gaboury/PR Photos The next feature film project for " Slumdog Millionaire " writer Simon Beaufoy won't be " X-Men Origins: Wolverine " sequel as what has been circulating for the past few days. The Oscar-winning screenwriter will instead adapt Terry Pratchett's novel for young readers, " Truckers ", for DreamWorks Animation. "Truckers" is the first of three books from Pratchett's "The Bromeliad Trilogy". The film, which is claimed ... Read Full Story

Writer Simon Beaufoy, winner of Best Adapted Screenplay for "Slumdog Millionaire," attends the 81st Annual Academy Awards Governor's Ball held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Simon Beaufoy (Getty Images) more pics » Simon Beaufoy wins for Best Adapted Screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire at the 2009 Academy Awards. Read Full Story

So what do you do if you've just won an Academy Award for writing the screenplay of the movie phenomenon Slumdog Millionaire ? Here's what screenwriter Simon Beaufoy is doing to follow up his date with Oscar: The "Slumdog Millionaire" writer, who walked away with the Academy Award for adapted screenplay last month, is working on the script for DreamWorks Animation's "Truckers." The project is in the early development stages, and nothing is known about the story line. Maybe Beaufoy is taking a professional tip from director Danny Boyle who flits between wildly different types of movie projects including Shallow Grave (2004) , a ... Read Full Story