Danny Boyle, the Slumdog Millionaire director, to helm the next James Bond film?
“We are working on a script right now,” Boyle said to Variety when asked if he’s directing the next film in the franchise.
BollywoodMDB Team | Updated On: Mar 17, 2018 01:02 PM
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Director Danny Boyle , who helmed the most successful British film of the last decade, Slumdog Millionaire , will now be seen directing the next James Bond film. The movie will star Daniel Craig and is titled as James 25. Craig has played James Bond in the last 4 films of the franchise, which were made by different directors and now, he will be seen collaborating with Boyle.
In an interview with Variety, the director said, “We are working on a script right now and it all depends on that, really. I am working on a Richard Curtis script at the moment. We hope to start shooting that in six or seven weeks. Then Bond would be right at the end of the year. But we are working on them both right now.”
Boyle also said in the interview that John Hodge is expanding on an idea for Bond 25. Hodge and Boyle previously collaborated on Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach, Trance, and T2 Trainspotting.
“We’ve got an idea, John Hodge, the screenwriter and I have got this idea, and John is writing it at the moment,” Boyle said. “And it all depends on how it turns out. It would be foolish of me to give any of it away.”
Sam Mendes directed the previous two instalments, which became the highest-grossing films in the series, with Skyfall hauling $1.1 billion globally and Spectre earning $880.7 million at the worldwide box office.
