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Danny Boyle to direct 'Slumdog'
Celador, Film4 greenlight Mumbai-set pic/Variety
By ADAM DAWTREY LONDON — Celador Films and Film4 have greenlit Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire," with Warner Independent Pictures and Pathe in advanced negotiations to take domestic and international rights respectively.
Based on true events and scripted by Simon Beaufoy ("The Full Monty"), it's the story of an illiterate street kid from Mumbai who wins the jackpot on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

Brit newcomer Dev Patel, who previously appeared in the Channel 4 teen series "Skins," has been cast in the leading role.

Pic will shoot in Mumbai from Nov. 5, fully financed by Celador and Film4. Celador's co-managing director Christian Colson is producing, with Celador founder Paul Smith and Film4 topper Tessa Ross as exec producers.

Boyle will work with regular collaborators, including cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, alongside an Indian crew.

Boyle commented, "It's a love story set in the most extreme city on earth. The Maximum City — Mumbai. From its slums, a kid challenges for the biggest prize on world television."

"All he knows is that the girl that he loves — and whom he has lost in the chaos of Mumbai — watches the show every night … if he can stay on the show as long as possible, he might find her again."

"Slumdog Millionaire" will be Boyle's first film with Film4 since "A Life Less Ordinary," "Trainspotting" and "Shallow Grave."

Ross said, "Danny Boyle has been a defining talent in Film4's history and I am delighted to be working with him again."

Celador was the original TV production company behind "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Smith subsequently launched the film arm, run by Colson, with the resources to co-finance its own projects. "Slumdog Millionaire" will be its fourth move, following "Dirty Pretty Things," "The Descent" and "Separate Lies."

"We think we have the makings of a very special film; Danny's exuberant vision of Simon's brilliant script is an electric combination," Colson commented.


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