Oscar Winning Director Danny Boyle Confirms He Is Directing BOND 25

According to Variety, Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has confirmed that he's working on the next James Bond movie. The filmmaker made the admission to Metro New York on Wednesday night at a special screening in New York of his new FX series "Trust."

"We are working on a script right now," he said when asked if he's directing the next film in the franchise. "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."

"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."

Danny Boyle is an English director, producer, screenwriter and theatre director, known for his work on films including Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, and Steve Jobs. His debut film Shallow Grave won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The British Film Institute ranked Trainspotting the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century. Boyle's 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire, the most successful British film of the decade, was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight, including the Academy Award for Best Director. He also won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director. Boyle was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2008 Austin Film Festival, where he also introduced that year's AFF Audience Award Winner Slumdog Millionaire.

Daniel Craig is set to return to star in the new Bond movie.

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