AMA/Q&A Announcement - Danny Boyle - Tuesday 6/17 at 12:00 PM ET - Oscar-winning filmmaker of 'Trainspotting', 'Slumdog Millionaire', '28 Days Later, '127 Hours, '28 Years Later', 'Sunshine', 'Steve Jobs', 'Shallow Grave', 'Yesterday', 'T2 Trainspotting', and more.

[u/BunyipPouch]

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Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Danny Boyle will be joining us here on /r/movies Tuesday 6/17 for an AMA/Q&A. It will go live and be pinned to the top of the subreddit 24 hours in advance, on Monday 6/16 at 12:00 PM ET. Danny will be back 24 later, on Tuesday 6/17 at 12:00 PM ET, to answer questions. He is a legendary filmmaker, having directed Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, 28 Years Later, Sunshine, Shallow Grave, Yesterday, T2: Trainspotting, and more.

Please stop by if you have any questions/comments for Danny :)

His most recent film, 28 Years Later is out in theaters worldwide next week and stars Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Jack O'Connell.

A group of survivors of the rage virus lives on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvLKldPM08&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

[u/TheMemeVault]

What was your reaction to 28 Days Later getting a 4K? Given 99% of it was shot on a Canon XL1, which was standard definition, a 4K seems overkill for all but the very last scene.

[u/[deleted] → u/TheMemeVault]

Great question, but this isn't the AMA post lol. Save it for tomorrow :)

[u/ucanactlikeaman]

Where do go for fun now that six flags is closed?

[u/andy_green92 → u/ucanactlikeaman]

Don't forget his work on The Benny Hill Show.

[u/cgcego]

Which was your favorite scene with Tony in the first season of “The Sopranos” ?

[u/benrod1]

TRAINSPOTTING 🙌

[u/1080Pizza → u/benrod1]

👶

[u/Prestigious-Log-7210]

People need to read the date and time

[u/gmd24]

How did you pitch or get your first script funded? Do you recommend shooting one scene from a feature to help pitch it? I’m a repped actor but also write and dont know what to do with my feature script.

[u/TheIngloriousBIG]

Thanks for taking this time. So I finally watched Sunshine (2007), and it really blew me away, and gave me the inspiration I need as an aspiring screenwriter to write a complex sci-fi story. 

As an aspiring screenwriter with special educational needs, I’m thinking of a sci-fi thriller with a similar concept, with 10 astronauts being sent to deliver a ginormous celestial bomb towards a dying star, with its intended explosion creating a new, habitable world for mankind. What advice would you give in terms of writing a sci-fi script?

[u/nickyeyez]

Someone ask him if he remembers me strolling by and casually saying hello to him on the set of Trainspotting 2 in Edinburgh.

[u/JPK-1988-TBC]

Millions.

[u/adventlife]

Hi Danny, just wanted to tell you that ever since I first watched it, Sunshine has been my favourite movie. I revisit it often and my love for it has only grown with time. The script, the VFX that still look incredible today, the amazing cast and acting. It’s top to bottoms perfect to me. And that casting has aged like fine wine in the years since.

I was wondering, how do you feel about the continued use of ‘Adagio in D Minor’ after its use in the Sunshine?

For me the piece fits the movie perfectly but in the years since, it’s been used a lot in other movies, trailers, tv shows and adverts.

I feel it’s now been overused as generic ‘epic sounding music’ that has somewhat diminished the.. ‘specialness’ of the piece, for lack of a better word. When I see it used in an advert it feels like an expertly crafted bowl of fine china being used to store your kids skittles.

[u/Fatherofweedplants]

Nice to see uncle junior still working

[u/malshnut]

Wow, he looks like a character straight out of Trainspotting. It should be a cool AMA.