Simon Beaufoy News

January 17, 2012
Deals in Place for Hunger Games Sequel
It looks like Simon Beaufoy ("Slumdog Millionaire") will write the "Catching Fire" script, with "Hunger Games" director Gary Ross returning for the sequel. More...

November 17, 2011
Slumdog Millionaire Writer Courted for Hunger Games Sequel
Lionsgate is setting its sights high for "Catching Fire." More...

October 27, 2010
Simon Beaufoy Talks 127 Hours
Get some behind-the-scenes perspective on one of the fall's best-reviewed films by reading this interview with "127 Hours" screenwriter Simon Beaufoy. More...

June 9, 2009
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Move to Maximum City
Danny Boyle will be staying in Bombay -- and reuniting with "Slumdog Millionaire" writer Simon Beaufoy -- for his next project, an adaptation of the non-fiction book "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found." More...

March 27, 2009
Beaufoy Rides with DreamWorks' Truckers
For his first post-"Slumdog Millionaire" project, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy has chosen DreamWorks Animation's "Truckers." More...

January 29, 2009
Simon Beaufoy Takes a Leap Day
"Slumdog Millionaire" scribe Simon Beaufoy has been hired to write "Leap Year," a romantic comedy starring Amy Adams as "an uptight woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on leap day, Feb. 29, following an Irish tradition in which women propose to men on that day and the man must say yes." More...

January 9, 2009
Slumdog Wins a Million Critics Choice Awards
"Slumdog Millionaire" won big at the Critics Choice Awards, taking home trophies for best picture, best director, best writer, best young actor/actress, and best composer. More...

January 8, 2009
Broadcast Film Critics Name Critics' Choice Winners
The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards were given on January 8, 2009, to honor the finest achievements in 2008 filmmaking. A list of nominees follows below, with winners in bold: More...

August 28, 2008
New Images: Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire
Fox Searchlight has passed along new images from this fall's Slumdog Millionaire, the latest film from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Millions), about an illiterate Mumbai street kid who wins the jackpot on India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" game show. Check them out here! More...