Danny Boyle may not be directing a remake of the Korean film "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" or the un-produced script "Texas Killing Fields," but he may turn his attention back to Mumbai following the success of his Oscar winner "Slumdog Millionaire." Boyle now owns the film rights to Suketu Mehta's "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found," a book of essays on Mumbai life, also a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Boyle purchased the rights in May for an undisclosed sum, according to The Wall Street Journal. Choosing to direct "Maximum City" next could bring Boyle full circle after having used the book as a resource while he was making "Slumdog." Read more...