Danny Boyle: Last News

Danny Boyle is back with his first project since 2019’s “Yesterday” with a miniseries about the rise and fall of The Sex Pistols. And while some people are excited about the show, one of them isn’t ex-Pistols frontman Jon Lydon.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen Maisie Williams was first offered “Pistol” — the FX limited series created by Craig Pearce and directed by Danny Boyle, about punk rock band the Sex Pistols for FX — she knew little about the band or the world of 1970s counterculture London that surrounded them. But the “Game of Thrones” star was instantly drawn to the role of Jordan (aka Pamela Rooke), whose provocative makeup and fashion made her a model and muse for Vivienne Westwood — and helped to catalyze the punk movement.

pop star Chrissie Hynde has told how a bathroom romp with Sex Pistol Steve Jones drove her to eat meat.The Pretenders singer revealed she devoured chicken after sneaking off to have sex with the guitarist at a party in London.Describing the bizarre encounter during a radio interview with Jones, Chrissie said: “Do you know what I remember about that party was there was a turkey or a chicken and I ate a piece of it.“I still remember that because of course, it was a huge violation for me.“I was so hungry and after what I’d just been up to in the bathroom, I thought, you know.“I was already working with ‘the man downstairs’ and I thought: `F*** the chicken’.”Hynde, 70, became a vegetarian aged 18 in 1969 and is a long-standing eco-activist and animal rights campaigner.Jones, 66, has told how Hynde was one of his conquests after the pair met before they were famous in the ’70s.The American singer worked at a King’s Road boutique called SEX owned by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and former Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren.The chicken revelation came as the pair reminisced over the times “when we had sex many years ago”.Chrissie said of Jones: “I think when I didn’t have a place to live and I used to come around to the studio, I think he used to give me one.”Jones said he remembered `another spot as well’, adding: “It was at a party - in the bathroom.”The interview, first broadcast on the Jonesy’s Jukebox radio show in Los Angeles, has now emerged after featuring in a new series of podcasts.Introducing the podcast episode, Jones said: “It’s a very funny interview.”Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones and Paul Cook recently joined Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams at Danny Boyle’s Pistol premiere.The God Save The Queen hitmakers

Maisie Williams and Iris Law bring punk glamour to the global premiere of ‘Pistol’ at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Monday (May 23) in London, England.

John Lydon to “attack” his Sex Pistols biopic series Pistol, saying that he wouldn’t expect the singer to “change the habit of a lifetime”.The director made allusions in a new interview to the former Sex Pistols frontman’s outspoken nature. Lydon, who was known as Johnny Rotten in the legendary punk band, has criticised the forthcoming biopic on several occasions since its inception.Among those is the time that Lydon called the series a “middle class fantasy” that is “rewriting history” and “would be funny if it wasn’t tragic”.On another occasion he claimed that the production was green-lit without his consent, saying that it’s the “most disrespectful shit I’ve ever had to endure”.

Roger Moore was 'petrified' drunk Hollywood star would drop a babyLink'Don't hit him, Sean!' James Bond star was 'begged' not to attack starLinkBoyle added: "But the passageway to it (Bond's death) was obviously very different. "The director duly made a high-profile exit, to be replaced by Cary Fukunaga. It also affected his creative team and some of the actors who had been hired specifically for his plot and Russia-based finale and who were subsequently let go.

You can’t manufacture an anarchic spirit. That’s what drags down “Pistol,” the bio-series from Danny Boyle that premieres in its six-episode entirety on FX on Hulu on May 31st.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker over their love of punk band Sex Pistols.Maisie, 25, made an appearance on The Tonight Show on Wednesday (18 May) her new mini-series Pistol about the iconic British punk group.The Game of Thrones star told host Jimmy Fallon that she met the newlyweds at the Met Gala and the trio instantly clicked. Maisie said that the couple were sat next to her, and she tried to figure out how to break the ice with them."I was on a table with Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker," she revealed, as Fallon said, "They're fun."Maisie added: "I needed to, like, have an in to the conversation, have something to say, something interesting for them to know."She realised that the couple's outfits had been inspired by notorious Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, and knew that they had something in common.

Did you know that Pistol co-stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Talulah Riley are a couple in real life?

As if we weren’t excited enough to watch Danny Boyle’s TV series about the Sex Pistols, Maisie Williams has shared some pretty iconic behind-the-scenes pictures to tide us over while we wait. The 24-year-old looks worlds away from her Game of Thrones Arya Stark image as she’s starring as a punk icon Pamela Rooke – aka Jordan – in the Disney+ drama series, based on guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol. In one selfie, she appears to be bleaching her facial hair after already dying her brunette locks to bright blonde, while in another she’s posing with a blue up-do.

Daniel Craig‘s era of James Bond is over and while “No Time To Die” certainly entertained folks, there are still questions about what director Danny Boyle (“Trainspotting“) would have done with the final outing. Boyle was originally hired to direct and developed the script with screenwriter John Hodge, however, the two eventually left the Bond pic over “creative differences” with franchise producers and Boyle ended up making “Yesterday” instead.

James Bond movie, revealing the story he originally had planned for the 25th instalment of the franchise.The director was set to helm Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 before departing the project due to creative differences with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.Speaking to Esquire UK, the Oscar winner revealed that his proposed story was set in Russia and explored Bond’s origins.“I remember thinking, ‘Should I really get involved in franchises?’ Because they don’t really want something different,” said Boyle.

46 years ago, a then historic heatwave gripped Europe. Out of the dying embers, 2 of the most incendiary moments in popular music history took place; the Bill Grundy interview of 1976, in which English punk rock outfit Sex Pistols executed a nihilistic verbal barrage aimed in the general direction of a drab post-war society in the grip of rising unemployment, was greeted by the tweed-clad public with shock and disdain.

DEALSNot one, not two, but three whole Def Jam labels have joined together to sign Ghanaian afropop, dancehall and reggae musician Stonebwoy to a global deal. That’s Def Jam Recordings in the US, 0207 Def Jam in the UK, and Def Jam Africa, in case you wondered.

The man who kickstarted the careers of a raft of award-winning actors and household names from Greater Manchester has died. Tributes are pouring in to David Johnson, who set budding actors on the path to stardom at the Oldham Theatre Workshop, which he founded in 1968.

Star Wars fans for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi. It is not surprise then that the upcoming Disney+ series focused on the titular character is so highly anticipated.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCostume designers have ratcheted up their long-running battle for pay equity, using the awards season spotlight and a starry guild video released last month to amplify their message.Backstage following her Oscar victory March 27, “Cruella” costume designer Jenny Beavan pointed to the embroidered guild slogan “Naked Without Us” on her blouse, and assured media that pay equity is still very much an issue in her predominantly female field. “It’s not gone away,” said Bea- van, who became embroiled in a dispute with Disney for money from “Cruella” merchandising a year earlier.According to data about artisan pay scales provided by the Costume Designers Guild’s pay equity committee, costume de- signers earn almost $1,000 less per week than production designers, their closest creative peers.

Having lost his court battle over upcoming Sex Pistols TV drama ‘Pistol’, John Lydon is continuing his verbal assault on his former bandmates in relation to the telly project, and more generally.In a new interview with The Sun he claims that guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook worked behind his back for years to make a show that he believes will misrepresent him and his contribution to the punk band.“Cutting me out is a shockingly stupid move”, he says. “It’s so ridiculous. It’s so preposterous.

Maisie Williams admits it’s been a journey to figure out who she is.

John Lydon has hit out again at his former Sex Pistols bandmates’ new Danny Boyle-directed biopic series, calling them “dead wood” and questioning their talents.Pistol, which is due to premiere on Hulu (and Disney+ where Hulu isn’t available) on May 31, is based off founding member Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from A Sex Pistol. The six-episode series is created and written by Craig Pearce.Earlier this month Lydon branded the forthcoming show a “middle class fantasy” that “bears little resemblance to the truth” after claiming in 2021 that it was green-lit without his consent.Now, in a new interview with The Sun, the Public Image Ltd.

Before he flew solo with his own directorial projects, filmmaker Alex Garland (“Ex Machina,” “Annihilation“) was a go-to writer for captivating genre projects. His early screenwriting work including the Danny Boyle-directed horror film “28 Days Later” which focused on a post-apocalyptic London after animal activists unleash the “rage virus” upon the United Kingdom and essentially the world.