‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Movie Sequel & TV Adaptation Plotted As Swati Shetty & Grant Kessman Acquire Rights

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Bridge7, a production company founded by former Netflix executive Swati Shetty and former CAA agent Grant Kessman, has acquired the film sequel and TV rights to Slumdog Millionaire.

The rights were acquired from UK based Celador which produced and financed the Oscar-winning 2008 movie in association with the UK’s Film4.

Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Simon Beaufoy based on the book Q&A by Vikas Swarup, Slumdog Millionaire follows the story of 18-year-old Jamal, played by Dev Patel in his feature debut, whose life of hardship in the slums of Mumbai gives him the answers he needs to win a Who Wants To Be a Millionaire-type quiz show.

It is unclear whether Patel, the film’s female lead Freida Pinto and other original cast members would return for the potential sequel, which will tell “the next chapter of Jamal’s journey.” The original movie was a global box-office hit and won 8 Oscars, including Best Director for Boyle and Best Picture; seven BAFTA Awards, including Best Film; and four Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama.