Production Companies
- Warner Bros
- Celador Films
- Film4
- Pathé Pictures International
British production companies Celador Films (Production company behind 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire') and Film4 Productions invited director Danny Boyle to read the script of Slumdog Millionaire in the summer of 2006.
The film was projected to cost $15 million.
Fox Searchlight Pictures offered $2 Million which fell far short of what the producer was asking for. Warner Independent Pictures offered $5 million and won rights to the picture.
Budget of the Film
The Budget of Slumdog Millionaire was $14,000,000
Crew
Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty 1997, The Hunger Games Catching Fire 2015)
Director: Danny Boyle (Trainspotting 1996, 28 Days Later 2002, 127 Hours 2010)
Gail Stevens: Overseeing Casting
Meredith Tucker: Overseeing Casting Outside of US
How it Came Together
Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wrote Slumdog Millionaire based on the novel 'Q & A' by Vikas Swarup.
Boyle was initially not interested in the script but inevitably changed his mind when he found Simon Beaufoy was the screenwriter. The Production crew visited Mumbai in the summer of 2007 to begin hiring local cast and crew. Originally the majority of the film was British dialogue however Boyle and crew decided to use Hindi dialogue, once persuaded by Loveleen Tandan, an Indian film maker. Boyle and Beaufoy have cited a number of Indian productions that influenced Slumdog Millionaire. Bollywood cinema played an important part in the production of this film and can be found to have influences from such films as 'Satya' (1998), an insight into the underworld of Mumbai.
Casting
Dev Patel- Older Jamal
Saurabh Shukla
Gail Stevens: Overseeing Casting
Meredith Tucker: Overseeing Casting Outside of US
How it Came Together
Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wrote Slumdog Millionaire based on the novel 'Q & A' by Vikas Swarup.
Boyle was initially not interested in the script but inevitably changed his mind when he found Simon Beaufoy was the screenwriter. The Production crew visited Mumbai in the summer of 2007 to begin hiring local cast and crew. Originally the majority of the film was British dialogue however Boyle and crew decided to use Hindi dialogue, once persuaded by Loveleen Tandan, an Indian film maker. Boyle and Beaufoy have cited a number of Indian productions that influenced Slumdog Millionaire. Bollywood cinema played an important part in the production of this film and can be found to have influences from such films as 'Satya' (1998), an insight into the underworld of Mumbai.
Casting
Dev Patel- Older Jamal
Saurabh Shukla
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