This week sees Danny Boyle return to the director's chair since the massive success of Slumdog Millionaire, which was a critical hit and went on to scoop the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars in 2009.
Now Boyle is back with his new movie 127 Hours, which tells the remarkable true story of climber Aron Ralston who was forced to amputate him own arm after he was trapped on a trip.
James Franco takes on the central role and already the movie is winning over critics and audiences - could it feature during the awards season?
The Radcliffe born filmmaker began his career in the theatre, after considering going into the priesthood, joining the Joint Stock Theatre Company before going on to the Royal Court Theatre where he took on the role of artistic director from 1982 to 1985.
He moved on to the role of Deputy Director as well as directed five Royal Shakespeare Company productions. He was also working in television during this time directing shows such as Arise And Go Now and Not Even God Is Wise Enough.
However it is on the big screen where he has found fame making his feature film directorial debut in 1994 in the small production Shallow Grave. Set in Edinburgh the black comedy brought together a cast of Ewan McGregor, Christopher and Kerry Fox as roommates.
After finally choosing a forth person to live with they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into a world of drugs, greed, and madness.
Following that was Boyle's most famous movie Trainspotting which followed a group of heroin addicts in the early nineties in the economically depressed Edinburgh, the film reunited him with actor Ewan McGregor.
The film received universal praise when it was released in the UK however it did cause controversy elsewhere as it was accused of glorifying drug use. It did enjoy some box office success but has since become a cult hit and one of the most influential British movies of all time.
It was nominated for three Baftas, including Best Picture, winning Best Adapted Screenplay. John Hodge's screenplay went on to be nominated at the Oscars.
Boyle ran with the Trainspotting success and made A Life Less Ordinary, which was designed to appeal to an American audience, however this backfired. His first step into Hollywood with The Beach also wasn't a success as the film, which starred man of the moment Leonardo DiCaprio was universally panned.
But in 2002 the post apocalyptic science film movie 28 Days Later was a massive hit as the £5 million to make film grossed over £82 million at the global box office. The film went on to have a successful sequel that Boyle didn't direct but had a producing role.
There was more success with Millions in 2004 received well by the critics when it premiered Toronto International Film Festival. The film went on to win Best Screenplay at the British Independent Film Awards. He followed this up with science fiction film Sunshine.
But Boyle's greatest triumph came in the form of Slumdog Millionaire - hard to believe that it was almost a straight to DVD movie.
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost.
Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Intrigued by Jamal's story, the jaded Police Inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show?
When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out...
With all of the success that came his way with Slumdog it's not surprising that Boyle has taken time out to consider his next project.
It was rumoured that he was offered Bond 23 and My Fair Lady in the aftermath of his Oscar glory but settled on 127 Hours.
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued.
Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clemence Poesy), family, and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident.
Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral, thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.
127 Hours is out now.
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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