It was announced today that Jon S. Baird, director of Filth, the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel of the same name, will team-up with Danny Boyle on the new TV Comedy Drama “Babylon”.
Following the success of Filth, which is released on Blu-ray & DVD on Monday Feb 10th, Baird has confirmed he will direct the first three episodes of Babylon, the pilot for which was directed by Boyle and will air on Channel 4 on Sunday the 9th of February.
One of Britain’s best filmmakers and something of a national treasure after the London Olympics opening ceremony, Danny Boyle also directed the 1996 film adaptation of another of Irvine Welsh’s novels – Trainspotting.
Says Baird of the opportunity: “I'm thrilled to be working with Danny and the entire team behind Babylon. It's obviously a fantastic opportunity and I feel honoured to have such an incredibly experienced and talented mentor".
Our review of the Blu-ray release of Filth will be going up soon but we saw it at the cinema and it's a very black but very funny comedy with a towering central performance from James McAvoy. We also saw the trailer for Danny Boyle's pilot for Babylon, it looked very interesting and star James Nesbitt is always watchable.
One of Britain’s best filmmakers and something of a national treasure after the London Olympics opening ceremony, Danny Boyle also directed the 1996 film adaptation of another of Irvine Welsh’s novels – Trainspotting.
Says Baird of the opportunity: “I'm thrilled to be working with Danny and the entire team behind Babylon. It's obviously a fantastic opportunity and I feel honoured to have such an incredibly experienced and talented mentor".
Our review of the Blu-ray release of Filth will be going up soon but we saw it at the cinema and it's a very black but very funny comedy with a towering central performance from James McAvoy. We also saw the trailer for Danny Boyle's pilot for Babylon, it looked very interesting and star James Nesbitt is always watchable.
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