We (I) talked to Danny Boyle and M.I.A. about the “Slumdog Millionaire” soundtrack for MTV, the digital release of which comes out today (the physical disc hits December 23).
Nothing, super revelatory, but Boyle did tell us he’d work with Jack White of The Whites Stripes if given the chance. You’ll recall he wanted to work with White originally for “Slumdog.’ This is what Boyle told us in the MTV interview and why it didn’t happen.
“I wrote [White’s] people a letter a long time ago and I don’t even know if he received,” he said, claiming the musician was [probably] too busy to help out regardless. “It was naïve of me really, thinking he could come to India for a year and work on music. He’s got albums to work on!” he laughed. Could he want to work with him again in the future? “Oh yeah!” Boyle exclaimed. “I’m a huge fan of his work.”
The Playlist obsessives will remember that at TIFF, we spoke to Boyle and he briefly mentioned a semi-animated project. Apparently it’s not happening. Quoting ourselves again:
“Boyle mentioned he was working on an adaptation of a [science-fiction writer] Terry Pratchett live-action/half-animated project with ‘Millions’ screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, but noted that that concept had already fallen through.”