Production

In the summer of 2006, British production companies Celador films and Film4 productions invited director Danny Boyle to read the script of slumdog millionaire. Boyle initially hesitated, since he was not interested in making a film about Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, which was produced by Celador. However, Boyle soon found out that the screenwriter was Beaufoy, who had written The Full Monty , one of the director's favourite British Films, and decided to revisit the script.