Sunshine, a Sci-Fi movie by Danny Boyle

Armageddon, my mate and bloke with an ear to the film grapevine (er... okay avid reader of Empire and Ain't It Cool), says...

“Sunshine” - a Sci-Fi movie by Danny Boyle is beginning production according to Empireonline . The movie depicts a spacecraft charged with “rebooting” a faulty Sun by sending a Nuke into it. I love Danny Boyle movies and this sounds like a bigger Sci-Fi canvas than 28 Days Later. The movie stars Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins - Scarecrow) and Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger and a host of other roles requiring a beautiful, middle aged women who can open cans of whupass). More details can be found here at IMDB

It should also be noted that Alex Garland is a writer on the film, his second collaboration with Danny Boyle (the first being 28 Days Later). I find it fascinating that Alex Garland has transitioned from young hotshot bestselling author to writing screenplays, you don't see that very often.

I seem to remember hearing about this film a while ago but don't seem to have blogged it. I hope that they can do something fresh with what seems like a terribly clichéd SF hook.

(Most clichéd SF film? Maybe Armaggeddon?).