Keira Knightley has been roped in to star in Fox’s Sci-Fi thriller titled Never Let Me Go. Actors Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan will star alongside the Atonement star in the cloning-themed film. Director Mark Romanek of One Hour Photo fame will helm the project. The film’s story revolves around a trio who grow up in a boarding school with no contact or knowledge of the outside world, until they discover that they are clones grown for the sole purpose of organ donation. Knightley is also set to star in The Beautiful and the Damned and the remake of My Fair Lady.

Among the Slumdog honours, Briton Danny Boyle was named best director for the often dark but ultimately hopeful tale about a poor Indian boy who competes for love and money on a TV game show, and writer Simon Beaufoy won adapted screenplay.

“You’ve been been so generous to us this evening, and I want to thank you for that,” Boyle said to the Academy Award audience when accepting his Academy Award.

Boyle also thanked his family, the film’s makers, and the entire city of Mumbai, where Slumdog was shot.

Kate Winslet was named best actress for her dramatic turn as a former Nazi prison guard who involves herself in a love affair with a teenage boy in The Reader. She fought back tears when accepting her trophy and remembered a time as an 8-year-old when she dreamed of winning one of the world’s top film award.

Sean Penn earned his second Oscar for best actor, portraying slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk.

Early honors went to Penelope Cruz who became the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award for her supporting role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Heath Ledger was posthumously named best supporting actor for his villainous role as The Joker in Batman movie The Dark Knight.

But Slumdog was the big winner, also earning Oscars for best cinematography, sound mixing, film editing, original score for composer AR Rahman and best song, Jai Ho for Rahman and lyricist Gulzar.

In the night’s one big surprise, Japanese movie Departures beat the favorite, Israeli film Waltz With Bashir for foreign language film.

Article taken from Hindustan Times

Fascinating film fraternity – Indian tinsel town is singing praises of A R Rahman, who has got a nod for the Oscars. And the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ with world-class music, an Indian cast and based on an Indian theme, doing exceptionally well in the international circuit, it’s time more Indian films to get the recognition they deserve. We are way ahead of Hollywood in the numbers game, with more that 800 movies being churned out each year in India.