Beaks here...

A couple of weeks ago, we learned of Joel Silver's displeasure with the marketing of ROCKNROLLA, and Warner Bros.' willingness to sell the film's distribution rights for an undisclosed price. That talk seems to have died down, but another Warner property that was also reported to be stuck in release limbo, Danny Boyle's SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, has indeed migrated to another studio. And judging from Todd McCarthy's rave review in Variety, WB's loss could be Fox Searchlight's awards-reaping gain.

Best of all, you won't have to wait until 2009 for Boyle's latest: Fox Searchlight will begin rolling out SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE this November 28th!

I haven't read much about the film, so rather than regurgitate the IMDb plot summary, here's an excerpt from the opening paragraph of McCarthy's review:

Driven by fantastic energy and a torrent of vivid images of India old and new, "Slumdog Millionaire" is a blast. Danny Boyle's film uses the dilemma of a poor teenager suspected of cheating on the local version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' to tell a story of social mobility that is positively Dickensian in its attention to detail and the extremes of poverty and wealth within a culture.