on 27 february 2016 at the closing night of the "miss saigon" london revival, mackintosh hinted that the film adaptation was close to being produced when he said, "sooner rather than later, the movie won't just be in my mind". as well as this, the 2014 "25th anniversary" performance of "miss saigon" in london was filmed for an autumn cinema broadcast. in march 2016, it was reported that danny boyle was in talks to direct the film for a 2018 release.