Editing Danny Boyle (section)

==== ''Isles of Wonder'' ====
[[File:Danny talks about tonight's ceremony (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=|Prior to the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]]]]
Boyle was artistic director for the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] in London. Entitled ''Isles of Wonder'', it charted aspects of [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British culture]] including the [[Industrial Revolution]] and contributions to literature, music, film, and technology.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/danny-boyle-to-oversee-20_n_615527.html|title=Danny Boyle To Oversee 2012 Olympic Ceremony|date=17 June 2010|first=Guy|last=Hedgecoe|agency=Press Association|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821211104/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/danny-boyle-to-oversee-20_n_615527.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Reception to the ceremony was generally positive both nationally in the United Kingdom and internationally.<ref name="Reception">{{cite news|title=Media reaction to London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686|work=BBC News|date=28 July 2012|access-date=28 July 2012|archive-date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729045231/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2012-07/28/c_131744486.htm|title=London Olympics opening ceremony kicks off|agency=Xinhua News Agency|date=28 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801080848/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2012-07/28/c_131744486.htm|archive-date=1 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last=Lyall|first=Sarah|title=A Five-Ring Opening Circus, Weirdly and Unabashedly British|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/sports/olympics/in-olympic-opening-ceremony-britain-asserts-its-eccentric-identity.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 July 2012|access-date=7 February 2017|archive-date=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728021456/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/sports/olympics/in-olympic-opening-ceremony-britain-asserts-its-eccentric-identity.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="media">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686|title=Media reaction to London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony|work=BBC News|access-date=28 July 2012|date=28 July 2012|archive-date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729045231/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686|url-status=live}}</ref>