Empire of Light - Olivia Colman & Sam Mendes

[Himmel]

Olivia Colman is in talks to star in “Empire of Light,” the next film from director Sam Mendes that is set at Searchlight Pictures.

Mendes will direct “Empire of Light” as his follow-up to the Best Picture-nominated “1917.” Mendes also wrote the film; it marks the first time he’s penned a screenplay solo. “Empire of Light” is a love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.

Mendes will also produce “Empire of Light” with Pippa Harris through his Neal Street Productions, ad Searchlight is aiming for a release in fall 2022.

Mendes will also reunite on the film with cinematographer Roger Deakins, who won his second Oscar on the continuous, unedited look of Mendes’ war film “1917.” *

[Cremildo]

Spectre and 1917 were such letdowns that I simply cannot get myself hyped for a Sam Mendes movie anymore, but I'll always hope for a return to form.

[Gacivory]

I’m excited for this! I love Sam Mendes!

[Monterey Jack]

Any movie about the cinema itself is catnip to me, especially in a world with cinemas ravaged by Covid.

[Koller70]

The premise looks dull and boring.
Without the gimmick of the continuous shots, it's hard to see anyone will give a damn about this aside from Colman.

[Pieter V]

Roger Deakins

[Cremildo]

Colin Firth and Toby Jones join the cast.

[Cremildo]

Production has started.

Sam Mendes has begun principal photography on the south coast of England for his upcoming feature, Empire Of Light. From Searchlight Pictures, the drama is written by Mendes — his first solo screenplay — and stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Crystal Clark and Tanya Moodie.

Joining the previously announced cast are Tom Brooke (The Crown, The Bodyguard) and Hannah Onslow (Ridley Road, Call The Midwife).

[Pieter V]

Seems like the movie is in post-production.

[Cremildo]

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will do the score.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will do the score.

And the crowd goes wild... YAY - YouTube

[Heinz-Klett]

Empire of Light is being released on December 9:

Searchlight said today that the next movie from Oscar-winning American Beauty filmmaker Sam Mendes, Empire of Light, is coming out on December 9.

https://deadline.com/2022/07/sam-men...te-1235064904/

[Cremildo]

Rated R for sexual content, language and brief violence.

[RossyG]

They’ve rated it already in America?

In Britain they usually do it a month or two before release.

[-JKR-]

Originally Posted by RossyG

They’ve rated it already in America?

In Britain they usually do it a month or two before release.

They rate it as soon as it's submitted by the studio/filmmakers to the MPA.

[Cremildo]

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Spectre and 1917 were such letdowns that I simply cannot get myself hyped for a Sam Mendes movie anymore, but I'll always hope for a return to form.

I can sort of understand the letdown by Spectre (though I felt like Casino Royale was such a high that nothing else can compete). But 1917 is fantastic and it has nothing to do with the feat of making it look like one take.

[Pieter V]

High-res:


Runtime: 113 minutes.

[Pieter V]

Rated R for sexual content, language and brief violence.

[Cremildo]