Roger Deakins has found his follow-up to Oscar winner “1917,” and it’s a 1980s romance titled “Empire of Light” that will reunite him with writer-director Sam Mendes for the fifth time. The project, now filming, is backed by Searchlight Pictures and stars Olivia Colman in the lead role. The working synopsis reads: “A love story, set in and around a beautiful old cinema, on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.”
“Empire of Light” is both Deakins and Mendes’ follow-up to their acclaimed World War I one-take drama “1917,” which scored 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film won Deakins his second Academy Award for Best Cinematography following “Blade Runner 2049.”
Deakins and Mendes have also worked together on “Jarhead,” “Revolutionary Road,” and the James Bond tentpole “Skyfall,” with the latter earning Deakins an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. Mendes’ other cinematographer collaborations include Conrad Hall,...
“Empire of Light” is both Deakins and Mendes’ follow-up to their acclaimed World War I one-take drama “1917,” which scored 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film won Deakins his second Academy Award for Best Cinematography following “Blade Runner 2049.”
Deakins and Mendes have also worked together on “Jarhead,” “Revolutionary Road,” and the James Bond tentpole “Skyfall,” with the latter earning Deakins an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. Mendes’ other cinematographer collaborations include Conrad Hall,...
- 4/6/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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