The Crown and The Favourite star Olivia Colman is set to lead the cast of Sam Mendes’ next film. TItled Empire Of Light, the feature will reportedly revolve around a cinema on south coast of England. The movie is being set up at Searchlight Pictures and will also reportedly see Mendes reunite with the legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer, Roger Deakins.
Deadline reports that Colman is officially in negotiations to star in the film, Mendes’ first since the ten-time Oscar-nominated World War I feature 1917, which was released in early 2020. Deakins deservedly won an Academy Award for the film, set up to look like the narrative played out in one continuous shot.
There aren’t too many more details on the film at this stage, but you can check out more at the end of the link above.
