Olivia Colman to Star in Sam Mendes’ Next Film ‘Empire of Light’ for Searchlight
Director’s follow-up to “1917” is a 1980s love story and will be released in fall 2022Brian Welk | April 6, 2021 @ 9:00 AM Last Updated: April 6, 2021 @ 9:15 AM
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Olivia Colman will 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.