From left: Roma, Hand of God, Belfast.
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Netflix and Focus Features
In late February, Searchlight announced the start of production for a film called Empire of Light. Directed by Sam Mendes and featuring A-list talent like Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, and Roger Deakins, the movie will take place around a “beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.” An intriguing synopsis, but to trained eyes, one line in the press release stuck out above the rest — the one where Mendes thanks the studio for allowing him to do “such a personal project.”
Yes, that’s right: Sam Mendes is finally making his Roma.
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