Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light gets a teaser trailer

Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light will screen at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival.

Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema from Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes.

This looks wonderful.

EMPIRE OF LIGHT features a stellar cast led by Academy Award winner Olivia Colman, BAFTA winner Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, with Toby Jones, and Academy Award winner Colin Firth.

Roger Deakins is the Director of Photography. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are providing the music.

The film is produced by Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris’ Neal Street Productions, in partnership with Searchlight Pictures. The film will release theatrically on 13 January.