Following on from the latest featurette focussing on the women of Spectre [watch it here], Entertainment Weekly caught up with director Sam Mendes, who suggested that Bond “has been rebooted” with Skyfall, and the upcoming 24th adventure will explore 007’s origin story. “Bond has been rebooted at the end of the movie,” states Mendes. “This […]
Sam Mendes talks Spectre, says it will likely be his last Bond movie
With Sam Mendes hard at work on Spectre, the director has taken a moment out of post production on the 24th James Bond adventure to chat with the BBC (via MI6-HQ) about the new movie, promising that it will be much bigger in scope than his first 007 outing Skyfall. “Spectre is a bigger movie […]
New trailer for Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light starring Olivia Colman and Michael Ward
Ahead of its theatrical release this December, Searchlight Pictures has shared a new poster and trailer for the 80s-set romantic drama Empire of Light. Written and directed by Sam Mendes (Skyfall, 1917), the film features a cast that includes Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, and Colin […]
James Bond 24 titled Spectre – Flickering Myth Reaction
The Flickering Myth team react… Announced earlier this morning, Sony and MGM have revealed the new title for Sam Mendes’ Bond 24 – Spectre. We also have new cast members including Dave Bautista, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci and Christoph Waltz. But what did our writing staff make of the title, cast and new car? Martin […]
Olivia Colman stars in the teaser for Sam Mendes’ ode to cinema Empire of Light
Searchlight Pictures have released the trailer for Sam Mendes’ love letter to cinema, Empire of Light, which reunites the Academy Award winning director with his 1917 cinematographer Roger Deakins, a collaborative duo who both know a fair bit about the power of the projected image. Set in an old cinema located in an English seaside […]
Olivia Colman to star in Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light
Sam Mendes has chosen his first film since 1917 snared 10 Oscar nominations and $314 million at the worldwide box-office, and it looks as though fellow Academy-Award botherer Olivia Colman is set to join him for Empire of Light. Deadline reports that the Skyfall director has teamed with Searchlight Pictures to bring to life a […]
Exclusive Interview – 1917 producer Pippa Harris on the challenges of filming that famous climactic run, praise from Bong Joon-ho and more
Justin Cook chats with 1917 producer Pippa Harris… In hindsight, 1917 seems like a bit of an impossibility. Awards season has come and gone and now that we can look at the Sam Mendes-directed war thriller objectively, separated from its associations with winning the BAFTA or the Golden Globe or being the frontrunner for Best […]
Sam Mendes thought Daniel Craig as James Bond was a “terrible idea”
Earlier this week we brought you some comments from Skyfall director Sam Mendes stating that he thinks the upcoming Spectre will likely be his final Bond movie, and now the Oscar-winning filmmaker has been discussing his initial reaction to hearing the news that Daniel Craig had been cast as 007 for the franchise’s 2006 relaunch […]
1917 director Sam Mendes gives his take on why people love war movies
Sam Mendes, the director of 1917, has shared his thoughts on what keeps attracting people to war movies. 1917 is the latest war movie to capture the imagination, picking up a slew of awards in the process. The critically acclaimed WWI movie has proved rather popular, following in the footsteps of many great war movies […]
Movie Review – 1917 (2019)
1917. 2019 Directed by Sam Mendes Starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch SYNOPSIS: Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the […]
