Searchlight Pictures has confirmed that Sam Mendes‘ upcoming romantic drama EMPIRE OF LIGHT will be released in UK cinemas on 13 January 2023.
The film stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, and Colin Firth.
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.
The film reunites Mendes with Academy Award winning cinematographer Roger Deakins (1917, Skyfall).
