Sam Mendes Directing World War I Drama 1917 for Amblin

Sam Mendes will be teaming up with Steven Spielberg ’s Amblin Entertainment to aim a World War I drama titled1917 . This will be his first directorial lance since he helm two back - to - back 007 movies : SkyfallandSpectre .

ground on an original screenplay co - written by Mendes and Krysty Wilson - Cairns ( who wrote for the Showtime seriesPenny Dreadful),there are currently no plot details for1917.That aver , the prediction behind it is monolithic . Not only did Amblin manage to attain the book through a pitched spec software battle ( they were reportedly up against Paramount , Sony , and New Regency ) , the picture show will reunify Mendes with Spielberg . The twain first work together on Mendes ' directorial unveiling ( and eventual Oscar - achiever for several top categories , include director and Best Picture),American Beauty , under Spielberg ’s studio DreamWorks . Two of Mendes ' movies that followed -Road to PerditionandRevolutionary Road- were also with DreamWorks . Now , he and Spielberg are reunite to bring out an original story pose during the World War I.

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Mendes co - wrote the handwriting for1917with Wilson - Cairns in London while he was do work on Jez Butterworth ’s London stage first appearance ofThe Ferryman , and he excuse toDeadlinethat he ’s not only excited to finally get the movie create ( he had been working on the script for over a twelvemonth ) , but he"couldn’t be happier to be back working with Amblin and Steven Spielberg again . "

Mendes had initially been attach to direct an adjustment ofThe Voyeur ’s Motel(about a motel proprietor who spy on his guests , only to end up as witness to a murder ) , which was adapted by Wilson - Cairns , but the labor ultimately fall through when a infotainment about that same story was released on Netflix . Now , he ’ll be tackling the original state of war dramatic play . Though Spielberg refers to it as"hugely dare and ambitious,“he remains very discreet as to what the movie is even about .

In the time that Mendes had been work on the script for1917 , he not only directed the playThe Ferryman , but helped pull in it three Olivier Awards , including Best New gambling , Best Actress for Laura Donnelly , and Best Director for Mendes .

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With such an eclectic filmography , a warfare movie seems well suitable for Mendes . And while he ’s no stranger to period movies , having ferment onRoad to Perditionwith Tom Hanks , he ’s also proven to have a bent for perform action sequences from the 007 movies . That said,1917may well turn out be less of an epic war movie like Spielberg’sSaving Private Ryan , and more like Mendes ' ownJarhead .