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Fall in love with cinema in the new trailer for Sam Mendes’ ‘Empire of Light’

Lionsgate UK has debuted the first teaser trailer and poster for Sam Mendes’ upcoming film Empire of .  The highly anticipated film 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.

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.

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.

Check out the trailer below: