Daily Archives: February 19, 2019

Sam Mendes World War I film 1917

You may have noticed a lot of activity on Bovingdon Airfield recently, some of which is for the new Sam Mendes’ World War I film 1917. The film will begin production next April, for U.S. release December 2019 through Amblin’s distribution partner Universal. Mendes wrote the original script with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Mendes will produce with his Neal Street Productions partner Pippa Harris.
It will mark Mendes’ first directorial feature since back to back James Bond films Spectre and Skyfall. It also brings him back with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin. It was Spielberg who worked closely with Mendes on his feature directorial debut American Beauty, which won five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. Mendes followed by making two more for Spielberg’s DreamWorks: Road to Perdition and Revolutionary Road.