With director Joe Mantello’s fantastic adaptation of The Boys in the Band now streaming on Netflix, I recently spoke to Matt Bomer about being part of the production. If you’re not aware, back in 2018, Mantello and his all-openly gay cast including Zachary Quinto, Jim Parsons, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Michael Benjamin Washington, Tuck Watkins, Brian Hutchison, and Robin De Jesús, put on a revival of Mart Crowley’s iconic 1968 work, where it played to sold out audiences and went on to win the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. After the …
First, I will break your heart. If you didn't know, Roger Deakins did not serve as the director of photography on Denis Villeneuve's upcoming sci-fi epic adaptation of Dune, despite their sterling trilogy of Prisoners, Sicario, and Blade Runner 2049. I know, I know. But Dune is shot by the more than wonderful Greig Fraser (Rogue One, The Batman), and you'll always have the Denis/Deakins trilogy to return to. Plus -- and now I get to put your heart back together again -- Villeneuve was recently a guest on Deakins' delightful podcast, and their conversation was, well, …
Attention, everyone - the GOAT has a podcast. Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins has started a podcast with his wife and collaborator James Deakins, appropriately titled Team Deakins. The show launched last week and has already released six episodes as of yesterday, which means you already have a few hours of in-depth conversations about filmmaking to dive into. We asked James Deakins to tell us about the podcast: “We have been doing our website (rogerdeakins.com) for years now and love connecting with people who are starting out and sharing our experience with them. Over the years, we have done …
Roger Deakins is the greatest cinematographer who’s ever lived. That’s not hyperbole. That’s not recency bias. It’s a pretty inarguable fact. Throughout a career that ranges from the docudrama style of Fargo to the poetic imagery of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford to the stunning future vision of Blade Runner 2049, Deakins has consistently proven to be a master with light and shadow, conjuring emotion and drilling down character beats with strikingly evocative imagery. His work is diverse but never derivative, distinct yet not repetitive. He’s been nominated for 14 …
If you’re a cinematography nerd (and the odds are good considering you clicked on an article with Roger Deakins' name in the headline), you probably ran outside and dunked a basketball this past February when Deakins won an Oscar for his work on Sam Mendes’ World War I epic 1917. Deakins is one of the most celebrated cinematographers working today, with several all-time classic films under his belt including The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner 2049, and virtually every single Coen Brothers movie. The man has been nominated for 15 Academy Awards over a career spanning four decades. That …
In the midst of these uncertain times, we here at Collider are doing everything we can to continue to bring you the best and most compelling entertainment news and content on the internet. To that end, we recently launched a new live interview series called Collider Connected, in which we conduct an interview live on our YouTube channel with someone responsible for making the movies and TV shows that keep us entertained through good times and bad. Our inaugural guest was Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino (watch that here), and it’s now time to announce our second guest: Two-…
Oftentimes, cinematographers are the unsung heroes of their films. They work diligently and artfully to craft the light, framing, and atmosphere of a film’s shots, all the while ensuring that it’s in support of story and character. But one cinematographer’s name in particular is on the level of filmmakers like Martin Scorsese or David Fincher, and that’s Roger Deakins. Actors flat-out admit they sign on to films just to work with Deakins, and he’s one of the most in-demand cinematographers working today. Deakins is a master cinematographer not just because the films he …
A winner has been chosen in the 1917 One Shot Challenge contest, a partnership between NBCUniversal and Ideas United to promote the release of the World War I thriller 1917 from director Sam Mendes. Ohio-based filmmaker Conrad Faraj’s entry “Wedding Runner” was selected by Mendes from a pool of over 100 submissions. A playlist of the finalists can be viewed here, and all of the submissions can be found on YouTube under the hashtag #1917OneShotChallenge. [caption id="attachment_796845" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Universal[/caption] Aspiring filmmakers were tasked with creating a 2-minute short (including beginning …
With the release of Sam Mendes’ World War I thriller 1917 set for Christmas day, NBCUniversal and Ideas United are partnering to produce a video submission contest aimed at burgeoning filmmakers. The challenge is this: submit a two-minute video filmed in a single continuous shot with the urgent delivery of a message as the theme. Why these specifics? Well, if you haven’t heard, the entire film is made to look like a single continuous shot—all 110 minutes of it (not including credits). The genius behind the feat was DP Roger Deakins, whose work includes some of the …
Universal has released a new 1917 trailer. George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones) are set to star as two young British soldiers, and the film will follow them over the course of a single day at the height of WWI as they attempt to deliver a message that could save 1,600 soldiers. The film also stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Richard Madden, Colin Firth, Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Daniel Mays (Rogue One), Adrian Scarborough (Christopher Robin), Jamie Parker (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), Nabhaan Rizwan (Informer) and Claire Duburcq. As we recently learned, 1917 …
Director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins brought their World War I drama 1917 to New York Comic Con today.
The rumors are true: the upcoming World War I film 1917 was indeed shot to look like it’s a single continuous shot. That’s exciting in and of itself, but add in the fact that Roger Deakins—the world’s greatest living cinematographer—is behind the camera alongside ambitious director Sam Mendes (Skyfall), and you’ve got yourself an absolute must-see. The news was confirmed with a fantastic behind-the-scenes featurette in which Deakins, Mendes, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns, and stars George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman explain how they pulled off this immense achievement. The story …
The rumors are true: the upcoming World War I film 1917 was indeed shot to look like it’s a single continuous shot. That’s exciting in and of itself, but add in the fact that Roger Deakins—the world’s greatest living cinematographer—is behind the camera alongside ambitious director Sam Mendes (Skyfall), and you’ve got yourself an absolute must-see. The news was confirmed with a fantastic behind-the-scenes featurette in which Deakins, Mendes, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns, and stars George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman explain how they pulled off this immense achievement. The story …
Oftentimes, cinematographers are the unsung heroes of their films. They work diligently and artfully to craft the light, framing, and atmosphere of a film’s shots, all the while ensuring that it’s in support of story and character. But one cinematographer’s name in particular is on the level of filmmakers like Martin Scorsese or David Fincher, and that’s Roger Deakins. Actors flat-out admit they sign on to films just to work with Deakins, and he’s one of the most in-demand cinematographers working today. Deakins is a master cinematographer not just because the films he …
Warner Bros. and Amazon Studios have released the first The Goldfinch trailer for the highly anticipated upcoming adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Directed by Brooklyn helmer John Crowley, the film stars Ansel Elgort as a boy whose life was upended when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when he was 13 years old. The star-studded ensemble is anchored by Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Barbour, and the film was shot by legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins, who chose The Goldfinch as his next project after finally …
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