Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.
Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Wasting no time as cinemas prepare to reopen beginning next week in most of China, a first batch of titles due for release has been identified.
Universal’s Dolittle has been granted a July 24 date while we understand that Sony’s Bloodshot, handled locally by Bona Film, will also go out that same day.
This would make them the first ‘new’ Hollywood titles to hit the market since movie theaters shuttered in January. Both were sidelined amid the COVID-19 crisis.The following Friday, sources tell us that DreamWorks/Amblin/Universal’s lauded Sam Mendes war drama 1917 is slated to see the inside of Middle Kingdom theaters for the first time since it stormed awards.
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