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.
Sam Mendes & Armando Iannucci’s HBO Pilot ‘The Franchise’ Sets Cast Including Billy Magnussen, Jessica Hynes & Lolly Adefope
deadline.comThe Franchise, a comedy pilot for HBO that takes a wry look at superhero moviemaking, has found its cast. The project from Sam Mendes and Armando Iannucci has cast Billy Magnussen, Jessica Hynes, Darren Goldstein, Lolly Adefope and Isaac Powell as series regulars and Daniel Brühl and Richard E.
Grant as recurring guest stars. RELATED: 2022 HBO Pilots & Series Orders The Franchise follows a hopeful crew trapped inside the dysfunctional, nonsensical, joyous hellscape of franchise superhero moviemaking.
If and when they finally make the day, there’s a question they must face: Is this Hollywood’s new dawn or cinema’s last stand?
Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant? The series comes from the mind of Mendes and marks the Empire of Light and 1917 helmer’s first U.S.
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