‘La La Land’ Cinematographer To Shoot ‘Bond 25’, ‘Rogue One’ Cinematographer Heads To ‘Dune’
The two most recent entries in the James Bond franchise have benefitted from the work of two of the best cinematographers in the business: Roger Deakins (The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo) shotSkyfall, and Hoyte Van Hoytema (Interstellar, Let the Right One In) shotSpectre. Now the franchise is zeroing in on a collaborator fordirector Cary Joji Fukunaga: theBond 25cinematographer is reportedlyLa La LandandAmerican Hustle’sLinus Sandgren.
Meanwhile,LionandRogue One: A Star Wars StorycinematographerGreig Fraseris lined up to shootDenis Villeneuve’s new takeonDune. See some examples of their work below.
Variety reporter Kris Tapleyrevealed the newsabout the cinematographers' new gigs, and we’ll tackle each of them one at a time.
Sandgren on Bond 25
Sandgren’s shot films likePromised Land, Joy, Battle of the Sexes, and Damien Chazelle’sFirst Man, and he won an Oscar in 2017 for his work onLa La Land. You probably have some images in your head from several of those films already, so instead of just dropping one of their trailers in here to give you a look at Sandgren’s work, check out this commercial he shot a few years ago. I don’t even like boxing, but this is really well done: watch the way he plays with shadows and light, captures gleaming skin, and uses the reflection of a fire on a person’s face. This was shot in Manila, and it could give us a sense of the way Sandgren might blend modern lighting with a naturally beautiful setting – something the Bond movies know plenty about.
Fraser on Dune
Roger Deakins has worked with director Denis Villeneuve on several of his movies, includingPrisoners, Sicario, andBlade Runner 2049, and many film fans hopedDunewould see the two reunite again. But it appears that won’t be the case. Tapley says Greig Fraser is now on board Legendary’s newDunemovie. The cinematographer shotLet Me In,Killing Them Softly,Foxcatcher, andZero Dark Thirtybefore moving into a galaxy far, far away withRogue One(and subsequently returning to shoot at least one episode of the upcomingStar WarsshowThe Mandalorian, ifIMDbis to be believed).
Check out some of Fraser’s work inLion(warning, spoilers ahead):
I have a copy ofDunesitting on my shelf waiting to be read, so I’ll be reading it with Fraser’s camerawork in mind to see if I can imagine what he might do with this otherworldly sci-fi story. Production on the new movie is slated to begin in the first half of2019.
