Some of the industry’s top cinematographers are getting involved in the current Oasis craze.
With the reunited band’s sellout gigs continuing across the U.K. — currently in the Gallagher brothers’ hometown of Manchester ahead of concerts in London later this month — Variety has learned that several A-list directors of photography have been behind the camera for an upcoming film about the tour.
Announced this year, the as-yet-unnamed feature is being produced by “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight and directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the duo behind the LCD Soundsystem doc/concert film “Shut Up and Play the Hits.” It’s being produced by Magna Studios, recently launched by former Pulse execs Marissa Clifford and Davud Karbassioun.
Very little else is known about the film, which is being kept under a veil of secrecy, but Variety hears that both Robbie Ryan and Haris Zambarloukos have been shooting segments of the tour.
A two-time Oscar nominee, Ryan is known for his work with directors including Yorgos Lanthimos, Ken Loach, Andrea Arnold and Noah Boambach, with a list of credits that includes “Poor Things,” “The Favourite,” “I, Daniel Blake,” “Marriage Story” and “American Honey.”
Zambarloukos, meanwhile, is best known for his extensive work with Kenneth Branagh, such as on “Belfast,” “Thor” “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile,” but his other credits include Tim Burton’s recent “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and Ben Wheatley’s “The Meg 2: The Trench.” He previously united with Knight on his acclaimed “Locke,” starring Tom Hardy.
Attracting cinematographers of the caliber of Ryan and Zambarloukos is testament to the pulling power of Oasis, back in the limelight after 16 years apart. One of the biggest bands of the 1990s and famed for the fiery relationship between feuding brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, they split in 2009. The announcement of their reunion last year and a series of concerts sparked a major online stampede for tickets, with the tour subsequently expanded to North America.
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