We Heard a Nice Rumor About Christopher Nolan’s Newest Movie

Spider-Man actor Tom Holland was simply solid within the subsequent movie by Oscar-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan and whereas nobody is precisely positive what that film is about but, we simply heard an excellent thrilling, juicy rumor about it.

Since Universal announced it was reteaming with Nolan, followers in all places have been speculating concerning the nature of the movie. One rumor is that it’s a horror film. One other is that it’s a helicopter motion film like 1983’s Blue Thunder. And the Hollywood Reporter story about Holland’s casting writes that “the setting isn’t current day (though it’s unclear whether or not it’s set previously or the longer term).” Properly, we heard two of these may doubtlessly be true. io9 obtained phrase from a dependable supply that Nolan’s movie is a vampire film set within the Nineteen Twenties.

We all know what you’re pondering: “Isn’t Ryan Coogler already making that film?” Sure, he’s. It’s called Sinners and it’s out in March. However that doesn’t imply there isn’t room for 2 visionary filmmakers to sort out the identical matter, particularly when the releases are up to now aside. Don’t neglect, not solely was Nolan certainly one of many administrators to sort out Batman, he did a magic film—The Status—across the similar time as a rival studio was doing a magic film, The Illusionist. He’s not beholden to what different individuals are doing. Plus, it’s not like interval horror motion pictures are all around the nation’s multiplexes today or ever. There’s loads of room for 2 or possibly much more of those.

io9 reached out to Common for affirmation or denial of the rumor and didn’t hear again as of publication. We’ll replace the submit if or once we do.

So is Nolan’s newest a interval vampire film? Most likely, however we will’t say for positive. What we will say for positive is it’s Nolan’s first film since successful Oscars for Greatest Image and Greatest Director for Oppenheimer. It stars Matt Damon and, now, Tom Holland—who’ll reportedly shoot the movie alongside Spider-Man 4 and Avengers: Doomsday. We additionally comprehend it’s being launched by Common, in IMAX, on July 17, 2026.

Let’s be sincere although. All of us need this rumor to be true, proper? We need to see Matt Damon and Tom Holland in lengthy, flowing coats ripping out individuals’s throats in 70mm IMAX along with your seat shaking from the large Hans Zimmer rating. That appears like the proper night time on the motion pictures. Let’s cross our fingers… however don’t present the vampires.

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