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Aaron Eckhart looks back on The Dark Knight, says it’s a “reflection of our times”

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It’s been 12 years since The Dark Knight was released in theatres and Aaron Eckhart, who played Harvey Dent/Two-Face in the Christopher Nolan-directed Batman movie, has reflected on the film’s impact. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Eckhart explained that the script for the film was more like reading literature rather than a script, and […]

Christopher Nolan says superhero movies have become “an engine of commerce” for studios

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With his acclaimed take on Batman in The Dark Knight Trilogy, Christopher Nolan helped take superhero films to new heights both critically and commercially, paving the way for the likes of the DC Extended Universe and the pop culture juggernaut that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During the promotional tour for the new book The […]

Christopher Nolan worried that “studios are drawing the wrong conclusions” about Tenet’s box office underperformance

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When speaking to the Los Angeles Times, filmmaker Christopher Nolan opened about his recent film Tenet and its box office performance amid the global health crisis. There’s no denying the film, which brought in $50 million at the domestic box office and just about $350 million worldwide, didn’t perform as many expected. However, Nolan feels like […]

Tenet costume designer on the challenges of time inversion tailoring

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Jeffrey Kurland, the costume designer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, has discussed the challenges he faced tailoring the time inversion sequences. Tenet might be Christopher Nolan’s most complex film yet with time flowing backward and forwards and characters inverting themselves to witness events from a different perspective – it’s a lot to take on board. Tackling […]

Tenet star John David Washington wants a sequel: “I hope we get to explore more”

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While the film is underperforming at the box office in the States (and has grossed just $250 million worldwide amid the ongoing pandemic), Tenet’s leading man hopes to see more from the film’s universe. Actor John David Washington opened up to Esquire about wanting to see more from Christopher Nolan’s time-bending Tenet when asked if he […]

Tenet continues to struggle in the U.S., but passes $200 million worldwide

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Having been withholding numbers from rival studios, Warner Bros. has now announced that Christopher Nolan’s Tenet added just $6.7 million in North America in its second weekend, although a further $30.6 million from international markets helped push the film’s cumulative gross beyond the $200 million mark. In North America, Tenet has now grossed $29.5 million […]

Tenet star Elizabeth Debicki explains how she came to understand Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending script

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Elizabeth Debicki, one of the stars of Tenet, has explained show she wrapped her head around Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending script. Christopher Nolan is known for his out-there premises and complex narratives but he has really outdone himself with Tenet. The film weaves various timelines and flows of time into its story, with characters travelling on […]

Tenet closing in on $150 million worldwide after U.S. and China openings

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While it’s certainly not enjoying the kind of numbers it would have if 2020 were any normal year, Christopher Nolan’s time-bending sci-fi thriller Tenet has taken its worldwide haul to just shy of $150 million two weekends into its international roll out. The film, which stars John David Washington and Robert Pattinson, opened to $20.2 […]

Christopher Nolan is excited to see Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight in The Batman

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Having just worked together on the time inversion blockbuster Tenet, filmmaker Christopher Nolan has sung the praises of Robert Pattinson and admitted that he’s very excited to see what the actor brings to the role of the Dark Knight in next year’s The Batman. “He certainly did not ask me for any advice,” said Nolan, […]