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Warner Bros. rumoured to be planning Akira trilogy with Christopher Nolan

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Warner Bros. is reportedly planning to make a trilogy of movies based on anime classic Akira, with Christopher Nolan in talks to be involved. SEE ALSO: George Takei petitions against all-white casting choices for Akira adaptation SEE ALSO: Watch the Honest Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar Den of Geek reports that Warner are planning three […]

Christopher Nolan becomes fifth-highest grossing director of all time

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Christopher Nolan has become the fifth highest grossing director in movie history. With the release of his latest effort, Dunkirk, blockbuster director Nolan has moved into esteemed company indeed, passing the likes of Ron Howard and James Cameron into the top five highest grossing directors in terms of domestic box office. Dunkirk has so far […]

Dunkirk has already beaten Interstellar’s total UK box office

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Dunkirk has already out earned Interstellar, Christopher Nolan’s previous blockbuster release, at the UK box office. Bringing in a total of $35.4 million in Nolan’s home territory, Dunkirk has flown past Interstellar’s grand total of $31.3 million in just ten days. Dunkirk was always going to do relatively well in the UK, the tale of […]

Christian Bale discusses why Nolan’s Batman never had a fourth outing

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So much has happened in the comic book genre since Christopher Nolan redefined the landscape with 2005’s Batman Begins. Cinematic universes have exploded onto almost every available multiplex screen, completely changing cinema as we know it. So why did such a game-changing series of films manage to resist the temptation to continue the further adventure’s […]

Yesterday’s Himesh Patel joins Christopher Nolan’s Tenet

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Christopher Nolan has just made a new addition to his upcoming action thriller Tenet. According to Variety, Yesterday‘s Himesh Patel has been cast in one of the last available roles in Nolan’s highly anticipated project. As with almost everything else regarding Tenet, Patel’s role is being kept under wraps. Nolan wrote script himself and will produce alongside Emma […]

Christopher Nolan’s new movie titled Tenet, cast fills out as production begins

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Back in January, Warner Bros. announced that Christopher Nolan is getting back behind the camera for a new film set to arrive in 2020, although as you’d expect from a Nolan project, details were being kept tightly under wraps. Well, filming has now commenced on the movie, and while things are still being kept tightly […]

The Ridiculous Notion That Batman Never Kills

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Anghus Houvouras on Batman and the “no kill” policy… At this point in my career, I’ve spent a few hundred thousand words devoted to analyzing movies and television and the fevered hyperbole of fandom that encompasses it. Truth be told, I find myself far more fascinated by the pop culture zeitgeist and fandom that surrounds […]

Robert Pattinson calls Christopher Nolan’s next film crazy and that it’s the “length of three movies”

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Christopher Nolan’s new film is the “length of three movies” according to star Robert Pattinson. Whenever Christopher Nolan makes a new movie, there is a lot of associated hype and speculation, thanks to much beloved past efforts that include the likes of The Dark Knight, Inception, and Interstellar. News is starting to trickle out about […]

Robert Pattinson calls Christopher Nolan’s latest film “unreal”

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For years, Christopher Nolan has been known for keeping his films tightly under wraps while amassing some very high-caliber, and sometimes unexpected, casts for his films. The director has continued that trend with his mysterious ‘event’ film that Warner Bros. has given a 2020 release date for and recently casting Robert Pattinson (High Life), Elizabeth […]