All-Encompassing Christopher Nolan Discussion Thread

[Lencho01]

I don't see what's wrong with it.

 

[redhawk23]

I don't see what's wrong with it.

Because Ready Player One is a story awash in 80s pop culture and video games and very much a very different tone and style than Nolan has ever shown himself capable of or interested in.

Its like saying Nolan should have directed Scott Pilgrim.

 

[Lencho01]

Because Ready Player One is a story awash in 80s pop culture and video games and very much a very different tone and style than Nolan has ever shown himself capable of or interested in.

Its like saying Nolan should have directed Scott Pilgrim.

Maybe he's expressed interest at the studio of doing something kids might enjoy. Who knows?

Maybe it's just the standard operating procedure of WB offering various people (directors, writers, actors, etc.) they've worked with, a chance at any film they have in development. But since it's Nolan, it makes the news when it really isn't that big of a deal.

 

[kvz5]

I'm feeling more and more positive that Nolan's next leading man is Jake Gyllenhaal.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

I'm feeling more and more positive that Nolan's next leading man is Jake Gyllenhaal.

I'd make the money to buy a ticket to see that film that's for sure.

 

[DA_Champion]

Interstellar is now mostly gone from theatres and has cruised past 600 million. It may garner a few technical oscar nominations, but the story of Interstellar is over.

And still no word on Nolan's next project, lol.

 

[:eek:]

And still no word on Nolan's next project, lol.

Well, It was first announced that Nolan was in negotiations to direct Interstellar in January 2013. About half a year after the release of The Dark Knight Rises, in other words. So this shouldn't exactly be a big deal.

 

[Rocketman]

We'll know what the next project is by Mid-January/February. That's weeks away.

 

[kvz5]

There might be a slight change in the pattern since Interstellar was released in November compared to the other previous ones that were released during the Summer but I'm hopeful that we'll get a new Nolan film in 2016. We've always had a new Nolan film every other year since The Prestige in 2006.

 

[Rocketman]

There might be a slight change in the pattern since Interstellar was released in November compared to the other previous ones that were released during the Summer but I'm hopeful that we'll get a new Nolan film in 2016. We've always had a new Nolan film every other year since The Prestige in 2006.

For sure.

I think Nolan's a guy who wants to crank out these movies quickly (while still focusing all his effort on making it as good as possible), and I think he's a workaholic. I don't think "vacation" is in his vocabulary. And, to a lesser extent, he wants to stay relevant. I just can't see there being a 3-4 year hiatus where there is no Nolan movie. 2 is the maximum.

Also, Nolan is actually somewhat prolific when you think about it. He's been working at a non-stop pace since 1998. He's made 9 films in 16 years, and that's more than most directors.

 

[bullets]

I heard Nolan speaks to Dolphins and doesn't urinate or defecate because he works so hard the waste disintergates.

 

[Lord]

This article makes a cool list at what type of film Nolan could do next:

http://whatculture.com/film/12-movies-christopher-nolan-make-next.php

While he was only announced as the Director of Interstellar much time after The Dark Knight Rises was released, that film had been in development for quite some time, i wonder what he's planning to do next. While most want him to scale back a bit with his next movie, i don't think he'll waste his present position, which allows him to play with a big budget. By the way, this thread should have a poll with all of Nolan's movies, possibly witht he option of multiple votes, as i think in a forum like this, The Dark Knight would win by a wide margin.

His brother also seems to be constantly taking on new projects on tv, he has Person of Interest running right now, and has plans for Westworld and Foundation.

 

[DA_Champion]

If Nolan continues to be ambitious with science fiction, he can adapt the Charles Stroll novel Glasshouse.

It would easily form a companion trilogy with Inception and Interstellar, as it deals with both the topic of the mind as well as makes significant use of worm holes.

 

[antsman41]

I wish he'd do a horror film, maybe a western, and a retro noir film.

 

[Snow Queen]

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/christopher-nolans-syncopy-teaming-with-zeitgeist-on-blu-ray-releases-exclusive-1201437195/

Zeitgeist Films has formed a joint venture with Syncopy, Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas’ production company, to release Blu-ray editions of Zeitgeist’s prestige titles.

Nolan and Thomas have been friends of Zeitgeist since the independent distributor handled Nolan’s first feature film, “Following,” in 1998.

The first title in the partnership is “Elena,” from “Leviathan” director Andrey Zvyagintsev. “Elena,” which won the Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, is a modern noir thriller in which 60ish spouses uneasily share a palatial Moscow apartment.

“Elena” stars Nedezhda Markina in the title role and features Hitchcockian music by Philip Glass. Zeitgeist has set an Aug. 4 release.

“We are excited to be able to release this beautiful film on Blu-ray for the first time,” said Zeitgeist co-presidents Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo. “This is a dream project for us and we’re grateful to Chris and Emma for their support in making it possible.”

The next collaboration between Syncopy and Zeitgeist will be a compilation of the Quay Brothers’ animated short films to be released for the first time on Blu-ray in the fall.

Missed this thread, this is a better place for this news.

 

[vanson]

I already posted it in another thread but he will do a crossover of his own movies.. something like :

Stellarception
Inter Begins
A Stellar Prestige
The Following Interception Rises

 

[Lord]

If Nolan continues to be ambitious with science fiction, he can adapt the Charles Stroll novel Glasshouse.

It would easily form a companion trilogy with Inception and Interstellar, as it deals with both the topic of the mind as well as makes significant use of worm holes.

Wasn't Prestige, Inception and Interstellar seen by some as a companion trilogy in a way?

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/christopher-nolan/32803/how-interstellar-completes-nolans-personal-film-trilogy

In a way, you can look at his films so far in sets of 3:

Following, Memento and Insomnia are his pre-mainstream days, even though the last one did make quite a lot of money when it came out, and all deal with the psychological journey of someone.

Then you have the Dark Knight trilogy.

And now you have his set of three science fiction films done with full power in Hollywood: Prestige, Inception and Interstellar, they each use some high science fiction concepts inside a somewhat realistic world, and while it was probably by accident, they actualy coincide in their chronology, with Prestige showing science fiction set in the past, Inception showing something in the present, and Interstellar going to the not so distant future. All of these films pretty much have Nolan doing a magician's job, pulling in the audience into the unknown and making use of the potencial the medium has for "spectacle".

If each of these groups are seen as trilogies, even if just for having its films serve as companions to each others, then i would argue that his second films are usualy the best ones (Memento, The Dark Knight and Inception).

Maybe Nolan didn't look at these sets of films as trilogies, he most likely didn't in fact, but if he kept going with this structure in his filmmaking, it could be interesting to guess at what his films may be about. The only franchise he seems interested at getting into is James Bond, but with how things are going right now, i don't think he'll get the chance to work with that until in least Bond 26, as SPECTRE seems to be leading into another film after. That creates a window of around 3 or 4 years for him to do whatever he wants, if he ever ends up doing a 007 movie that is, since we haven't heard anything else about him, i guess it's safe to assume that his next movie may come out in 2017 at the most.

 

[redhawk23]

For sure.

I think Nolan's a guy who wants to crank out these movies quickly (while still focusing all his effort on making it as good as possible), and I think he's a workaholic. I don't think "vacation" is in his vocabulary. And, to a lesser extent, he wants to stay relevant. I just can't see there being a 3-4 year hiatus where there is no Nolan movie. 2 is the maximum.

Also, Nolan is actually somewhat prolific when you think about it. He's been working at a non-stop pace since 1998. He's made 9 films in 16 years, and that's more than most directors.

He literally went on a months long vacation after the Dark Knight.

 

[BatLobster]

He seems to often take some time off between movies post-TDK. Though I'm sure he uses a lot of that time to start pondering the next project.

 

[DA_Champion]

Wasn't Prestige, Inception and Interstellar seen by some as a companion trilogy in a way?

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/christopher-nolan/32803/how-interstellar-completes-nolans-personal-film-trilogy

In a way, you can look at his films so far in sets of 3:

Following, Memento and Insomnia are his pre-mainstream days, even though the last one did make quite a lot of money when it came out, and all deal with the psychological journey of someone.

Then you have the Dark Knight trilogy.

And now you have his set of three science fiction films done with full power in Hollywood: Prestige, Inception and Interstellar, they each use some high science fiction concepts inside a somewhat realistic world, and while it was probably by accident, they actualy coincide in their chronology, with Prestige showing science fiction set in the past, Inception showing something in the present, and Interstellar going to the not so distant future. All of these films pretty much have Nolan doing a magician's job, pulling in the audience into the unknown and making use of the potencial the medium has for "spectacle".

If each of these groups are seen as trilogies, even if just for having its films serve as companions to each others, then i would argue that his second films are usualy the best ones (Memento, The Dark Knight and Inception).

Maybe Nolan didn't look at these sets of films as trilogies, he most likely didn't in fact, but if he kept going with this structure in his filmmaking, it could be interesting to guess at what his films may be about. The only franchise he seems interested at getting into is James Bond, but with how things are going right now, i don't think he'll get the chance to work with that until in least Bond 26, as SPECTRE seems to be leading into another film after. That creates a window of around 3 or 4 years for him to do whatever he wants, if he ever ends up doing a 007 movie that is, since we haven't heard anything else about him, i guess it's safe to assume that his next movie may come out in 2017 at the most.

That's a very good post.

 

[:eek:]

Tribeca Talks: Directors Series

Christopher Nolan with Bennett Miller
DATE: Monday, April 20
TIME: 6:00 PM
LOCATION: BMCC
As one of the most critically and commercially successful filmmakers of our time, Christopher Nolan will discuss his ability to push boundaries and create entire worlds and realities from his imagination.

 

[weezerspider]

Tribeca Talks: Directors Series

Christopher Nolan with Bennett Miller
DATE: Monday, April 20
TIME: 6:00 PM
LOCATION: BMCC
As one of the most critically and commercially successful filmmakers of our time, Christopher Nolan will discuss his ability to push boundaries and create entire worlds and realities from his imagination.

Two awesome directors talking to each other about film. Sign me up.

 

[antsman41]

Nolan is doing a presentation at the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, MN May 5th.

I'm so excited to finally see god in person.

 

[:eek:]

Christopher Nolan Talks "Devastating" Career Knocks

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christopher-nolan-talks-devastating-career-785998

 

[kvz5]

https://***********/mccrabb_will/status/619217560735739904

WILL McCRABB
‏@mccrabb_will
CHRIS NOLAN has finished a "comprehensive draft" of the screenplay for his next film.

I'm calling it now... Jake Gyllenhaal will the lead. I can feel it in my bones and stuff.