It sounds like Christopher Nolan is working on a new movie, but you probably won’t be surprised to learn that early details are a little slim.
Earlier this year, Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan finally won the Academy Award for Best Director for his follow-up to the Robert Oppenheimer biopic. It’s essentially a “this is his moment,” kind of like when Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar, but a small Oscar (well, more than one) didn’t get Nolan started Slack, his next film has a release date, according to Deadline. Sources who spoke to Deadline told the outlet that Nolan will continue his relationship with Universal Pictures following the success of Oppenheimer’s next film, which will be released on Imax on July 17, 2026 .
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Not only that, but Matt Damon is apparently currently in talks to star in the film – Damon played Leslie Groves in Nolan’s Oppenheimer last year and previously starred in the director’s 2014 The sci-fi epic “Interstellar Effect”. As is typical with most Nolan projects, plot details are being kept under wraps by Universal Pictures, so it’s anyone’s best guess as to what will happen next. Another historical novel, a return to more fantasy stuff, who knows, but this is Nolan, so he’s definitely going to make Universal a ton of money, which is obviously the most important thing (anyway, for For Universal Pictures).
You can also expect a pretty big budget, as Oppenheimer cost $100 million and went on to gross $977 million at the box office, which is extra impressive considering most people don’t like historical epics number. The film subsequently won 193 awards out of 303 nominations. Nolan also won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director. Starring Cillian Murphy and supporting actor Robert Downey Jr. also won Best Actor respectively. Leading Role and Best Supporting Actor Awards.
