NATO honors Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas with the Spirit Of The Industry Award at CinemCon

NATO presents Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas with the Spirit of the Industry Award for the Big Screen Achievement Awards on the closing night of the event at CinemaCon in April.

It comes as Nolan’s written brief Oppenheimer is slated to hit theaters July 21 from Universal Pictures. Produced by Thomas, Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment and Nolan.

“I am deeply honored to present our dear friends Chris and Emma with the Spirit of the Industry Award as my final act as President of NATO,” said outgoing CEO John Fithian. “No one has done more to promote the cinema experience than these two cinema champions.” Last fall, Fithian announced plans to step down as chairman of the theater owners association, which he chaired for 20 years. He previously worked as an external consultant for the group.

The organization said Nolan and Thomas’ films “push the boundaries of what cinematic storytelling can achieve, while maintaining a shared passion and commitment to the cinematic experience that is unwavering and unmatched.”

Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar, start, The dark knight Trilogy and others grossed more than $5 billion at the worldwide box office and received 11 Oscars and 36 nominations. basic principle was known as the first studio film to test the waters in theaters during Covid.

Oppenheimer is an Imax thriller about the enigmatic scientist who must risk destroying the world to save it. Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer. With Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey, Jr. Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Michael Angarano, Josh Hartnett and Rami Malek, and Nolan’s reunion with Kenneth Branagh, is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy by J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.

Cinemacom runs April 24-27 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.