Christopher Nolan has started his next project at Universal Pictures and Matt Damon is in talks to become the star. Nolan will write, direct and produce the film.
Nolan and Damon have worked together on films such as Interstellar AND Oppenheimerbut this will be Damon’s first leading role in a Nolan project. He usually plays supporting characters in his films.
Variety says Universal is planning an IMAX release of the film on July 17, 2026. Plot details of the project remain under wraps.
It was previously reported that Nolan was considering two options for his next film. One of these projects is a remake of The prisoner, By Patrick McGoohan 1960s mystery-thriller TV series.
This is a project that Nolan was actually attached to in 2009, but never moved forward. Later that year, The prisoner was developed as a series at AMC, but Nolan was not involved in it.
No information has been shared about what the plan for the second film might be, but whatever film he’s moving forward with, Nolan began writing several months ago.
Speaking previously about his next film, Nolan said: “There’s a part of me that’s quite keen to move on and maybe do something, you know, not so bleak.”
It will be interesting to see what kind of film Nolan makes sense of. Frequent collaborator of Nolan Emma Thomas he is also a producer of the film.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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