We Heard a Nice Rumor About Christopher Nolan’s Newest Movie

Spider-Man actor Tom Holland was simply solid within the subsequent movie by Oscar-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan and whereas nobody is strictly positive what that film is about but, we simply heard an excellent thrilling, juicy rumor about it.

Since Universal announced it was reteaming with Nolan, followers all over the place have been speculating concerning the nature of the movie. One rumor is that it’s a horror film. One other is that it’s a helicopter motion film like 1983’s Blue Thunder. And the Hollywood Reporter story about Holland’s casting writes that “the setting will not be current day (though it’s unclear whether or not it’s set up to now or the long run).” Nicely, we heard two of these may probably be true. io9 obtained phrase from a dependable supply that Nolan’s movie is a vampire film set within the Twenties.

We all know what you’re considering: “Isn’t Ryan Coogler already making that film?” Sure, he’s. It’s called Sinners and it’s out in March. However that doesn’t imply there isn’t room for 2 visionary filmmakers to sort out the identical subject, particularly when the releases are up to now aside. Don’t overlook, not solely was Nolan one in all many administrators to sort out Batman, he did a magic film—The Status—across the identical time as a rival studio was doing a magic film, The Illusionist. He’s not beholden to what different individuals are doing. Plus, it’s not like interval horror films are all around the nation’s multiplexes as of late or ever. There’s loads of room for 2 or possibly much more of those.

io9 reached out to Common for affirmation or denial of the rumor and didn’t hear again as of publication. We’ll replace the publish if or after we do.

So is Nolan’s newest a interval vampire film? In all probability, however we are able to’t say for positive. What we are able to say for positive is it’s Nolan’s first film since profitable Oscars for Finest Image and Finest Director for Oppenheimer. It stars Matt Damon and, now, Tom Holland—who’ll reportedly shoot the movie alongside Spider-Man 4 and Avengers: Doomsday. We additionally understand it’s being launched by Common, in IMAX, on July 17, 2026.

Let’s be trustworthy although. All of us need this rumor to be true, proper? We wish to see Matt Damon and Tom Holland in lengthy, flowing coats ripping out individuals’s throats in 70mm IMAX together with your seat shaking from the large Hans Zimmer rating. That seems like the right evening on the films. Let’s cross our fingers… however don’t present the vampires.

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