Christopher Nolan's UNTITLED Universal movie starring Matt Damon (2026) 0

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On 3/12/2024 at 11:52 AM, The Brain said:

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In 2020, the release of Christopher Nolan’s $200 million “Tenet” was in jeopardy, facing an indefinite delay as the COVID pandemic raged, leaving theaters shuttered. Over that summer, the director, a champion of the big-screen experience, wanted his espionage thriller to be the first major tentpole to debut in reopened cinemas. Former Warner Bros. Entertainment chief Ann Sarnoff and the studio’s motion picture chairman, Toby Emmerich, agreed to move forward with a theatrical release so long as Nolan forwent certain fees.

 

Following WarnerMedia’s 2022 merger with Discovery and ensuing regime change, newly installed motion picture group chiefs Michael DeLuca and Pamela Abdy were eager to see Nolan return to the studio; he had defected to Universal nine months before their arrival to make “Oppenheimer.” Nolan had a long history with the studio dating back to 2002’s “Insomnia.” As a goodwill gesture, Warner Bros. wrote him a seven-figure check, returning the “Tenet” fees he waived.

 

Alas, that gesture failed to bring Nolan back. For a man who continues to live in the same modest house in the Hollywood Hills and was known to drive a 20-year-old Honda, money isn’t important, and a few extra million didn’t move the needle. Instead, the Oscar winner and his producing partner and wife, Emma Thomas, opted to take his next project, which stars Matt Damon, to Universal and its formidable leader, Donna Langley.