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Christopher Nolan is a huge fan of theatrical releases and Taylor Swift’s business model for her film, The Eras Tour. Nolan engaged in a discussion with fellow filmmaker Emma Thomas and Pulitzer Prize–winning American Prometheus author Kai Bird about Oppenheimer at the CUNY Graduate Center. In the…

Christopher Nolan will be honored by the Federation of American Scientists for his cinematic portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Universal’s Oppenheimer this November. The five-time Oscar nominee will be bestowed with the org’s Public Service Award which recognizes outstanding work in science policy and…

Martin Scorsese is readying the release of his forthcoming epic Killers of the Flower Moon, and during a rare wide-ranging, sit-down feature, he was once again quizzed on his opinions about comic book films.   "The danger there is what it's doing to our culture," Scorsese said of comic book films…

Screenwriter David S. Goyer dropped some insider information on a new episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Goyer revealed that he vouched for Jake Gyllenhaal as the actor to play Batman in Christopher Nolan’s 2005 film, Batman Begins. The role ultimately went to Christian Bale, who kept the…

In its latest milestone, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer has passed the $900M mark worldwide. The estimated total through Friday is $903M, including $586M from the international box office. With Saturday and Sunday numbers, that global cume is projected to reach $912M. This will make it the highest…

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer officially launched in China today, grossing an estimated $5.4M. Word of mouth is strong with the Universal title carrying a 9.5 on Maoyan, the platform’s best-ever audience score for a Nolan film. The Douban critics score at 8.7 is on par with 2012's The Dark Knight Rises…

Christopher Nolan gave up filming time for Oppenheimer in order to increase the budget for the production designer and recreate Los Alamos. The Cillian Murphy-starring film was originally planned to be filmed for 85 days but instead, it wrapped up in 57 days. During an appearance on the Team Deak…

Time was, Hollywood filmmakers would regularly travel to China in support of their movies, attending premieres and holding Q&As to drum up buzz in the massive box office market. The pandemic halted that ritual — until this week when Christopher Nolan became the first major Hollywood filmmaker since Covid…

Logan Paul’s initial review of Oppenheimer was not favorable to the Christopher Nolan film and had him walk out of the movie theater because it wasn’t as action-packed as he seemingly expected. “I walked out of Oppenheimer,” he said on the latest episode of ImPaulsive. “I didn't know what they were…

UPDATE, SATURDAY August 19: Christopher Nolan and Universal's Oppenheimer is on its way to yet another milestone, poised to cross $700M global through today. After five frames, the epic is expected to reach $718M with tomorrow's numbers included. That will make it Nolan's 4th highest-grossing film ever…

Oppenheimer marked the sixth time Cillian Murphy starred in a film directed by Christopher Nolan following The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Dunkirk. Out of the 13 films Nolan has directed, Murphy has been in close to half of them and there’s one particular title that the Irish actor would’ve…

Universal and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer debuted in more than 500 locations in Korea on Tuesday, capitalizing on the Liberation Day national holiday. The epic bowed to $4.3M, capturing 44% market share for the day in a highly competitive environment. That marks the best Nolan opening day in the…