Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" (2014) - Scifi film about time travel and worm holes - General

HI HELLO the film is now OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED and set for release on November 7th, 2014. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm8p5rlrSkY[/media] Interstellar is an upcoming scifi film Directed by Christopher Nolan, and written by Chris, his brother, and Kip Thorne. It's currently described as a film that "will depict a heroic interstellar voyage to the furthest reaches of our scientific understanding." It's starring [b][url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/matthew-mcconaughey-courted-by-christopher-nolan-for-lead-in-interstellar/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter]Matthew McConaughey[/url][/b], [b][url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/anne-hathaway-to-star-with-matthew-mcconaughey-in-christopher-nolans-interstellar/]Anne Hathaway[/url][/b], [b][url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/jessica-chastain-in-talks-for-christopher-nolans-interstellar/]Jessica Chastain[/url][/b], [b][url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/michael-caine-joins-christopher-nolans-interstellar-cast/]Michael Caine[/url][/b], [b][url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410347/]Bill Irwin[/url][/b], and [b][url=http://collider.com/casey-affleck-interstellar/]Casey Affleck[/url][/b]. Since Wally Pfister, Nolan's usual cinematographer, is busy making his own movie, the cinematography will be done by [b][url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Christopher-Nolan-Hires-Let-Right-One-Cinematographer-Interstellar-37129.html]Hoyte Van Hoytema.[/url][/b] LATEST UPDATE 5/06/14: Have a poster: [img]http://i.imgur.com/KpFXwHn.jpg?1[/img] Movie announcements: [url]http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=101294[/url] [quote]Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures jointly announced today that writer/director Christopher Nolan's Interstellar will be co-produced and distributed by the two studios, with Paramount Pictures handling Domestic distribution and Warner Bros. Pictures distributing the film Internationally. [b][u]Interstellar will be released beginning November 7, 2014, in theaters and IMAX.[/b][/u] [b][u]Directed and written by Academy Award-nominee Nolan[/b][/u] (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar is based on a script by Jonathan Nolan. The film will be produced by Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan of Syncopy Films and Obst of Lynda Obst Productions.[B][U] Kip Thorne will executive produce. [/U][/B]The film will depict a heroic interstellar voyage to the furthest reaches of our scientific understanding. Brad Grey, Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures said, "As a filmmaker and storyteller, Chris has continuously entertained the world with his extraordinary and unparalleled talents. I am pleased beyond measure to welcome him to the Paramount Pictures family. Partnering with Chris, Emma, Lynda and Warner Bros. to release this original idea next November is the perfect way to start the Thanksgiving and holiday movie season for audiences around the world." Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group, said, "Christopher Nolan is truly one of the great auteurs working in film today, and we're extremely proud of our successful and ongoing collaboration with him and Emma Thomas. We are excited to be teaming with Paramount, and look forward to working with the Nolans, and producer Lynda Obst, on this extraordinary new project." [/quote] [url]http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/christopher-nolan-talks-direct-interstellar-410616[/url] [quote=Hollywood reporter]According to multiple sources, Nolan has set his sights on a sci-fi project titled Interstellar, which he is in talks to direct and produce. [B]The story involves time travel and alternate dimensions and sees a group of explorers travel through a wormhole.[/B] The script is [B]based on scientific theories developed by Kip Thorne, a theoretical physicist, gravitational physicist and astrophysicist at Caltech.[/B] [B]Dealmaking has been underway for months[/B] and is described as very complex, according to sources. Interstellar is set up at Paramount but would be made by both Paramount and Warner Bros., where Nolan and his Syncopy banner are based and for which he has made the three Batman movies as well as Insomnia and Inception. (The Prestige was made for Disney.) [B]The script for Interstellar was written by Jonathan Nolan, Chris' brother, who worked on The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight, as well as Prestige. Jonathan Nolan (known as Jonah) also has a "story by" credit for Memento, Chris Nolan's breakout movie.[/B] Steven Spielberg previously was attached to direct Interstellar and produce with Lynda Obst. It is unclear whether Spielberg will remain involved, especially considering the director's planned next movie, Robopocalypse, was delayed indefinitely on Wednesday. Regardless of how a deal shakes out, Interstellar has all the elements that seem to attract Nolan. Apart from his brother's involvement, there is the complex and multilayered nature of the story.[/quote] [url]http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/the-migratory-habits-of-800-pound-gorilla-oscar-directors-and-the-films-they-make/[/url] [quote=Deadline]News also broke last night that The Dark Knight Rises helmer Christopher Nolan has focused his attention on Interstellar, which could only have happened after Spielberg decided it wasn't a good fit for him. Spielberg set up the project in 2006 after becoming intrigued by Caltech physicist and relativity expert Kip S. Thorne and his scientific theory that wormholes exist and can be used for time travel. Paramount (after it bought DreamWorks) signed on a year later and set Jonah Nolan to write it. The Nolan siblings obviously work well together (Jonah hatched the short story that became Christopher's first hit Memento, and they collaborated on two Batfilms and The Prestige. [B]Insiders tell me that Christopher Nolan is writing a script that merges an original idea of his with the script that Jonah wrote.[/B] It will retain the title Interstellar, and the ambition for the project is [B]a film that will depict a heroic interstellar voyage to the farthest borders of our scientific understanding.[/B] If it all pans out, he'll direct. Nolan's unofficial home studio, Warner Bros, has been kissed into the deal as a co-production partner with Paramount, and Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas are producing with Lynda Obst. Jordan Goldberg is joining as exec producer alongside Thorne, who'll remain on as technical consultant.[/quote] This sounds pretty fucking sweet and it'll be neat to see Nolan tackle something that involves alternate dimensions and worm holes. ~HISTORY OF THE FILM:~ Basically, the film started off as a treatment co-written by [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Thorne]Kip Thorne[/url], which was then picked up by Steven Spielberg for the purpose of making a 'scientifically accurate' scifi movie to do with wormholes and space travel. Christopher Nolan's Brother and frequent collaborator Johnathon Nolan came involved to help with shaping the screenplay, adding in a time travel element to the story. In March of 2007 a team of scientists from Caltech then worked with Johnathon Nolan on further refining the screenplay. 6 years go back and Spielberg drops the project, and Johnathon convinces Christopher Nolan to jump on board, and the two further refine the script.

hi postal this is going to be some super hard scifi hopefully

hi postal & lordcrypto I agree. Fucking hard as hell. Kip is also quite a badass.

A bit of Kip's "work" in movies can be seen in Contact, as it was he that suggested wormholes as a mean to "realistically" traonsport people over long distances. [SUB][SUB][SUB][SUB]hi usaokay[/SUB][/SUB][/SUB][/SUB]

Yeah I did love looper can't wait to see what he does with wormholes [editline]hi usaokay[/editline]

sounds pretty sweet. Clever movies, thats what i need.

Hi everybody. Considering this is a Postal thread, this movie will probably be amazing. Just hope they wont slack with the time travel stuff.

Sounds like my dream movie.

As much as I loved his Batman films, I was always excited to see what other ones he did in between them. This is no exception.

i watch every movie postal makes a thread about

I wonder if it will be anything like the TV series Sliders from the late 90s or do they mean alternative time lines rather than actual dimensions.

A Christopher Nolan science fiction would be amazing, I hope he actually ends up directing it.

Took long enough. Now officially announced: [url]http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=101294[/url] [quote]Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures jointly announced today that writer/director Christopher Nolan's Interstellar will be co-produced and distributed by the two studios, with Paramount Pictures handling Domestic distribution and Warner Bros. Pictures distributing the film Internationally. [b][u]Interstellar will be released beginning November 7, 2014, in theaters and IMAX.[/b][/u] [b][u]Directed and written by Academy Award-nominee Nolan[/b][/u] (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar is based on a script by Jonathan Nolan. The film will be produced by Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan of Syncopy Films and Obst of Lynda Obst Productions. [B][U]Kip Thorne will executive produce.[/U][/B] The film will depict a heroic interstellar voyage to the furthest reaches of our scientific understanding. Brad Grey, Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures said, "As a filmmaker and storyteller, Chris has continuously entertained the world with his extraordinary and unparalleled talents. I am pleased beyond measure to welcome him to the Paramount Pictures family. Partnering with Chris, Emma, Lynda and Warner Bros. to release this original idea next November is the perfect way to start the Thanksgiving and holiday movie season for audiences around the world." Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group, said, "Christopher Nolan is truly one of the great auteurs working in film today, and we're extremely proud of our successful and ongoing collaboration with him and Emma Thomas. We are excited to be teaming with Paramount, and look forward to working with the Nolans, and producer Lynda Obst, on this extraordinary new project." [/quote]

i just love how so many directors start making scifi movies

But where are the space operas?

The next couple of years will be the return of classic sci-fi hopefully

I think what's really neat is this part right here: "Kip Thorne will executive produce. " [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Thorne]He's a famous theoretical/gravatational/astrophysicist[/url] whose work is influencing the film (wormholes being used for time travel is something he discusses a lot). This is the first time he's really taken part in movie making and not only is it as a producer, but he was also the co-writer of the original script (before the Nolans became involved). Pretty interesting approach to scifi, having someone who really knows his shit helping to make the film. [editline]8th March 2013[/editline] This film sure has an interesting history. Beyond originally being a Spielberg project 7 years ago, apparently the theme of keeping this scientifically accurate was a pretty big deal. They even hired a team of scientists from Caltech to help out with the script alongside Chris' brother back in 06 lol. Added a summary of it to the OP.

I'm wondering - who's gonna be a cinematographer? Considering that Nolan's long time collaborator (since Memento) [url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002892/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1]Wally Pfister[/url] is directing [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/]his own movie[/url] with release planned on april 2014.

If Pfister's movie is already under production and shooting, there's still a chance Nolan can get him for this.

Wonder why Spielberg gave up on it. Sounds like A.I. knocked him out cold for scifi films, was a superb film. Whenever I think of wormholes, it's always the film Contact. Really sad how Sagan never got to see it :(

[QUOTE=AK'z;39870918]Wonder why Spielberg gave up on it. [/QUOTE] Spielberg has a habit of grabbing a ton of films at once and then sitting on them for years. He'd been spending ages trying to get lincoln and roboacolypse off the ground alongside this as well as directing a ton of other projects in between, not too surprising he started dropping stuff. He keeps himself ridiculously busy. And yeah it really sucks about Pfister. He'll have to find a new DP since Pfister is all about directing now.

My brain is going to hurt with 92% certainty after this movie.

Am I the only one who thinks Nolan isn't that good of a director?

[QUOTE=thefreeman;39910743]Am I the only one who thinks Nolan isn't that good of a director?[/QUOTE]He's not a genius, he's not best - but not a bad one either. He's very methodic and mechanic about his movies. They are driven by a good story, that is quite intelligent but not complicated nor deep. And because of that he tries to put it in large amounts (latest Batman is a good example, movie was overloaded with plots). Most of them are about person's tragedy and suffering (Memento, Prestige, Insomnia, even Batman Trilogy and Insomnia) but they don't feel human. They lack something and I can't name what it is, this human factor. But when I recall all these times when I saw his movies in a cinema - always I was blown away, amazed. Even TDKR which later I found to be worse than previous but still somehow amazing. Maybe it's because he works with very talented people, I don't know, but certainly Nolan isn't a bad director.

[QUOTE=thefreeman;39910743]Am I the only one who thinks Nolan isn't that good of a director?[/QUOTE] He has something that others don't have.

[QUOTE=thefreeman;39910743]Am I the only one who thinks Nolan isn't that good of a director?[/QUOTE] He's a clever fellow, but as long as the writing is good he'll be solid. He has a fetish for Imax cameras which do add a good level of detail which people mistake for good direction/cinematography lol He's skilful and intricate, but tbh for me, he's not very personal with things which is why casting is key. If he uses the same people for the same roles and doesn't move forward now that Inception has passed, he'll take a dip in interest for me. I'm hoping he doesn't turn into a director whose focused more on how it looks rather than how it feels. Kind of occurred with Batman 3, but I'm relying on the strength of this to see where he goes.

This is going to be tricky. Any time you have a film that features time travel/alternate dimensions/reality breaking concepts, it's very hard to dance around those subjects without creating any plot holes or discrepancies. This film happens to feature both time travel AND alternate dimensions. But, Nolan has proven time and again that he thinks these things through, so I trust him to handle this well.

[QUOTE=AK'z;39870918]Wonder why Spielberg gave up on it. Sounds like A.I. knocked him out cold for scifi films, was a superb film.[/QUOTE] Oh god, A.I. was so awesome. Most people I've talked to don't particularly like the ending, but I can't think of a more awesome and at the same time thought provoking ending.

[QUOTE=Robber;39936618]Most people I've talked to don't particularly like the ending[/QUOTE] most people i've encountered [I]hated[/I] the film. I didn't think much of it at first, in fact I watched it then forgot about it, but a rewatch in hd really gave me some kind of gutwrenching feeling, dunno why.. it's kind of a philosophical movie that I didn't really get on board with at all initially. then I saw it and suddenly it had new meaning.

[QUOTE=AK'z;39937811]most people i've encountered [I]hated[/I] the film.[/QUOTE] I'm really sad about that, movies like A.I., Surrogates, Gattaca, Minority Report and I Robot are my favorite kinds of science fiction movies. Instead of just being fantasy movies set in space (*cough*Star Wars*cough*) they actually explore technologies that will definitely exist in one way or another at some point and what they could mean for us and the implications and advantages. (obviously Precogs will never exist, but a machine like in Person of Interest could which basically does the same thing) [B]Edit:[/B] By the way, can someone recommend me more movies like that? They are far too rare because I'm apparently the only person to like them :v: