Christopher Nolan seems to be on everyone’s lips in Hollywood. For a couple of months, everything when commenting on oppenheimer, his next film, is associated with his figure. During meetings with the specialized press and other dissemination spaces, the filmmaker has answered questions about the film, artificial intelligence, and also about franchises with which he might or might not work. One of them is Star Wars.
The possibility of Christopher Nolan leading a Star Wars production was raised during an interview by Hugo Travers on his YouTube channel, HugoDécrypte. Within a dynamic in which the filmmaker had to answer “yes”, “no” or “pass” to the questions that the driver asked him, the following occurred: “Would you like to direct a Star Wars movie?” Travers asked. . After thinking about it briefly, the director replied: “I pass”, in the sense that it happens, that he avoids answering that question.
The answer can be interpreted in many ways. He did it with the intention of avoiding a media uproar, perhaps; perhaps it is an idea that attracts him, but that he has not yet settled. Faced with a similar question, aimed at whether he would direct another feature film about superheroes, Christopher Nolan was blunt: “No.” So when it comes to Star Wars, it’s clear that this is something he just doesn’t want to answer right now.
Christopher Nolan, Star Wars and the pulse of oppenheimer with Barbie
Christopher Nolan is not linked to any Star Wars project to date — nor have related rumors circulated. However, this is a franchise that comes from complex years, at least with the cinematographic proposals, since series like The Mandalorian and Andor they have worked in television format. But the feature films were not well received by critics or by the followers of that narrative universe.
In that context, it’s valid to suspect that LucasFilm might want to hand the reins of the franchise to a well-known director, like Christopher Nolan, with the intention of getting it back on track. However, this is just an interpretation. Officially, there is no link between the parties. For the past few months, Nolan has been promoting oppenheimera film starring Cillian Murphy.
Playing J. Robert Oppenheimer, Murphy leads a production that addresses the Manhattan Project, the one through which the atomic bomb was built. This was used by the United States during World War II to attack the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Japan, in 1945.
The first reactions to oppenheimer They describe it as one of Christopher Nolan’s best films and celebrate Cilian Murphy’s performance. This 3-hour feature film will be released on July 20, 2023, the same day it will also hit theaters Barbieof Greta Gerwig, with a total time of 1 hour and 54 minutes. Both will compete to see which story manages to summon more people to movie theaters, while mission impossible 7 and Indiana Jones 5 are other options available to view on the big screen.