Christopher Nolan's next: 'Interstellar'

[keg in kc]

Script was written by his brother, and Spielberg was previously attached.

Originally Posted by The Hollywood Reporter

With his Batman trilogy now complete, Christopher Nolan has found his next project.

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. The project involves time travel and alternate dimensions in a story that sees a group of explorers travel through a wormhole. The script is based on scientific theories developed by a Kip Thorne, a theoretical physicist, a gravitational physicist and astrophysicist at Caltech.

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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.

Steven Spielberg was previously attached to direct Interstellar and produce with Lynda Obst. It is unclear if Spielberg will remain involved, especially considering the director's planned next movie, Robopocalypse, was delayed indefinitely on Wednesday.

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[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

Any theaters in LA you'd suggest seeing it at?

Definitely TCL Chinese Theatre. Nolan himself spent the last month optimizing it.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

Definitely TCL Chinese Theatre. Nolan himself spent the last month optimizing it.

What?

It's not a Sound Stage. No one can sit there and make notes expecting them to translate to a WB soundstage, let alone, every other movie theater in the world.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

What?

It's not a Sound Stage. No one can sit there and make notes expecting them to translate to a WB soundstage, let alone, every other movie theater in the world.

I mean he had them making adjustments so it was optimized in that particular theater.

[kysirsoze]

They just put in a new sound system and a new 70mm IMAX projector.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

I mean he had them making adjustments so it was optimized in that particular theater.

Yeah, that's impossible.

Engineers can't "guess" what Nolan is hearing in the Chinese Theater, then translate that to a Warner Brothers's soundstage that's completely different in size, treatment and speakers.

Complete nonsense.

[bshmerlie]

Saw it Tues night. Definitely had sound issues. It was hard to hear the dialog at various points. Over all its a decent movie but I don't think I would classify it as spectacular. I was really looking forward to it because I'm such a science fiction nerd but like Promethius.....it was a let down. It has its moments but didn't quite do it for me.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Yeah, that's impossible.

Engineers can't "guess" what Nolan is hearing in the Chinese Theater, then translate that to a Warner Brothers's soundstage that's completely different in size, treatment and speakers.

Complete nonsense.

What are you talking about? I mean they were making adjustments in the theater.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

What are you talking about? I mean they were making adjustments in the theater.

So, the Chinese Theater now has a 84 channel Harrison console that's perfectly situated for a 7.1 surround mix?

Dude, puhleeeeeeeeeeeese.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

So, the Chinese Theater now has a 84 channel Harrison console that's perfectly situated for a 7.1 surround mix?

Dude, puhleeeeeeeeeeeese.

All I know is they have renovated it to meet IMAX standards for audio with custom built speakers and improved acoustics. It's also one of three theaters in LA to have the 15 perf 70mm projectors, which Nolan has been championing. (Arclight Hollywood is another one, but I've read some criticisms of how the screen handles it. Don't know if that's legit.) He also was personally at the theater and watched it about a dozen times from all different vantage points in the theater. I'm not going to pretend to have a fraction of your sound engineering expertise, but IMAX as a company and Nolan consider this the flagship of IMAX moviegoing in Los Angeles. Good enough for me.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

All I know is they have renovated it to meet IMAX standards for audio with custom built speakers and improved acoustics. It's also one of three theaters in LA to have the 15 perf 70mm projectors, which Nolan has been championing. (Arclight Hollywood is another one, but I've read some criticisms of how the screen handles it. Don't know if that's legit.) He also was personally at the theater and watched it about a dozen times from all different vantage points in the theater. I'm not going to pretend to have a fraction of your sound engineering expertise, but IMAX as a company and Nolan consider this the flagship of IMAX moviegoing in Los Angeles. Good enough for me.

He may have watched it at the CT to get an idea how it would translate, much how music producers and artists listen to mixes in the car, iPods, cellphones, etc. before mastering.

But to suggest that the film was actually mixed at the CT is incorrect.

Just to be clear, I'm not attempting to insult you or what you've heard, I'm just trying to clear up any misconceptions.

Peace, Brotha.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

He may have watched it at the CT to get an idea how it would translate, much how music producers and artists listen to mixes in the car, iPods, cellphones, etc. before mastering.

But to suggest that the film was actually mixed at the CT is incorrect.

Just to be clear, I'm not attempting to insult you or what you've heard, I'm just trying to clear up any misconceptions.

Peace, Brotha.

Gotcha, but I'm not suggesting he mixed anything there. Just that he offered his input on the calibration of the sound system in the theater. Just to be clear.

No offense taken.

[Silock]

Aside from having figured out exactly where they were going with it about 20 minutes into the movie, I enjoyed it.

Plot holes? Yes, it's a ****ing movie. Deal with it. It's about the characters, not the shoddy science.

Having seen it once, I probably won't ever see it again. Maybe I will. Kinda doubt it. It was too long, for sure. But it's worth watching, absolutely.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by Silock

Aside from having figured out exactly where they were going with it about 20 minutes into the movie, I enjoyed it.

Plot holes? Yes, it's a ****ing movie. Deal with it. It's about the characters, not the shoddy science.

Having seen it once, I probably won't ever see it again. Maybe I will. Kinda doubt it. It was too long, for sure. But it's worth watching, absolutely.

The characters spent a LOT of time debating their "shoddy science". It was a science fiction movie. The entire plot was built on the "shoddy science". I'm even OK with them playing fast and loose with the rules of time and space. Like you said, "it's a ****ing movie". What I'm not OK with is establishing that these characters are world class astrophysicists only to have them make a mistake so blatant that a guy that hasn't taken a science class since high school was floored by.

I have loved some of Nolan's work. He is a talented filmmaker and Batman Begins alone basically gives him a lifetime pass with me. But the guy breaks his own rules all over the place to contrive his dramatic scenarios. This one was probably his worst. I just wish I didn't have to suspend my logic, let alone my disbelief when it came to his last several films.

I enjoyed the film. It's visually impressive enough to recommend people see it in the theater, but it's plot keeps it from being great. That's all I'm saying.

[Silock]

Spoiler!

But even with the time shift on the planet, they STILL would have gone there to look at it. There was water, and the fact that they had no information that it *wasn't* all good.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by Silock

Spoiler!

But even with the time shift on the planet, they STILL would have gone there to look at it. There was water, and the fact that they had no information that it *wasn't* all good.

Spoiler!

Agreed, but it would have been the absolute last resort. In fact, they probably wouldn't have sent someone there in the first place because they would know their info would be worthless. They would have exhausted all other options before flying in blind on this planet. They literally had minutes of data in all of those years.

It was all a contrivance to age Coop's kids so Murph could get working on Earth and Coop would feel more desperation to get home. I understand it's just a movie, but for me the situation was robbed of it's emotional impact because it was so transparent and careless. Seemed manipulative. That's my growing problem with Nolan's movies.