It didn’t happen at Universal’s presentation, but we finally got a Christopher Nolan announcement at CinemaCon 2024.
On Thursday morning, Paramount Pictures’ President of Domestic Distribution Chris Aronson revealed that Nolan’s “Interstellar” will return to theaters on September 27, 2024 in both 70mm and IMAX formats. The re-release is a celebration of the film’s 10-year anniversary. It is probably also — at least somewhat — a continued celebration of Nolan’s Best Picture-winner “Oppenheimer.”
Of course, the “Oppenheimer” victory isn’t for Paramount to tout, and its studio Universal took a brief victory lap (or two) during its own Wednesday afternoon Colosseum presentation. The on-stage champagne-popping split time with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and included a prerecorded message from Nolan. (He did not touch on “Mario.”)
In the package played for a packed house of (mostly) exhibitors, Nolan said he had been “very nervous” about showing “Oppenheimer” footage to the same CinemaCon audience last year. But the exercise was not futile: Nolan and Paramount used the presentation as a litmus test for how to position the atomic-bomb film, which was no bomb. “Oppenheimer” made nearly $970 million at the worldwide box office and went on to win seven Academy Awards.
“It really was a dream come true to us to see our work go wide and see so many people see our work around the world,” Nolan said in the video.
So what are you doing next, Chris? He didn’t say, though Nolan’s recent history dictates that his next film will likely be set at Universal once more.
But “Interstellar” was not. The 2014 outer-space drama starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway hailed from Paramount and Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures. Christopher Nolan wrote the film with his brother Jonathan Nolan and produced it with his wife Emma Thomas; Lynda Obst also produced the film. Jordan Goldberg, Jake Myers, Kip Thorne, and Thomas Tull are “Interstellar’s” executive producers.
In the futuristic “Interstellar,” Earth is no longer habitable. A farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper (McConaughey), sets out into space with a team of researcher to find a new planet for humans. The team also includes Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. “Interstellar” won one Oscar of five nominations: for Hans Zimmer’s original score, of course. It was no slouch at the box office either: “Interstellar” made more than $730 million at the global box office. This fall, it will add to that total.
