Seven Oscars (including two personally, for best film and best director) to complete a marathon that began a little less than a year ago. This Sunday, March 10, Oppenheimer’s journey ended most beautifully for Christopher Nolan, who earned the right to breathe.
But it will be the poor knowledge of the Internet that immediately wants to know about the thirteenth feature film of the British director. and variety It claims that the two options will be balanced, the first being a remake of The Prisoner TV series.
The project was abandoned in 2009
The series ran from 1967 to 1968 and featured a British secret agent (Patrick McGoohan) trying to retire, only to be kidnapped by a mysterious group who lock him up under a less exotic name. “the village”from which he will try to escape.
Espionage, manipulation, secrets, mysteries, thriller, paranoia, altered reality, sci-fi… it’s not hard to see how this story might appeal to Christopher Nolan. And the latter was already attached to a film project in 2009… until a miniseries remake directed by Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen got in the way.
Will it reappear after fifteen years? That’s what Variety offers, with one caveat: the source, which is redacted “some say that”, which is a little lighter. Especially since the main person concerned spoke to them, in November 2023, about this adaptation, the script of which he was not able to finish.
However, according to US media, another option would be for Christopher Nolan to write a new script now that the awards season is over. without the slightest reference to the subject, which the person chiefly concerned is probably the only one who knows to this day. Together with his wife and producer Emma Thomas, who was also an Oscar winner a few days ago.
The internet being what it is, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the James Bond rumors resurfacing when Christopher Nolan himself put an end to it last November.
Three years between each film
But the most likely hypothesis, so far, is that we should be patient. Against a filmmaker who has gone three years between each release since the release of Interstellar in 2014.
If today he needs to be overwhelmed with suggestions and be able to dictate his terms even more easily, contributing to Oppenheimer’s public and critical success, Christopher Nolan might just want to bide his time. Which isn’t one of his favorite topics for nothing.
Source: Allocine
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