This is an even more impressive twist than Prestige! We got together with other screenwriters (including Issa Lopez from True Detective, Francesca Sloane from Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Peter Morgan from The Crown) to organize a roundtable. The Hollywood ReporterJonathan Nolan talked about one of the projects that he and his brother Christopher never got around to doing. And surprised everyone.
“It took six months to sell commemorativethat no one wanted to buy, we wrote an action comedy”says a man who has worked on several Christopher Nolan feature films, Person of Interest, Westworld and Fallout. “It’s a project we haven’t done, but maybe one day we’ll get back to it.”
Jonathan Nolan recently confirmed in a panel discussion with The Hollywood Reporter that during the six months it took him to sell MEMENTO back in 2000, he co-wrote the action comedy with his brother Chris. I have to see this movie now. pic.twitter.com/xGiEbqIw7L
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As incredible as it may seem, this information is clearly not a joke. And that’s all the more believable because Oppenheimer’s Oscar-winning director is a fan of the action comedy MacGruber, which never made it to French theaters after its flop in the United States, and after which the TV series was released in 2021.
It remains to be seen if this project will ever come to fruition, and the timing could be perfect for Christopher and Jonathan Nolan to return to it. After Oppenheimer’s triumph, the former was able to do what he wanted. Including making the next James Bond by setting his terms (which won’t happen) or staging this action comedy. Although it may have moved on from the 2000s.
Still, it would allow him to go in a completely different direction, avoiding comparisons to his biopic directed by Cillian Murphy. And showing another facet of his talent, so far relatively unknown, let’s face it. Following this revelation, we’re now waiting to interview Christopher Nolan on the subject so he can at least give us some hints as to what the script entails.
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