Christopher Nolan’s next blockbuster officially has a title and finalized cast.
“Tenet” is an “action epic” that will span seven countries and dig into the world of international espionage, Warner Bros. announced Wednesday via Deadline.
Nolan’s first film since 2017’s Oscar-winning “Dunkirk” stars Robert Pattinson, John David Washington (“BlaKkKlansman”), Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy and Indian cinema icon Dimple Kapadia.
The writer-director is notorious for writing, casting and filming in complete secrecy.
In a bit of cinematic irony, Pattinson is rumored to be the new Batman. The acclaimed indie flick “Memento” put Nolan on Hollywood’s auteur shortlist in 2000, but it was DC Comics’ caped crusader franchise that put Nolan on the “event film” map that led to mega-hits like “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” “Inception” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Pattinson recently spilled some details about tightly guarded readings of the “unreal” script. The “Twilight” star told USA Today he was “locked in a room” before he could see the pages.
“I’ve been a little wary of doing big movies for years and years, but there’s just something about Chris Nolan’s stuff,” Pattinson said. “He seems like the only director now who can do what is essentially a very personal, independent movie that has huge scale.”
Ludwig Göransson (“Black Panther”) is on tap to score the film, which will be lensed in a hybrid of IMAX and 70 millimeter by “Dunkirk” cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema.
“Tenet” is scheduled to hit theaters July 17, 2020.