Lupita Nyong’o has reportedly joined the cast for Christopher Nolan‘s next movie.
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The as-yet-untitled film is expected to be released in July 2026, with Matt Damon currently in talks to star in the lead role alongside Tom Holland, Zendaya and Anne Hathaway. Damon portrayed General Leslie Groves in Nolan’s most recent film, Oppenheimer, alongside Cillian Murphy.
Oppenheimer was the biggest winner at the Oscars and the BAFTAs this year. It also became Nolan’s biggest Box Office hit overseas with the film garnering over $960million (£757million) worldwide.
Plot details for Nolan’s new project remain under wraps but it was rumoured to be a period horror about vampires in the 1920s.
Christopher Nolan, and Matt Damon attend a special ‘Oppenheimer’ screening and Q&A at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater on January 31, 2024 in New York CREDIT: Noam Galai/Getty Images for Universal Pictures
But according to The Hollywood Reporter, insiders maintain that no rumours as to what the film is about have come close to what Nolan’s real idea is.
He is returning to Universal for the movie after turning down the chance to return to Warner Bros. despite being offered a seven-figure cheque.
The director was with the latter from 2002’s Insomnia right up until the release of Tenet in 2020.
Their partnership included The Dark Knight trilogy, Dunkirk and Inception, while Warner Bros. handled the international release of The Prestige and Interstellar.
His decision to switch to Universal came after the director criticised Warner Bros. over their plans to release their 2021 film slate simultaneously on streaming service HBO Max.
Meanwhile, Lupita Nyong’o recently broke down in tears while remembering her late Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman at the BFI London Film Festival.
The A Quiet Place: Day One star, attended the festival for a discussion on her career, where clips of the most important films under her belt were show onscreen. Upon a clip of Black Panther being broadcast, Nyong’o welled up, admitting that she hadn’t seen Black Panther since Boseman’s death in 2020.
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