DOCTOR STRANGE 2 And MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Star Charlize Theron Joins Christopher Nolan's Next Movie

DOCTOR STRANGE 2 And MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Star Charlize Theron Joins Christopher Nolan's Next Movie

The cast of Christopher Nolan's latest film continues to grow, with Charlize Theron the latest A-lister to join the already very impressive ensemble...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 26, 2024 07:11 AM EST
Source: Via SFF Gazette

Following the recent news that The Batman star Robert Pattinson has joined the cast of Christopher Nolan's next feature, THR is reporting that the mysterious project has added yet another A-lister in the form of Charlize Theron.

The Old Guard and Mad Max: Fury Road star also joins Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o and Zendaya. Nolan wrote the script and is directing the project, which has set a release date of July 17, 2026.

Theron made her MCU debut as Clea in the post-credits scene of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. She is expected to reprise the role, but nothing has been confirmed.

Though plot and character details remain under wraps, it's believed that Damon, Holland, Hathaway and Pattinson make up the core leads, with Theron, Nyong’o and Zendaya in supporting roles.

As for the premise, we have heard numerous rumors and theories, from a futuristic action thriller inspired by '80s helicopter flick Blue Thunder, to a period vampire thriller - though it's been reported that "insiders maintain that nothing has come close to nailing Nolan’s real idea."

With a few notable exceptions (Oppenheimer, Memento, Dunkirk), Nolan does tend to favor sci-fi based fare, but he did recently express interest in putting his stamp on the horror genre during a conversation with the British Film Institute (via THR).

“I think horror films are very interesting because they depend on very cinematic devices,” he said. “It’s really about [provoking] a visceral response to things. So at some point, I’d love to make a horror film. But I think a really good horror film requires a really exceptional idea — and those are few and far between. So I haven’t found the story that lends itself to that. But I think it’s a very interesting genre from a cinematic point of view. It’s also one of the few genres where — the studios make a lot of these films — and they’re films that have a lot of bleakness, a lot of abstraction. They have a lot qualities that Hollywood is generally very resistant to putting into films, but that’s a genre where it’s allowable.”

Nolan's films are often quite dark, and he has incorporated horror elements in a few of his previous movies, including Batman Begins, The Prestige, and even Oppenheimer.

“Certainly Oppenheimer has elements of horror — which I definitely think is appropriate for the subject matter,” he added. "The middle of the film is very heavily based on the heist genre, and the third act of the film is the courtroom drama. And the reason I settled on those two genres for those sections is they are mainstream genres in which dialogue and people talking is inherently tense and interesting to an audience. That’s the fun thing with genre — you get to play with a lot of different areas whereas in different type of film you really wouldn’t be allowed to.”

For now, we'll just have to wait for more details to filter through.

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