TENET: Christopher Nolan Doesn't Want To Release The Film Internationally Before The United States

TENET: Christopher Nolan Doesn't Want To Release The Film Internationally Before The United States

More details have surfaced about Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros.' different ideas about how to release Tenet, including a possible debut internationally before it arrives in the United States...

By JoshWilding - Jul 16, 2020 05:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Vulture

The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive ramifications for the entertainment injury, with all eyes now on Tenet. There have been conflicting reports about Christopher Nolan's hopes for the mysterious sci-fi movie, and the prevailing theory is that he wants to be the one that helps bring moviegoers back to theaters after months of closures. 

Originally set to be released tomorrow, Tenet was pushed to July 31st, and then shifted to August 12th.

Will it meet that release date? It's hard to say, but with rumblings that theaters are going to push their planned re-opening dates to September, it's not looking good. Now, Vulture has shared an in-depth report in which they explain that Nolan and Warner Bros. are "in concert" about the movie being distributed in a safe and timely manner.

However, where they differ is that the studio would be open to Tenet opening internationally ahead of North America, but Nolan doesn't agree with that because he wants to continue to support American theaters. Of course, that doesn't really help overseas cinemas which are now ready and able to open but can't because they have nothing new to screen. 

The problem with releasing Tenet internationally is that spoilers would be rife online, while piracy is also an issue.

"Between now and the end of the year, 50 percent loss is probably the best-case scenario," The Ankler editor Richard Rushfield says in the report. "It’s probably more like 80 percent. There’s no way you can open a movie anytime between now and, say, February, and have any confidence that the box office is going to be anything resembling normal."

What do you think should happen with Tenet?

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L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/16/2020, 5:32 AM
...because it would spoil that it's a prequel/sequel to Inception...

Origame
Origame - 7/16/2020, 5:53 AM
@L0RDbuckethead - yes, its secretly an inception sequel where Kenneth branagh harnesses the power of dreams in order to take over the world (yes thats really the full theory).
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/16/2020, 5:57 AM
@Origame - that would be full blown anime
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/16/2020, 5:49 AM
Breaking: Nolan will pay out of pocket for hazmat suits to be distributed to American theater goers
RolandD
RolandD - 7/16/2020, 7:58 AM
@BlackBeltJones - Where do I get mine?
RolandD
RolandD - 7/16/2020, 7:59 AM
@BlackBeltJones - I don’t even need to read the rest of the comments.

bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/16/2020, 5:50 AM
If they keep opening and closing cinemas again and again in the US, I think not many movies will release internationally anytime soon as the same situation applies to those too
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/16/2020, 5:51 AM
When Europe gets its second wave, the movie won't be released here either.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/16/2020, 6:07 AM
@marvel72

The US is still on its first wave. Apparently it's a new, cool thing to question science around here.
RolandD
RolandD - 7/16/2020, 8:00 AM
@regularmovieguy - Sadly, it’s not even a new thing, but it has never had such serious consequences as now.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/16/2020, 8:03 AM
@RolandD

Absolutely, it’s nothing new. It only takes a catastrophic event for these idiots to come out of the woodwork and the politicians who are too chicken shit to say anything just legitimize theme

Sad state of affairs, bro.
RolandD
RolandD - 7/16/2020, 8:11 AM
@regularmovieguy - God bless Dr. Anthony Fauci. No antagonism from him despite the attacks on his character from Trump and his White House staff. He just calmly states the facts and his professional opinion.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/16/2020, 5:53 AM
For someone who is probably more secretive than Marvel Studios when it comes to his movies, that makes sense.

Give it a worldwide release when everyone is ready. Unfortunately, the US is slowing it down for everyone.

And he also just told the CDC to [frick] off and stripped them of their ability to make their data public.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/16/2020, 6:12 AM
He as in our blatantly corrupt president...smh.

regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/16/2020, 6:20 AM
and FYI it's not just the pres, governors aren't doing what they need to be doing. My governor had a press conference last night and was like "please wear a mask. please protect your fellow ohioans" like a disappointed father.

I'm sick of this half measure bullshit. We have a lot of stupid people here who still think " wearing a mask infringes on my freedom aghhh"
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 7/16/2020, 7:08 AM
@regularmovieguy - Far worse, the governor of Georgia just signed an executive order to make sure to keep any cities or counties in his state from being able to enforce mask requirements.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/16/2020, 7:09 AM
@Chewtoy

I just read that this morning. Unbelievable.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 7/16/2020, 8:26 AM
@regularmovieguy - India, Brazil, Russia, Peru are all catching up.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 7/16/2020, 8:27 AM
@regularmovieguy - and just curious, what would a full measure be to you?
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/16/2020, 8:52 AM
@Ryguy88

I’m not sure, I’m not an expert. I know several large counties in my state aren’t actually “enforcing” masks.

Some leadership from the presidency would be nice, instead his administration continues to fan the flames against Dr. Fauci in an attempt to discredit him.

Personally, I wouldn’t be opposed to another lockdown. But my job also wouldn’t really be affected by that.

We 100% opened too early, that’s for damn sure.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/16/2020, 8:56 AM
@Ryguy88

Some states like Florida are also making it mandatory that schools stay open and kids go to class. So then we’ll be dealing with dead kids. Dead kids.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/16/2020, 12:16 PM
@Ryguy88 - "Catching up" to what exactly? If it is about cinemas, sorry but cinemas are not functioning at all here. Deliveries do and other business are slowly re-opening. Flights and travels began this week but with all protocols as possible.

If you mean "catching up" in confirmed new cases every day, then yes, unfortunately we are still battling the spread of the virus. But at least here we haven't had issues about "freedom" and protests about not being able to get a haircut or that kind of trivial stuff. We've done all we could and we still keep doing it, but life has to keep going. We're hoping for the best here.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 7/17/2020, 6:21 AM
@NinnesMBC - catching up in terms of number of Covid cases. I agree that there needs to be a balance between safety and continuing on with life.

@Regularmovieguy - kids have so far been very resistant to the virus. So too have healthy adults, but to a lesser extent than pre-teen kids.

Like I said above, there needs to be a proper balance struck.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/17/2020, 6:23 AM
@Ryguy88

I mean, let's be real. I'm not all that scared of getting the virus. I am worried about my parents, I am worried about my friends who have had recent newborns.

Idk, man. Opening up the schools for close contact doesn't sound ideal. If .04% of kids die that contract the virus, that would be around 14,000 dead kids.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 7/17/2020, 6:48 AM
@regularmovieguy - I feel like any number of dead kids would he unacceptable because they cant make decisions for themselves where adults can mostly pick and choose what situations they want to put themselves in.

But then again you have governors like Andrew Cuomo forcing infected people into care homes which wiped put a large number of elderly.

everyone was screwed when they didn't shut their borders down completely when they had the chance back in January. But at the time, WHO was giving out wrong information. Whether that was intentional or not is yet to be determined.

I'm no Trump fan but putting the blame on him isnt fair. You know he would have jumped at the opportunity to shut the borders down if he had the leeway giving to him by health officials.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/17/2020, 7:37 AM
@Ryguy88

Him and the governors. No one was taking this seriously, but I also think leadership stems from the top-down.

Trump, any governor who didn't take COVID seriously. Cuomo has admitted to his mistake at least and is trying to rectify it, and New York is slowing down extremely with its new cases.

We still have politicians who won't wear a damn mask.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 7/18/2020, 6:14 AM
@regularmovieguy - Cuomo just had a poster made congratulating himself on what a great job he did fighting covid, despite owning the worst numbers in the country!

In a lot of situations, masks are a virtue signal. Like all those people wearing one in their Twitter avatars. If you arent in a crowd is a public space, what's the point.

And let's not forget the month long protests and how all of these spikes are happening after the fact.

Closing the borders early was the way to go, but health officials were against it early and we all suffered for it.

Not to mentions China's role in maliciously spreading misinformation.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 7/16/2020, 6:03 AM
February ay? “Yes, when Biden is inaugurated, he’ll finally impose the nationwide martial law we all want so badly, and we’ll finally get rid of Rona, and theaters will be packed”, all in one month? “Now I said February, I didn’t say the SAME February”
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 7/16/2020, 5:34 PM
@TheWalkingCuban -

Biden called a guy who asked him a question a “dog faced pony soldier” and called a fat also for just asking him a question. And of course, he called charlamagne tha god “not black” if he doesn’t vote for him.
Biden couldn’t even remember Obama’s name the other day. Heck, Biden we’ll lucky not to be at home on hospice by next February.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 7/16/2020, 10:11 PM
@HulkisHorny - I might even xray him at a nursing home soon, and he’ll be doing pardoning Coronavirus cept hell call it “Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel!”
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 7/16/2020, 6:06 AM
This is America. We're not happy until you're not happy.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/16/2020, 6:08 AM
I had a dream goddammit and y'all in Murica keep messing it up!!!
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 7/16/2020, 6:16 AM
@Doomsday8888 -

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