Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR Begins Production; Plot Summary Released

Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR Begins Production; Plot Summary Released

Paramount and Warner Bros. Pictures have officially announced the start of production for The Dark Knight Trilogy writer-director Christopher Nolan's next film, the sci-fi epic Interstellar. We also have a brief plot synopsis as well as a confirmed list of its remarkable cast.

By PaulRom - Aug 13, 2013 07:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi



Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that principal photography on “INTERSTELLAR” is officially underway in Alberta, Canada. The film will be released in IMAX® and 35mm theaters on November 7, 2014. Paramount Pictures will distribute domestically, Warner Bros. Pictures internationally.

Directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), the production will travel the globe and utilize a mixture of 35mm anamorphic and IMAX film photography to bring to the screen a script based on the combination of an original idea by Nolan and an existing script by Jonathan Nolan, originally developed for Paramount Pictures and producer Lynda Obst. The new script chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

“INTERSTELLAR” features a prestigious cast that includes Matthew McConaughey (“Magic Mike,” “Mud”), Academy Award® winner Anne Hathaway (“Les Miserables,” “The Dark Knight Rises”), Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Tree of Life”), Bill Irwin (“Rachel Getting Married,” TV’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow (“Terms of Endearment,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) Academy Award® nominee Casey Affleck (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “Gone Baby Gone”), David Gyasi (“Cloud Atlas”), Wes Bentley (“The Hunger Games”), Mackenzie Foy (“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 and 2”) Timothée Chalamet (TV’s “Homeland”), Topher Grace (“Spider-Man 3”), David Oyelowo (“Jack Reacher,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), Academy Award® winner Ellen Burstyn (“The Last Picture Show,” “The Exorcist”), and Academy Award® winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).

The film is being produced by Academy Award® nominee Emma Thomas (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy) and Lynda Obst (“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “The Siege”). Renowned theoretical physicist Kip Thorne is consulting on the film as well as serving as executive producer, along with Jake Myers (“Jack Reacher,” “RED,” “RED 2”) and Jordan Goldberg (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “The Fighter”), Academy Award®-nominated production designer Nathan Crowley (“The Dark Knight” Trilogy), Academy Award®-nominated costume designer Mary Zophres (“Gangster Squad,” “True Grit”) Academy Award®-nominated editor Lee Smith (“The Dark Knight” Trilogy,” “Elysium,”), Academy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), and Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy).

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Newbus
Newbus - 8/13/2013, 7:30 AM
Lost In Space?
KarolosPrime
KarolosPrime - 8/13/2013, 7:31 AM
Nice!
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 8/13/2013, 7:31 AM
Sounds like a really cool TV show. 2014 will be a interesting year for movies.
Neek2086
Neek2086 - 8/13/2013, 7:34 AM
INsomnia
INception
INterstellar

INteresting......
titansupes
titansupes - 8/13/2013, 7:34 AM
I. Can't. Wait.
GuardianAngel
GuardianAngel - 8/13/2013, 7:35 AM
@Neek2086

MrReese
MrReese - 8/13/2013, 7:36 AM
Can't wait.Great cast.
TheAcidSkull
TheAcidSkull - 8/13/2013, 7:36 AM
can't wait
ralfinader
ralfinader - 8/13/2013, 7:36 AM
Sounds good to me, this type of sci-fi is right up my alley.
BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 8/13/2013, 7:37 AM
Too bad, I had read a previous report they were filming in Montreal..
ComicFan1134
ComicFan1134 - 8/13/2013, 7:39 AM
I'm With White On This...
Minato
Minato - 8/13/2013, 7:39 AM
Soooo… They boldly go where no man has gone before?
IDK I really like nolan for what he has done with Memento, Inception, Prestige, Insomnia, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight but I don’t see a Space thriller being the type of move he excels in. I could easily be proven wrong, I hope so. He has some stiff competition tho with GOTG, Star Wars and Star Trek.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 8/13/2013, 7:41 AM
The mind-[frick]er himself is back with another film.
MrBlizzard
MrBlizzard - 8/13/2013, 7:42 AM
Sounds great hopefully Nolan continues to improve as a director.
flames809
flames809 - 8/13/2013, 7:47 AM
what a cast and topher grace is there.. really didn't expect that... maybe if this movie does really well it will be the push he needs so people wont just remember him from that 70 show and will probably be A list actor.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 8/13/2013, 7:51 AM
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS EVERYWHERE!!

Can't wait for this damn movie.
EdgyOutsider
EdgyOutsider - 8/13/2013, 7:54 AM
I love the cast but if I see it in the theater, it would be for Topher Grace and Wes Bentley. I love both actors. People need to give grace more cred outside of That 70's Show. He was in Predators and was in a movie back in (I think 2004) called, In Good Company. It had him, Dennis Quaid and Scarlet Johansson in it. He's a great actor. Maybe not potential future award winning actor but I feel he is criminally under rated.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 8/13/2013, 7:55 AM
2Challa, I don't think it is going to be anything like any of those films.

Can't wait for this!
Neek2086
Neek2086 - 8/13/2013, 8:03 AM
@beto lol
Xtroid
Xtroid - 8/13/2013, 8:05 AM
Stargate
gillri
gillri - 8/13/2013, 8:05 AM
hmmmm gotta nolan certainly pumps out these huge films every two years!

how does he do it?
TheBigBoss917
TheBigBoss917 - 8/13/2013, 8:08 AM
MarkV
MarkV - 8/13/2013, 8:12 AM
I'm still a Nolanite, even if I do have some problems with The Dark Knight Rises.

Really looking forward to this, sounds like a serious mind phuck.
Whiteandgold
Whiteandgold - 8/13/2013, 8:15 AM
THE GREATEST DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME IS BACK WITH ANOTHER SURE HIT!!!
Swiftsword777
Swiftsword777 - 8/13/2013, 8:19 AM
The cast is great but the plot sounds boring..
plasticman
plasticman - 8/13/2013, 8:25 AM
Deep Space Nine. Stargate. Transformers. Contact. All of these movies/TV shows have played off of this theme. It sounds like nothing new with this summary, but I'll reserve judgement for when we hear more.
OldBenKenobi
OldBenKenobi - 8/13/2013, 8:33 AM
I love Nolan. His merits far exceed The Dark Knight trilogy and people who give him flak based on those films alone have no idea what they're talking about. He's easily in the top 10 current filmmakers and I'm really looking forward to this.

On another note, did anybody else just learn that Zimmer scored The Lion King? I knew I always liked that guy.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 8/13/2013, 8:46 AM
I'm a bit underwhelmed by the "great cast" that others are gushing about... Aside from Michael Caine and John Lithgow, there's nobody there that I find especially interesting to watch. "Solid cast" I could see saying, sure...

I'm hoping that JGL has a cameo so we can get a "Third Rock from the Sun" reunion going with Lithgow... although I'm mostly hoping that Lithgow is reprising his John Bigbooty role.
IM53
IM53 - 8/13/2013, 8:50 AM
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MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 8/13/2013, 8:50 AM
what Nolan movie are you guys referring to with all these plot holes? and please don't say any of the Dark Knight movies because movies like that shouldn't count. it isn't easy taking someone else's idea and turning it into your own story while at the same time trying to please you whiny fanboys by not deviating too far from the source material
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 8/13/2013, 8:50 AM
not to mention having Warner Brothers breathing down your neck every inch of the way
IM53
IM53 - 8/13/2013, 8:51 AM
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Effusion
Effusion - 8/13/2013, 8:51 AM
Alright Alright Alright
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