Nolan used to be one of my favorite directors, but Tenet (and everything surrounding it) was such a disappointment that the announcement of a new movie doesn’t even excite me as much anymore... hope it proves me and everybody else wrong!
Oh wow, controversial opinion! I *liked* Tenet (mostly), I think it had some really great scenes with good action but the issue I had is that it never quite made sense to me, though I've only seen it once. I never did figure out where Kenneth Branagh found a whole army to fight for him in that mad battle scene at the end - and that really bothered me.
All that said, it will be interesting to see how Nolan portrays a real historical figure and whether he'll bring any of his reality-bending tropes to the film...
On a not entirely separate note, you might be interested to know that when Nolan was seeking funding for the film, he summoned the heads of major production companies, including Sony, Warner Bros., Paramount and Apple, to his home to discuss the film and his terms, to which only Universal agreed. These terms included:
- Total creative control.
- At least a 100-day theatrical window.
- $100 million budget (and equal marketing spend).
- 20% of first-dollar gross profits.
- A “blackout period” where the studio wouldn’t release another movie for three weeks before or after the film’s release.
Nolan used to be one of my favorite directors, but Tenet (and everything surrounding it) was such a disappointment that the announcement of a new movie doesn’t even excite me as much anymore... hope it proves me and everybody else wrong!
Oh wow, controversial opinion! I *liked* Tenet (mostly), I think it had some really great scenes with good action but the issue I had is that it never quite made sense to me, though I've only seen it once. I never did figure out where Kenneth Branagh found a whole army to fight for him in that mad battle scene at the end - and that really bothered me.
All that said, it will be interesting to see how Nolan portrays a real historical figure and whether he'll bring any of his reality-bending tropes to the film...
On a not entirely separate note, you might be interested to know that when Nolan was seeking funding for the film, he summoned the heads of major production companies, including Sony, Warner Bros., Paramount and Apple, to his home to discuss the film and his terms, to which only Universal agreed. These terms included:
- Total creative control.
- At least a 100-day theatrical window.
- $100 million budget (and equal marketing spend).
- 20% of first-dollar gross profits.
- A “blackout period” where the studio wouldn’t release another movie for three weeks before or after the film’s release.