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Christopher Nolan’s Inception Begins Shooting In Tokyo
Posted on Friday, June 19th, 2009 by Russ Fischer
We’ve heard recently that the budget for Christopher Nolan’s Inception might be sky-high, as in north of $150m, and now we know that the film has begun shooting in Tokyo. Cue eager photographers trying to get a glimpse of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as they move from trailer to set to shoot the closely-guarded sci-fi tale. Read More »
Christopher Nolan Has Still Not Signed For Batman 3
Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
An update over at Batman-On-Film has begun to circulate around the interwebs scaring fanboys around the globe. Christopher Nolan has yet to commit to a third Batman film, and at this point he still isn’t interested in making another installment in the Batman series. GASP. I know that might come as a shock to some of you. Conspiracy theories have been flying around that Nolan committed to direct a Dark Knight follow-up when Warner Bros greenlit his sci-fi actioner Inception. That is not the case, nor has it ever been the case.
When the project was first announced, most people assumed that Inception would be a smaller film that Christopher Nolan would film before returning to make a third Batman film. But with a budget of over $200 million (or possibly $178 Million if the initial number is Canadian dollars) , the film isn’t looking so small after all.
Ken Watanabe and Tom Hardy Join Christopher Nolan’s Inception
Posted on Monday, May 4th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Just when you thought that all the major stars of Christopher Nolan’s Inception had been announced. Warner Bros adds two more names to the list. The Dark Knight director will reteam with Batman Begins star Ken Watanabe, who will play the film’s villain, a man who is blackmailing Leonardo DiCaprio’s character. Tom Hardy, who got raves playing the title role in Bronson at Sundance, will play a member of DiCaprio’s team.
Christian Bale Is Reluctantly Committed to Batman 3, With or Without Nolan
Posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Our friends at Total Film were able to corner Christian Bale about the prospects of a Dark Knight sequel, and the Batman star insists that “it’s got to be the right story”. When I talked with Bale last July if he would return for another one, he answered that he couldn’t “imagine doing this without Chris [Nolan],” and that he doesn’t “even want to consider” doing another film without Nolan.
It appears that Bale’s Lawyers have since explained that he has a contract because the Dark Knight star now admits to Total Film that “The fact is, I have to! I’ve signed up! Chris doesn’t. So I’m in a bit of a fix if he says he doesn’t want to!” I think everyone expects for Nolan to do another Batman sequel after he finishes work on Inception, but Chris has still not committed to a third film, and I’m surprised at just how patiently Warner Bros is being with their big comic book franchise.
(I want to clarify my last statement. I think that Chris Nolan is required to make a third Batman film. I have a lot of respect for Warner Bros giving him “his time.” Other studios would be pushy, wanting to go right into production on another one. As they say in the business world, you have to strike while the iron is hot. And the fact that WB is patiently waiting on Nolan show that they “get it”.)
Confirmed: Michael Caine Joins Nolan’s Inception
Posted on Friday, April 24th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Earlier this month, Michael Caine told MTV that Christopher Nolan might have a part for him in his new science fiction action film Inception. I didn’t really take much credence to the quote, because Caine had told me a couple days earlier at ShoWest that he had not yet gotten a call about the project. And with last night’s addition of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, no mention was made of Caine’s possible involvement. Well fear not Batfans, Alfred has been confirmed for Nolan’s latest.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Cast in Christopher Nolan’s Inception
Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi action film Inception, taking the role which James Franco was originally signed to play. Franco was forced to bow out due to scheduling issues. Levitt is an incredibly talented actor, and I’m happy to see him cast in a Nolan film.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays the lead, a CEO-type, Marion Cotillard (La Vie en rose, Public Enemies) is his wife, Ellen Page (Juno) is a young college grad student and DiCaprio’s sidekick, and Levitt plays an associate working for DiCaprio. Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Sunshine) is also signed on, but no details are known about his character. Details about the project are being kept tightly under wraps. All we know so far is that the movie is a contemporary science fiction action movie “set within the architecture of the mind.” If anyone has any details about this project, please shoot me an email.
All we know is that Nolan approached Warner Bros with the project, and they preemptively snapped it up before Nolan could approach other studios. Which is kind of obvious, because they want/need him to return for a third Batman film. Inception hits theaters on July 16th 2010.
source: THR
Michael Caine Finds Out This Week if He’s In Nolan’s Inception
Posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
MTV have been speaking to Sir Michael Caine and the conversation came around, with fanboy-driven inevitability, to Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi engima Inception. It seems that MTV asked Caine if he had a part in the movie, and back came the reply:
I think there might be a part for me.
I think so too.
Inception and Peter Carruthers’ The Architecture of the Mind?
Posted on Sunday, April 5th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Plot details for Christopher Nolan’s Inception are being kept tightly under wraps. One source told me that Nolan is the only person who actually has a full copy of the screenplay. Last week a script review hit the interwebs, but it turned out to be an April Fools Day joke. So if you read anything about “a paraplegic who discovers a portal to escape his paralyzed existence through his own mind that takes him to another plane of existence”, you should know that you’re reading misinformation.
The only thing we know about so far is that the film is “a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind”, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a CEO-type, Marion Cotillard as his wife, Ellen Page is a young college grad student and DiCaprio’s sidekick.
And since we know next to nothing, I thought we may as well start guessing. /Film reader Gregory W suggests that the released plot description might be somehow related to Peter Carruthers’ The Architecture of the Mind, an academic cognitive architecture and evolutionary psychology book published by Oxford University Press in 2006.
Michael Caine Says We Probably Won’t See a Dark Knight Sequel until 2012
Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
The public expectation has been that Christopher Nolan’s sequel to The Dark Knight to hit theaters in the Summer of 2011, but Michael Cain, who plays Alfred in the series, thinks it might take a little longer.
“All I know is that Christopher Nolan, who writes and directs Batman is doing a picture called Inception, and I’m not in it. So I think another Batman film is a long long way off. Long Way. I would say three years, must be.”
The timetable is very short, and if Warner Bros were to announce a Summer 2011 release date for Batman 3, Nolan would be forced to begin principal photography before Inception is even finished post production. I’ve always said it, and I’ll say it again, Summer 2012 is much more likely. Ad besides, we don’t really want Nolan and crew to rush another film, do we?
Cillian Murphy and Ellen Page Cast in Christopher Nolan’s Inception
Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Warner Bros is in talks with Marion Cotillard (La Vie en rose, Public Enemies), Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Sunshine) and Ellen Page (Juno) are in talks to join the cast of Christopher Nolan’s scifi action film Inception. Leonardo DiCaprio is already signed on to star. THR has a couple character-centric details: DiCaprio’s character is mentioned as a CEO-type, Cotillard is his wife, Page is a young college grad student and DiCaprio’s sidekick.
Nolan and crew are keeping the details of the project under wraps, and the only thing we know so far is the movie is being described as “a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind.” So your guess is as good as mine.If anyone has any details about this project, please shoot me an email.
All we know is that Nolan approached Warner Bros with the project, and they preemptively snapped it up before Nolan could approach other studios. Which is kind of obvious, because they want/need him to return for a third Batman film. Inception hits theaters on July 16th 2010.
Discuss: What do you think of the casting choices thus far?
source: Variety
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Goes Head To Head With Christopher Nolan’s Inception
Posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Walt Disney Pictures has announced a July 16th 2010 release for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Jon Turteltaub-directed family adventure film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Marvel recently moved Thor out of the weekend, but now the Mouse House production will go head to head with Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi action film Inception. Disney has two other event films scheduled for Summer 2010: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time hits theaters on May 28th and Toy Story 3 will be released on July 18th.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros has set The Wachowski Brothers-produced James McTeigue-directed Ninja Assassin on November 25th 2009, up from a TBA 2010. Richard Kelly’s sci-fi thriller The Box has been moved from November to Halloween weekend, up against Youth in Revolt, and a week after Saw VI.
source: Variety
