Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan's next film

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Chris Nolan's next project will be a World War II movie called Dunkirk, based on the evacuation of soldiers from Dunkirk. It is scheduled to be released on 21 July 2017.

It will star Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh and Harry Styles (yes, him!)

Excellent cast, the cream of British acting talent.

The evacuation of Dunkirk and WWII in general is such a great concept to base a movie on and has inspired so many great movies and great literature.

This will be based on his own screenplay. Genuinely can't wait for this. He is a filmmaker who makes good medium scale movies like The Prestige as well as big budget movies.
 
The Prestige and Interstellar are two of my favourite films released in the past couple decades, and Memento is pretty damn good too. Nolan is great when he's on his game, and this cast (minus Styles who I assume is there to get tweens to buy tickets) is filled with talent. I've got high hopes for this one.
 
Great director but he seems unwilling to branch out to different actors. Hardy, Murphy, Cain etc... all the time.

That said, still looking forward to it. His films are usually worth the ticket.
 
He'l never beat Inception. But he's a terrific director and I can't wait for this.

Why Harry Styles?
 
I always thought the concept of Inception was a lot more interesting than the film itself. Still enjoyable but I don't really see the greatness that other people do and feel it was a missed opportunity.
 
Still think inception was meh. He can be a great director as long as he tries to lose the underlying tones and metaphors he can be guilty off, in this and let the drama of what actually happened take centre stage.

Thing is though Dunkirk has been done to death for me, I want to see some newer films on different stories from WW2, ones where the Brits actually kicked arse. Not where our pluck and spirit saved us from the overpowering forces of the Nazi's and the Luftwaffe. Things like Operation Chariot, the SAS running around North Africa, SAS Commandos training and leading the french resistance, the Italian front, the Norway and Russia convoys, or how about D-Day but from the British beaches and perspective, you know the majority of them and the whole thing was a Royal Navy operation.
 
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VP89 said:
Don't think Nolan would think like that. He absolutely smashed the BO with the DK trilogy, Inception and Interstellar. Dunkirk would make $$$ regardless.
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Well, the cynic in me say that since a war film is less of a pull than the current in vogue genres, someone with Styles's profile is to guarantee it won't bomb financially. He might yet surprise us all and pull a Ledger but it's hard to justify this choice if not for financial reasons, at the moment.
 
you need young teenage looking brits in a ww2 film as so many of them were. If Harry can act and the fact he looks likes he's 12 then it makes sense.
 
That's a great cast (and Harry Styles, who I'll wait to see before I say anything about).
 
I'm not getting my hopes up since most of Nolans films seem quite flat to me. He seems to favor style over (pseudo) substance. Yes, they are usually visually striking and well worth a watch, but ultimately extremely overrated in my opinion.
 
I'm a huge war film fan and Dunkirk is a fantastic story. Don't think you can go wrong with this unless you throw in a shit romantic subplot (Pearl Harbour). Luckily I trust Nolan more than I'd trust Bay to produce the goods.

Loved Inception, hated Interstellar with a passion.
 
InfiniteBoredom said:
Great director but he seems unwilling to branch out to different actors. Hardy, Murphy, Cain etc... all the time.

That said, still looking forward to it. His films are usually worth the ticket.
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It's nothing new for a director to have their muses.
 
VP89 said:
Don't think Nolan would think like that. He absolutely smashed the BO with the DK trilogy, Inception and Interstellar. Dunkirk would make $$$ regardless.
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You think Nolan wanted him? His studio did, as they need to flog the film - certainly opens it up to different audience but very cynical.
 
Nuts said:
You think Nolan wanted him? His studio did, as they need to flog the film - certainly opens it up to different audience but very cynical.
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I think Nolan has free reign to sign and do what he wants.

IIRC, Inception was a blank cheque from WarnerBros. as a thank you for TDK. He was able to create his dream project, first ever script the way he wanted it. Given the success thereafter, I'd be surprised if he didn't have creative freedom for Dunkirk.
 
VP89 said:
I think Nolan has free reign to sign and do what he wants.

IIRC, Inception was a blank cheque from WarnerBros. as a thank you for TDK. He was able to create his dream project, first ever script the way he wanted it. Given the success thereafter, I'd be surprised if he didn't have creative freedom for Dunkirk.
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Find it very hard to imagine any director being seriously given that much freedom. Just doesn't happen. Nolan has either given Styles a 'blink and you'll miss it' cameo, or he's a studio move.
 
I'm not a big fan of Nolan. You can immediately tell when a movie is directed by him because of the dialogue. There's a certain pretentiousness about it. The anecdotes don't work for me, and there's way too much exposition.

I enjoyed his movies a lot at first, but after discovering these "Nolanisms" it's become difficult for me to look past them. I have the same problem with Aaron Sorkin, though to be fair, he's on a whole different level.
 
Dir Wangem said:
I'm not a big fan of Nolan. You can immediately tell when a movie is directed by him because of the dialogue. There's a certain pretentiousness about it. The anecdotes don't work for me, and there's way too much exposition.

I enjoyed his movies a lot at first, but after discovering these "Nolanisms" it's become difficult for me to look past them. I have the same problem with Aaron Sorkin, though to be fair, he's on a whole different level.
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I found this with Interstellar. Tried to be too smart and just pissed me off.
 
VP89 said:
I think Nolan has free reign to sign and do what he wants.

IIRC, Inception was a blank cheque from WarnerBros. as a thank you for TDK. He was able to create his dream project, first ever script the way he wanted it. Given the success thereafter, I'd be surprised if he didn't have creative freedom for Dunkirk.
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No studio would cede all control to a director, no matter how confident they are about him.

Inception's cast is watertight. Leo, Cain, Page, JGL. All either established A list stars or up and comers with good box office draw, plus the archetypal Asian guy played by Ken Watanabe. He'd get more freedom due to his credentials but studio would jump in right away if they think he's being too outside the box.
 
The concept of this actually gives me no anticipation at all. Just strikes me as his Oscar bait effort.
 
okLaptop1 said:
The Prestige and Interstellar are two of my favourite films released in the past couple decades, and Memento is pretty damn good too. Nolan is great when he's on his game, and this cast (minus Styles who I assume is there to get tweens to buy tickets) is filled with talent. I've got high hopes for this one.
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Those two are two of my favourite films of the past decade as well. Incredible cinema.

InfiniteBoredom said:
No studio would cede all control to a director, no matter how confident they are about him.

Inception's cast is watertight. Leo, Cain, Page, JGL. All either established A list stars or up and comers with good box office draw, plus the archetypal Asian guy played by Ken Watanabe. He'd get more freedom due to his credentials but studio would jump in right away if they think he's being too outside the box.
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I think the studio will give him more freedom than they'd give other directors. He's one of the few directors who's work has gotten him a fan following. People will go to watch his movies just because he's the director, a bit like Scorsese and Tarantino fans.

But, as with all big budget movies these days, the studio will have a great deal of influence on the cast, script and so on. Nolan is at his best when he does smaller movies like Memento and The Prestige. Ironically for him, it can be said that having a big budget is actually hampering his film making ability as it puts so many constraints on him.
 
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I was a huge fan of Inception when it came out. But I recently rewatched it and was completely underwhelmed. I couldn't care less for any of the characters or their relationships. Unlike Interstellar where the daughter-father relationship is a such a great hook.Also,the acting in interstellar is top notch compared to Inception.
 
Nikhil said:
The evacuation of Dunkirk and WWII in general is such a great concept to base a movie on
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I mean, yeah, it is....but it was a much greater concept for a movie when they started making movies about it 60 odd years ago. And it's gotten slightly less so with every 5+ films they make about it annually.

Of all the potential subjects/genres Nolan could've chosen for his next project, a WWII film seems rather bland and unremarkable to me. Hope I'm proved wrong, of course.
 
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Havent liked anything he made since Dark Knight although Interstellar was ok until love starts transcending all.
 
Looking forward to this. My Grandfather was at Dunkirk. He never spoke about the war and always changed the tv channel if any war news came on. I know he lost his best friend on the beach that day in pretty traumatic circumstances.
That teaser clip looked compelling.
 
Mockney said:
I mean, yeah, it is....but it was a much greater concept for a movie when they started making movies about it 60 odd years ago. And it's gotten slightly less so with every 5+ films they make about it annually.

Of all the potential subjects/genres Nolan could've chosen for his next project, a WWII film seems rather bland and unremarkable to me. Hope I'm proved wrong, of course.
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I guess there is an argument to be made for another version of it for the next generation to see who dont really know about it or understand what it was all about etc. I dont think the concepts are any less important as so many of them are still relevant and the base of so many issues today etc.
 
How is Dunkirk "a concept"?

Anyway, trailer looks good.
 
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This was being filmed in my town last week, shit loads of idiotic girls with 5 kids from 6 dads and 14 stds were standing around trying to make Tom Hardy fall in love with them.
 
Mal donaghy said:
Yet to see it but everyone I've heard give feedback on it says it's kak, is it truly bad ?
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I was a damn site more impressed with it than I thought I would be. It has it flaws of course but it is a incredibly bold piece of work and when at its best quite breath taking.
 
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