Nolan: 'At Least' 3 Years Until Next Film After The Odyssey — SkimNews
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- Christopher Nolan said it will be "at least" three years before his next film, continuing a roughly three-year cadence between releases since Interstellar (2014), then Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), and Oppenheimer (2023).
- Nolan told Today the production pushed him to "the limits of my own stamina and everybody's stamina," adding that The Odyssey "should be difficult" if the team is doing the job right.
- Nolan made history by shooting The Odyssey entirely on IMAX 70 millimeter film, telling IMAX: "if ever we are going to fulfill this dream of shooting the entire movie that way, this is the one. This is The Odyssey."
- The Odyssey is opening to $257M+ worldwide — Nolan's best global opening since The Dark Knight Rises (2012), which opened at $249M.
- The Odyssey stars Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron, and is already in theaters.
Why it matters: Nolan's roughly three-year cadence since Interstellar (2014) makes his "at least three years" remark a continuation, not an extension. With The Odyssey posting a $257M+ global opening — his best since The Dark Knight Rises in 2012 — the explicit stamina admission reframes the wait as a deliberate creative breather after the most technically ambitious shoot of his career.
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