Nolan Boosts Warner Bros. by fixing the next film at Universal.

new York – Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film J., after the public fallout of an exit strategy with Warner Bros. Pictures. Universal Pictures will post on the development of Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb.

Representatives of the studio confirmed on Tuesday that Universal had acquired the right to fund and distribute Nolan’s untitled film. Deadline Hollywood first reported the deal.

Nolan also wrote a film script about a theoretical physicist. Production is expected to start early next year.

With a few exceptions, Warner Bros. was back in 2002 with “sleeplessness” and was Nolan’s hometown. He has studio produced the “Dark Knight” trilogy, nominee “Dunkirk”, 2010 spirit seller “Inception” and time travel 2020 “Tenet”. (Warner Bros. was in charge of the international distribution of “Prestige” in 2006 and “Interstellar” in 2014.)

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Last year, Warner Bros. launched “Tenet” in theaters in September, when much of the film industry was shy about releasing big budget films. The sci-fi thriller ultimately generated $ 363.7 million in revenue, making it the biggest Hollywood pandemic release of the year.

But when Warner Bros. announced plans to release all 2021 movies on HBO Max at the same time in December, Nolan has long enthusiastically supported the theatrical experience, but one of the studio’s toughest critics. I was alone. In a statement, he said: “Some of the industry’s greatest filmmakers and most important movie stars slept the night before they thought they were working in the best movie studios, and they were in the worst service. streaming. I woke up knowing I was working. ”

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“Warner Bros. had a great machine to put filmmakers to work in the cinema, at home, and anywhere. They’re dismantling it as we speak of it, ”writes Nolan. I am. Their decisions make no economic sense, and even the most casual of Wall Street investors can understand the difference between trouble and dysfunction. “

Shortly after, he called the studio’s plans “muddled” in an interview with The Associated Press.

“The studio made a one-sided decision. They didn’t even speak to the people involved, ”Nolan said. “You have these great filmmakers who have been passionate and diligent in projects targeting big movie star feature films for many years, and now they’re all young leaders in streaming services. Is said to be. “

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Executives of Warner Bros. claim the studio will only release the film in theaters next year.