Christopher Nolan Teaming Up With Warner Bros. For Dunkirk

According to Variety’s sources, The Dark Knight trilogy director Christopher Nolan will be directing a World War II based action thriller for Warner Bros. The movie will be titled Dunkirk for which Nolan has written the screenplay. It is speculated that Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hardy might join the cast for the film.

The president of Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Greg Silverman stated, “We are thrilled to be continuing our collaboration with Christopher Nolan, a singular filmmaker who has created some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films of all time. ‘Dunkirk’ is a gripping and powerful story and we are excited to see Chris, Emma and their cast realize it on the big screen”. The movie will focus on the WWII period in France.

Dunkirk will be shot in Imax 65mm and 65mm large format. The movie is slated for release on July 21, 2017. Emma Thomas will be producing the film alongside husband Christopher Nolan.

Source: nydailynews.com