Christoper Nolan pulls a Guillermo del Toro
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Despite his extensive cachet in the fan community, Christopher Nolan hasn’t loaned out his name and wisdom to lesser-known filmmakers in the manner of, say, Guillermo del Toro. He’s producing/shepherding ‘Man of Steel’ and a supernatural thriller from a filmmaker named Keith Gordon and, well, that’s about it.
But Nolan will make a rare attempt at the godfather routine on a new movie from Wally Pfister, the Oscar-winning cinematographer who has worked with Nolan on everything from ‘Memento’ to ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ Principals announced Wednesday that Nolan and wife/producing partner Emma Thomas will executive produce Pfister’s untitled debut, which is currently coming together behind a veil of secrecy.
According to a person familiar with the production, the project is being cast now, with actors beginning to read the Jack Paglen script. The location for the production has not been determined, but the movie will shoot in the U.S., and could start as soon as fall 2012.
The project has some other interesting names on its pedigree -- it’s being financed and produced by Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson from Alcon Entertainment (‘The Blind Side’), was developed by a former Overture Films executive named Annie Marter and also now has the involvement of a company called Straight Up Films, which is next financing and producing a science-fiction thriller from the up-and-comers the Purchase Brothers.
What remains to be seen is Nolan’s involvement -- though Pfister has discussed the film with him, the director has been heavily involved in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and hasn’t even yet met with some key members of the creative team.
Nolan’s influence can be felt on the movie in at least one way, however -- plot details and even a general log line are being kept under wraps.
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