Tom Holland Joins Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie, and We Heard a Great Rumor About It

Spider-Man histrion Tom Holland was conscionable formed successful the adjacent movie by Oscar-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan and portion nary 1 is precisely definite what that movie is astir yet, we conscionable heard a ace exciting, juicy rumor astir it.

Since Universal announced it was reteaming with Nolan, fans everyplace person been speculating astir the quality of the film. One rumor is that it’s a fearfulness movie. Another is that it’s a chopper enactment movie similar 1983’s Blue Thunder. And the Hollywood Reporter communicative astir Holland’s casting writes that “the mounting is not contiguous time (although it’s unclear whether it’s acceptable successful the past oregon the future).” Well, we heard 2 of those could perchance beryllium true. io9 got connection from a reliable root that Nolan’s movie is simply a vampire movie acceptable successful the 1920s.

We cognize what you’re thinking: “Isn’t Ryan Coogler already making that movie?” Yes, helium is. It’s called Sinners and it’s retired successful March. But that doesn’t mean determination isn’t country for 2 visionary filmmakers to tackle the aforesaid topic, particularly erstwhile the releases are truthful acold apart. Don’t forget, not lone was Nolan 1 of galore directors to tackle Batman, helium did a magic movie—The Prestige—around the aforesaid clip arsenic a rival workplace was doing a magic movie, The Illusionist. He’s not beholden to what different radical are doing. Plus, it’s not similar play fearfulness movies are each implicit the nation’s multiplexes these days oregon ever. There’s plentifulness of country for 2 oregon possibly adjacent much of these.

io9 reached retired to Universal for confirmation oregon denial of the rumor and didn’t perceive backmost arsenic of publication. We’ll update the station if oregon erstwhile we do.

So is Nolan’s latest a play vampire movie? Probably, but we can’t accidental for sure. What we tin accidental for definite is it’s Nolan’s archetypal movie since winning Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director for Oppenheimer. It stars Matt Damon and, now, Tom Holland—who’ll reportedly sprout the movie alongside Spider-Man 4 and Avengers: Doomsday. We besides cognize it’s being released by Universal, successful IMAX, connected July 17, 2026.

Let’s beryllium honorable though. We each privation this rumor to beryllium true, right? We privation to spot Matt Damon and Tom Holland successful long, flowing coats ripping retired people’s throats successful 70mm IMAX with your spot shaking from the immense Hans Zimmer score. That sounds similar the cleanable nighttime astatine the movies. Let’s transverse our fingers… but don’t amusement the vampires.

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