Christopher Nolan movie 'Tenet' to open July 31 as industry seeks rebound

By Lisa Richwine

 

71st Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the new print of the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" presented as part of Cinema Classic - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, May 13, 2018 - Director Christopher Nolan poses. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Christopher Nolan's thriller "Tenet" will debut in cinemas on July 31, distributor Warner Bros. said on Friday, the first new blockbuster in months for movie theaters that need fresh films to lure audiences after pandemic-related closures.

 

Theaters are starting to reopen worldwide since going dark in mid-March to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Cinema operators hope "Tenet" and other blockbusters will help create a late-summer rebound.

 

The "Tenet" release date announced Friday is two weeks later than the previously planned July 17 debut. But Warner Bros., a unit of AT&T Inc, confirmed that one of the year's most highly anticipated movies will not face a longer delay as many in Hollywood feared.

 

Warner Bros. postponed another summer release, "Wonder Woman 1984" to October from August. Walt Disney Co's action epic "Mulan" is scheduled to reach theaters July 24.

 

"Tenet" is a big budget, science-fiction spy movie starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson from the British director of hits like "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Inception." Little has been revealed about the plot.

 

"We're especially thrilled, in this complex and rapidly changing environment, to be bringing Christopher Nolan’s 'Tenet,' a global tentpole of jaw-dropping size, scope and scale, to theaters around the world on July 31," Warner Bros. Picture Group Chairman Toby Emmerich said.

 

"It's been longer than any of us could’ve imagined since we’ve seen a movie on the big screen," Emmerich added.

 

Studios need as many locations open as possible to make back their investments in big-budget movies. Theater attendance will be limited to enforce social-distancing requirements, and it is unclear how comfortable audiences will be to return to cinemas.

 

Large theater operators including AMC Entertainment Holdings and Cineworld Group Plc have said they expect most of their locations worldwide to be open in July.

 

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Chris Reese and Cynthia Osterman)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-06-15

 

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I'm looking forward to this one, patience will allow me to download a 1080p version once available.

20 minutes ago, ukrules said:

I'm looking forward to this one, patience will allow me to download a 1080p version once available.

or have you already downloaded it ?

3 minutes ago, mr mr said:

or have you already downloaded it ?

Lol, no - I wait for the DVD release, I never go to the cinemas.

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

Lol, no - I wait for the DVD release, I never go to the cinemas.

i meant it like part of the movie plot point. ????

you seen the trailer ? 

 

 

 

 

 

Surely cinemas must be finished, over, kaput, thanks to all this virus nonsense ! The normal world can progress only when the people responsible for all the scaremongering (including members of the media) are charged, found guilty of deliberately causing widespread panic, and jailed until the whole unpleasant nightmare fades into obscurity !

8 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Surely cinemas must be finished, over, kaput, thanks to all this virus nonsense ! The normal world can progress only when the people responsible for all the scaremongering (including members of the media) are charged, found guilty of deliberately causing widespread panic, and jailed until the whole unpleasant nightmare fades into obscurity !

hahahah accountability.