Christopher Nolan Sets New Movie for 2026 with Matt Damon in Talks to Star

Christopher Nolan is returning to Universal for his next movie.

Matt Damon, who appeared in “Interstellar” and “Oppenheimer,” is in talks to star. 

Nolan is set to write and will produce with Emma Thomas under their Syncopy banner.

Following the success of “Oppenheimer,” which earned seven Academy Awards and grossed $958 million worldwide, it was no surprise that Nolan would re-team with the studio.

Sources revealed that Universal is planning an Imax release for the title on July 17, 2026. Plot details for the project remain under wraps. 

“Oppenheimer” marked Nolan’s first film outside of Warner Bros. in nearly 20 years. For the studio, he helmed the “Dark Knight” trilogy and other hits including “Dunkirk” and “Inception.”

Things changed in 2020, when WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar decided to premiere a year’s worth of films on HBO Max. 

While Nolan didn’t have a movie opening during this period, he released a statement at the time slamming the strategy: “Some of our industry’s biggest filmmakers and most important movie stars went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service.”

He took “Oppenheimer” to Universal, and the film ended up opening head-to-head with another Warner Bros. project: “Barbie.” In his 2023 cover story, Nolan said any feud he had with Warner Bros. was now “water under the bridge.”