Summary
AChristopher Nolanmovie never got the opportunity to fully materialize, which makes me sad because it seemingly had immense potential. Pretty much like everyone else, I was first exposed to Nolan’s body of work throughThe Dark Knighttrilogy, which played a significant role in making him a high-profile director in Hollywood. After watchingPrestigeandInceptionin the years that followed, my hunger to consume more of Nolan’s brilliant filmmaking only grew, prompting me to watch some of his early works, includingInsomniaandMemento.
Seeing his early films made me realize that, even though they are not as renowned as his recent blockbusters likeInterstellarandOppenheimer, they have a stroke of his genius in them. The more I thought about Christopher Nolan’s early films, the more I was saddened by the fact that one of them did not even get to see the light of day. If this film had eventually taken shape, it could have ranked amongChristopher Nolan’s best works.
The 10 Biggest Plot Twists In Christopher Nolan’s Movies, Ranked
Christopher Nolan is an outstanding director whose talent for creating twists is seen in many of his films, but only one can be crowned the best.
Christopher & Jonathan Nolan Wrote An Action Comedy Film That Never Happened
The Movie Would Have Likely Been Released After Memento
As Jonathan Nolan revealed in a recent interview (viaTHR),he and Christopher Nolan spent six months writing an action comedywhile waiting for someone to buy the rights forMemento. However, the movie never happened as the two filmmakers later ended up pursuing other opportunities. Jonathan Nolan refers to the film as “the one that got away.” Although he did not reveal anything about the film’s storyline or other thematic elements, the mere prospect of Jonathan and Christopher Nolan creating an action comedy sounds incredibly exciting. Sadly, it will remain unrealized.
An Action Comedy Directed By Christopher Nolan Would’ve Been Incredible
The Director Brings A Fascinating Spin To Every Genre He Tackles
Christopher Nolan has dabbled in many mainstream film genres but always somehow manages to bring a unique spin to each one. Even though the action comedy genre brims with many similar films that are almost indistinguishable from one another, Nolan’s take on it would have given it a fresh breath of air. The director is also known for incorporating non-linear narratives into films, and it would have been fascinating to seehow he would have implemented that in a movie genre that is not supposed to be taken too seriously.
It is hard not to wonder how Nolan would have combined his brand of thought-provoking filmmaking with the quintessential and simplistic elements of typical action comedies.
Speaking of seriousness, mostChristopher Nolan moviesalso demand audiences to be highly attentive and engaged to fully grasp the intellectual undertones in their narratives. It is hard not to wonder how Nolan would have combined his brand of thought-provoking filmmaking with the quintessential and simplistic elements of typical action comedies. Since Nolan has previously portrayed some creative and visually stunning action scenes in movies likeInceptionandTenet, even the action in the planned action comedy film would have been unlike anything audiences have seen before.
Sadly, I can only speculate and imagine what might have been instead of actually knowing Christopher and Jonathan Nolan’s plans for the film. Unless the two decide to revisit the project someday,it will remain an interesting but disheartening “what if” in their illustrious careers. However, I would like to believe that Jonathan andChristopher Nolannever truly abandoned the action comedy movie project. Instead, they only took its bits and pieces and placed them in their other films, fragmenting elements of its humor and action into various scenes and character beats across their body of work.
