“This is not about me”: Christopher Nolan Vows to Never Make a Movie After Oppenheimer Until His Condition Is Met
Christopher Nolan, the man behind the production of Box office hit movies like Interstellar, Tenet, and Justice League has been known for his fascinating works within the Hollywood industry. He has been a blockbuster filmmaker who has been known for producing movies mostly of complex plots with a combination of intriguing twists.
Nolan has been in the industry for a while and infact in today’s date he is also listed among the top leading directors in the Hollywood universe. He is also a star in the eyes of Hollywood where his movies have also grossed a whopping $5 billion in revenue.
The popular director recently caught up the audience’s attention after making an official statement about his decision not to produce any movie until and unless there is no such solution made for the ongoing Hollywood strike.
Hollywood on fire after the announcement of the SAG-AFTRA strike
For the readers who aren’t aware! For a few days, the entire Hollywood industry has been on fire after thousands of actors and writers joined together to take movement against the continuing fuss between the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
For the very first time after decades, the Hollywood industry is facing such a massive strike. The strike was announced right after (SAG-AFTRA) failed in four weeks prolonging negotiations with the production studios to make it fair for the human writers and actors in the industry.
The reason behind such a massive strike was viewing the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is now been primarily used in production houses and streaming services like Netflix, Warner Bros, NBC Universal, and Paramount impacting the pay and job security of the writers and actors in the industry.
All of these production houses and streaming services come under the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Christopher Nolan shows his support for Hollywood Strike
The producer of Oppenheimer has shown his support to all the actors as well as writers who are part of the strike. After the strike was announced officially, the Hollywood superstar stepped out between the premiering of his latest movie, Oppenheimer in London.
After being asked, Christopher Nolan responds by showing his support for the ongoing strike alongside stating that he won’t be producing any such movie from his side until and unless there is a solution made for the ongoing strike.
Christopher Nolan says he will ‘absolutely’ not start developing another film until the Hollywood strikes are resolved
“it is a very key moment in the relationship between working people and Hollywood. This is not about me, this is not about the stars of my film. This is about… pic.twitter.com/AGx21VL5CY
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“No, absolutely. It’s very important that everybody understands it is a very key moment in the relationship between working people and Hollywood. This is not about me, this is not about the stars of my film. This is about jobbing actors, this is about staff writers on television programs trying to raise a family, trying to keep food on the table.” He said to the media.
During the special screening of the new movie, the Inception‘s director also expressed caution regarding the rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence space which can end up impacting the entire filming industry.
Christopher Nolan talks about Oppenheimer
Nolan has been known for his best complex plotline. After his recent movie, Oppenheimer got released. Many fans are quite excited to see how this thought has been put up in the form of a movie.
To give readers a small glimpse of the movie, the plot of the movie gives its major focus on the character named J. Robert Oppenheimer who is responsible for making the first-ever nuclear bomb under the Manhattan Project.
The movie casts Cillian Murphy as the lead actor and he is supported by other supporting casts including Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh. The movie first made its way to theatres on the 11th of July. The UK and USA release for the movie has been set on the 21st of July.
Source: BangPremier
