Christopher Nolan Drops Details and Robert Pattinson’s Character Name
By George Robbins
Out of all of the upcoming events that are now back on track thanks to businesses reopening following being shut down due to the pandemic, one is very enigmatic. This would be the upcoming release of Christopher Nolan’s new movie ‘Tenet.’ Most chain movie theaters, such as AMC, will be opened by the middle of July after having been closed since the middle of March. This allows the opportunity for people to go back out to the movies in order to get themselves out of the house, but not without having to follow new guidelines put in place. As of now, and even upon the first couple of weeks after the openings of these theaters, they won’t really have any new content to show to the public. Nolan has had plans to make ‘Tenet’ one of the first new films available to the public.
Originally, the release date for the film was set around the time that theaters were meant to be opening their doors to the public again by releasing on July 17th. However, amid growing concerns and spikes in new virus cases, many movies had delays put on them with many being pushed back relatively far. ‘Tenet’ was not pushed as far back as people thought it would be and only ended up being pushed back about two weeks so that the studio could make Nolan happy. So as of now the release date for his newest film is set for July 31st.
Nolan has sort of a penchant for coming up with new original films and directing them in a way that makes people marvel at what it is they see on the big screen. Just like the rest of his films before they are released, ‘Tenet’ is a film that is shrouded in nothing but mystery and it seems the trailers we have for the film only serve to make people even more confused. People shouldn’t feel like they are missing out by not knowing anything either, because not even some of the actors are entirely sure of what is going on in the movie. This has led to people searching for any kind of information they can in regards to the movie and the constant asking of questions to try and get new information out of Nolan.
On a discussion about the movie and a question about what Robert Pattinson’s character’s name was, Nolan said, “We think he may be called Neil. You never really quite know what’s going on with these identities.” This leaves us with a guess as to whether this was just a joke or if the character has identities he uses to prevent enemy agents from identifying him. His character has also been described by Nolan as being “rascally” and he works within the “twilight world of operatives in different secret services.” So although he might be teaming up with John David Washington’s Protagonist, there is no telling what he will really do by the end of the film. The only thing that can be done now is wait for the film to release and hope we are one of the few people allowed in theaters.