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When Christopher Nolan got his hands onInterstellar, he didn’t just give Steven Spielberg’s script a few edits; he basically lit it on fire and started fresh. Spielberg’s warm, feel-good vibes? Gone. Nolan swapped them out for his signature brain-bending chaos, turning a straightforward sci-fi into an emotional rollercoaster wrapped in quantum physics.
Love it or hate it, Nolan’s version ofInterstellarmade sure no one left the theater without their mind blown — or their heart in pieces.
How Christopher Nolan burned Steven Spielberg’sInterstellarscript and made it his own
Interstellaras we know it almost didn’t happen the way we saw it.Christopher Nolanreworked the entire film, big time. Originally, the project was being developed by his brother, Jonathan Nolan, forSteven Spielberg.
Spielberg had a vision, but it was Jonathan who was busy crafting the screenplay, inspired by physicist Kip S. Thorne’s theories on wormholes. But Spielberg didn’t stay on board to direct. Enter Christopher Nolan. In a press conference, Nolan spilled the tea (viaSlashfilm):
[I] was talking to Jonah [Nolan] about the script he was working on with Steven Spielberg at the time. We’d bounce ideas off each other and it sounded incredibly exciting … I had the advantage of coming onto the project late and being able to look at what these guys [Jonah Nolan and Kip Thorne] had done.
A lot of my contribution was ripping things out, because they put in more of these incredible mind blowing ideas that, I felt, I could absorb as an audience member.
Nolan continued,
So I spent my time and my work on the script choosing the more emotive and tactile of these ideas to grab ahold of. … [Jonah] got very busy doing other things so I said, ‘Hey can I take this and combine it with some other ideas I’ve been working on’ — it was a bit more like him going ‘okay, take a shot, we’ll see what you do.’ So I showed him what I had done and he seemed reasonably happy with it.
Nolan carefully honed in on the emotional core of the story, making sure that it wasn’t all about mind-bending science. It was about human connection — about Cooper’s relationship with his daughter, Murphy.
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What followed was a totally reworked version ofInterstellar— a film that still tackled complex science but grounded it in emotional depth. How would Spielberg’s version have looked? We’ll never know. But Nolan’s version became a game-changer, blending heart with science in a way few could have predicted.
Christopher Nolan takes on Greek mythology:The Odysseygets a mind-bending, IMAX twist
Christopher Nolan’s taking on Greek mythology. TheOppenheimerdirector is set to bring Homer’sThe Odysseyto the big screen, dropping June 18, 2025 (perEconomictimes).
Universal’s got it locked down, and they’re calling it a“mythic action epic shot across the world using brand-new IMAX technology.”This is the first time we’ll get to see Homer’s iconic story in that insane format.
Odysseus’s 10-year trek home after the Trojan War? It’s about to get a Nolan twist. He’s all about pushing the limits of filmmaking, and withThe Odyssey, it looks like he’s bringing something epic — and maybe even a little mind-bending — to the table.
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WatchInterstellaron Paramount + and Apple TV.
Heena Singh
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Heena Singh is a Editor at FandomWire, spent the last two years making waves in entertainment journalism. With a knack for digging up blockbuster celebrity scoops and an uncanny nose for the latest buzz, Heena’s articles bring a fresh and fun perspective to life. When she’s not conquering writing challenges, you’ll find her curled up in bed, peacefully sleeping.
