Christopher Nolan’s film “Interstellar” will be re-released in honor of its 10th anniversary. However, the sci-fi epic will return to the theater screens with a slight delay.
Interstellar premiered on November 5, 2014. It told of a dystopian future in which a group of astronauts from a dying Earth traveled through a wormhole to another galaxy to find a planet that could become a new home for humanity.
The picture, with Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Matt Damon in the lead roles, totaled $681 million at the worldwide box office and was nominated for five Academy Awards. It ended up winning the golden statuette for best visual effects. In addition, the picture received very high scores from viewers, and now it ranks 19th in the list of the most highly rated films on the IMDB website. Many publications and critics regularly list Interstellar as one of the most important and influential films of the 21st century.
The re-release of “Interstellar” was originally expected to begin on September 27. But Paramount Studios, the studio responsible for it, recently announced that it had been moved to December 6. The movie will be shown in 70mm format in IMAX theaters as well as on digital screens.
Shortly before this announcement, rumors appeared on the web that the release would be canceled due to Paramount destroying all 70mm copies of Interstellar because it was costing too much to store them. The studio refuted the statement and said that it kept more copies of Interstellar than most other pictures. However, because the film reels wear out during the big screen run, it is not uncommon for them to become damaged after the theatrical run.
Nolan is one of the most commercially successful directors in Hollywood today. Among his credits are The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Dunkirk. He has long been an advocate of film as well as the IMAX format, flatly refusing to shoot his films on digital cameras. For “Oppenheimer,” which brought him the first Oscar, Nolan encouraged audiences to watch the movie on IMAX screens, which led to weeks of sold-out screenings.
According to Variety
