Interstellar is a name that will start getting googled quite a lot in a few months down the line. Not because there will be a sudden emergence of a deep interest in science and the cosmos. But quite simply because this is going to be the next movie of star-director Christopher Nolan, scheduled currently for a November 2014 release. While Quentin Tarantino charms with the uniqueness of his characters and their dialogues, Steven Spielberg blends majestic stories into a simplistic tale with ease, James Cameron dwells into the grandiose and spectacular, Christopher Nolan entertains with the complexities of his stories that intertwine with splendid grace and meticulousness. Nolan to many would be the creator of The Dark Knight trilogy and hence a genius of a director. Nolan to me is the creator of Memento, The Prestige and Inception and hence an astute writer along with being a gifted director. And behind most of the masterpieces brought to the big screen by Christopher Nolan, lies also the hand of his brother and fellow collaborator Jonathan Nolan, another gifted writer. This collaboration is very much present for Interstellar and that is a big reason to be all excited about this movie. The Imdb page on Interstellar gives this very short brief at present:
An exploration of physicist Kip Thorne's theories of gravity fields, wormholes and several hypotheses that Albert Einstein was never able to prove.
This is a big chapter in science to weave a story from, where facts and fantasies are separated by thin lines, and one can be easily confused for the other. Enough fodder for the Nolan brothers.
Another sub-plot to the build up towards Interstellar is the latest news about the lead role being offered to... wait for it.. wait for it... Mathew McConaughey! It's an interesting casting choice, one I would really love to see on the big screen. Mathew McConaughey has a very charming presence in most of his movies, but has played, in my opinion, very safe roles. Usually the romantic in Wedding Planner, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Ghosts of the Girlfriends Past and Failure to Launch, at times the adventurer in Sahara (this one I really enjoyed) and Fool's Gold, and sometimes the odd gritty role as a lawyer in A Time to Kill and The Lincoln Lawyer. A few more interesting roles have been attempted, such as the football coach in We Are Marshall, but they all have looked comfortable enough for McConaughey, an actor I feel is more talented than he usually displays. But maybe things are changing, maybe McConaughey realizes the need to branch out too. Lately he's ventured into more serious films, drama and thrillers, starring in Killer Joe, The Paperboy and Mud, which have really not set the box-office alight and probably faded him from public memory for sometime, but they might become the foundation for bigger things to come. And that could start from this year itself, as he stars in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, which is expected to be a financial thriller. That one should get people talking about McConaughey again. And if he does finalise on playing the lead role for Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, one would really have to learn to pronounce his surname better. For 'Matthew McConaughey' would be coming up in quite a few discussions henceforth!
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