Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" (July 21, 2017)

[Faora]

RUMOR: Warner Brothers Purchased a $5 Million WW2 Plane for Christopher Nolan to Crash

Christopher Nolan has been hard at work shooting Dunkirk for almost a month now and I’ve been hearing some interesting details from inside the production. Not surprisingly, the detail oriented director is shooting practically as much as possible, using real WW2 era warships at the site of the original battle in Dunkirk, France until the first week or July before moving to Holland, the U.K. and then Los Angeles.

For the unfamiliar, Dunkirk is the true story centering on the rescue of 330,000 British, French and Belgium Allied troops after Germany effectively cut off and surrounded them at the harbor of Dunkirk, France during World War 2. The operation, consisting of over 800 boats is considered by many to be the greatest military operation in the history of mankind.

To bring the amazing true story to life Nolan has enlisted an all-star cast consisting of Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy and Fionn Whitehead, with smaller roles being filled out by Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden and Barry Keoghan.

A source tells me that Warner Brothers recently signed a five million dollar check to purchase a vintage WW2 aircraft, (possibly a German Luftwafee) which will be outfitted with IMAX cameras to be used in what are sure to be some impressive sequences in the film. And when they’re done, they are going to crash it.

Buying and crashing a five million dollar plane might seem lavish and outrageous, but the source tells me that internally Warner Brothers are expecting Dunkirk to perform similarly to Nolan’s surprise runaway hit Inception, which earned more than $825M at the box office in 2010. Does Nolan really need to destroy an important piece of history? Probably not. Will it look amazing? I’m certain it will, but in an age of convincing digital effects it seems a bit unconscionable to me.

Dunkirk is set for release on July 21, 2017, but I’m told we could get our first look via a teaser trailer attached to Suicide Squad on August 5th.
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[Kane52630]

That's really ****in stupid.

 

[Anita18]

Eh, not sure if I believe that. Nolan hasn't shown himself to be frivolous with his budget. He even scolded the costume designer on The Prestige for overspending on starched collars or something of the sort. It came off like he didn't think that kind of detail was important.

 

[StormC]

Nolan hasn't shown himself to be frivolous with his budget.

I dunno. Did TDKR really need to be 230 million?

 

[Tacit Ronin]

On the other hand, Inception and Interstellar cost 160 and 170 mill respectively.

 

[titansupes]

I dunno. Did TDKR really need to be 230 million?

That movie was massive. Think about all those extras in the final battle scene alone-- now the cost of renting space for the costumers/make-up teams and AD's to process them and get them ready, the costumes themselves, the light stunt training that all battle scene extras get (for legal and safety reasons), the cost of closing down the streets in both NYC and Cleveland (I think), the explosions etc. And that's just one scene.

 

[Man in the Suit]

Yeah... TDKR doesn't look cheap. The money is on the screen.

 

[Gold Samurai]

They couldn't hire a better fight coordinator? Batman practically force pushed Bane's mercenaries. Some cops barely threw "punches".

 

[Brother Jack]

That movie was massive. Think about all those extras in the final battle scene alone-- now the cost of renting space for the costumers/make-up teams and AD's to process them and get them ready, the costumes themselves, the light stunt training that all battle scene extras get (for legal and safety reasons), the cost of closing down the streets in both NYC and Cleveland (I think), the explosions etc. And that's just one scene.

They also built the entire prison pit set, including the thirty plus foot chasm. And Bane's sewer lair. And a full scale Bat puppet on a motorized gimbal.

 

[jmc]

Nolan is notorious for coming under budget with his films.

 

[Faora]

 

[BatLobster]

That article also mentions that there may be a teaser with Suicide Squad.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

They couldn't hire a better fight coordinator? Batman practically force pushed Bane's mercenaries. Some cops barely threw "punches".

It would be for naught. The problem is that Nolan sucks at directing fights.

 

[Faora]

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Any word if Zimmer will be scoring this?

 

[BatLobster]

Any word if Zimmer will be scoring this?

 

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[Faora]

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Not sure is serious or not?

 

[Gold Samurai]

Dunkirk is actually a movie where RC planes attack

Maximum Altitude

 

[Doctor Jones]

Dat forced perspective. I can appreciate Nolan's old school usage of SFX. If they still work, why not use them? Though Nolan is really one of the few filmmakers to be able to command such a thing.

 

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[DA_Champion]

It would be for naught. The problem is that Nolan sucks at directing fights.

Yet the Bane fight in TDKR has more drama than almost all other superhero fights from 100+ films.

Drama >> choreography.

 

[dark_b]

please dont tell me that they will use forced perspective for planes attacking soldiers?