Christopher Nolan has always made ambitious films, even before he had the budget for his big ideas. But films don’t get much bigger than Interstellarthe 2014 science fiction epic about space travel starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. The cross-generational saga immediately established itself as a science fiction classic and introduced a new generation to surprisingly precise astrophysical phenomena.
Now, 10 years later, despite rumors to the contrary, the film is set to return to US theaters, also in IMAX 70mm. However, the release is still two months later than expected – but for a very different reason.
InterstellarReturn to the cinemas
Ten years later, InterstellarThe ecological message of is even more appropriate.
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InterstellarThe Movie’s return to theaters for its 10th anniversary was announced earlier this year, with screenings taking place in both Nolan’s preferred IMAX 70mm format, the format in which thousands flocked to see Nolan’s latest film. Oppenheimer in and standard digital. The re-release was announced at CinemaCon and scheduled for September 27, 2024, but that was the last anyone heard of it.
Recently, it was rumored that the delay in the re-release was due to Paramount destroying the 70mm copies of the film, leading many to wonder if the film would be released at all. The rumor is not entirely unfounded. A story has been circulating in online forums for decades claiming that Paramount sent a memo to the archives in 1991 ordering that excess copies of the film Days of Thunder destroyed, but a reading error resulted in all 70mm copies of Terence Malick’s Days in Heaven instead be destroyed.
Why the re-release of “Interstellar” is delayed
Fans can now finally relive the most intellectual scenes from “Interstellar” in IMAX format.
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Fortunately, a report from diversity revealed that the film copies were not destroyed. In fact, there are still other copies of Interstellar in Paramount’s archives than other films – it was the 10 years of wear and tear on the film stock that could cause problems. Regardless, the re-release will go ahead anyway, on December 7, more than two months later.
So if a lack of footage isn’t the cause of the delay, what is it?
According to the report, the delay to December was even intentional to align with the film’s “home entertainment relaunch,” which presumably means the physical release of the 10th anniversary edition.
But despite the official statement, there is already speculation that this may not be a question of marketing synergies, but of planning: September 27 is the release date of Francis Ford Coppola’s Big cityanother epic film from a respected director set for an IMAX release.
Fortunately, the fuss surrounding this re-release can be attributed to PR stunts rather than the accidental destruction of physical media. If there is one thing that Interstellar has taught us that under the right circumstances, another eight weeks of enjoying that cinematic experience again will feel a lot shorter.
