Lupita Nyong'o is the latest A-list star to join Christopher Nolan's next big movie. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Nyong'o is joining the robust bold-faced call sheet that already includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya. Nolan wrote the script and is directing the project, which Universal Pictures will distribute. The studio has set a release date of July 17th, 2026.
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00:00Lupita Nyong'o is the latest big-name star to join Christopher Nolan's next movie.
00:05Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Nyong'o is joining the robust,
00:09bold-faced call sheet that already includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway,
00:13and Zendaya. Nolan wrote the script and is directing the project,
00:17which Universal Pictures will distribute. The studio has set a release date of July 17,
00:212026. Nolan's latest film comes with even less plot or logline details than usual for the highly
00:27secretive filmmaker, but we do know that a shoot in the first half of 2025 is being planned.
00:32As for Nyong'o, she was last seen starring in A Quiet Place,
00:35Day One, which hit theaters over the summer.
00:45She won an Academy Award for her performance in 12 Years a Slave and starred in Black Panther
00:49and its sequel, Black Panther Wakanda Forever. Universal had no comment on this story.
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00:57head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.