Christopher Nolan's Next Film Starts Casting

Another highly anticipated 2020 film is set in motion.

Back in January, Warner Bros. announced that Christopher Nolan's next film would be released in July 2020, labelling it as an 'Event Film', to the excitement of many. And now, surprisingly, in such quick succession, three exciting and unexpected casting announcements have been made, with John David Washington, Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debecki.

This must be an incredibly exciting opportunity for John David Washington following his almost Oscar-nominated performance in BlacKkKlansman, proving that even without an Oscar nom, he has still attracted behind-the-camera talent such as Nolan himself. What I found was great about Washington's performance was that he didn't fall in the shadow of his world-class father, Denzel, and it must be incredibly rewarding for him to have distinguished himself from that shadow and made a name for himself in his own right. For Washington, I am sure this is his dream follow-up project and it may do wonders for his career. 

The second casting announcement came in the form of Elizabeth Debecki, a very familiar face since Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby playing the part of Jordan Baker, but even with appearing in notable films such as Steve McQueen's Widows and even 2017's Marvel spectacle Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 since then, she has failed to really solidify herself as a distinguished actress. However, when one appears in a Christopher Nolan film, their stardom skyrockets, and hopefully Debecki will follow that path. 

Then we come to Robert Pattinson, which was a surprise, but certainly a pleasant one, since I am actually a fan of his work in smaller films he has done since The Twilight Saga reached its conclusion, and think it is about time that he reinvents himself in the mainstream since many still consider Robert Pattinson as 'the one from Twilight', with no knowledge of his incredibly skilled performances of the past six years or so. Considering this is a summer event film, Pattinson is going to be thrown back into the main stream in a big way. I've heard some comparisons to Leonardo DiCaprio's career in the way that he was considered by the mainstream as a teen-heartthrob from films like Romeo + Juliet and Titanic (even though the latter had tremendous critical acclaim, contrary to Twilight), delivered some acclaimed performances under the helm of Martin Scorsese over the next few years, and after the resounding success and critical acclaim of Inception, he was a bona fide Hollywood superstar. Even though its not spot on, I understand this parallel and I hope it does come to fruition for Pattinson, because he is genuinely talented and is deserving of the foreshadowed success.