While directorChristopher Nolanand cinematographer Wally Pfister have a long standing relationship that stretches all the way back toNolan’s 2001 directorial debutMemento, it sounds like the filmmaker is taking on a different collaborator for his upcomingWWIIdramaDunkirk. While many suspected that Wally Pfister would be coming aboard,Nolanhas instead decided to go with hisInterstellardirector of photography Hoyte van Hoytema. The movie shoots this summer.
Dunkirkwas announced in late December as director Christopher Nolan’snext project. He has since been busy prepping thetrue-life tale. ComposerHans Zimmer, who created all of the music for the Dark Knight trilogy will be back to score the adventure drama. And the secondary cast is being played by heavy hitters such asTom Hardy,Mark RylanceandKenneth Branagh. The main actors in the film will be mostly unknowns, which are still in the process of being cast.
Christopher Nolan and Hoyte van Hoytema will shoot the movie in IMAX 65mm and 65mm large-format film. Hoyte van Hoytema was recently inducted into the American Society of Cinematographers. His other work outside ofInterstellarincludes this past winter’s James Bond adventureSpectre, 2001’sTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spyand 2008’sLet the Right One in.
Dunkirkwill shoot partially on location in Dunkirk. The movie is inspired by Operation Dynamo. In 1940, a miracle mission saved nearly 340,000 Allied troops after being trapped by Nazis in this Northern area of France. Christopher Nolan is directingDunkirkfrom his ownoriginal screenplay.
Christopher Nolan and his team have already begun casting teenagers in the London area for the main roles, but no actors have yet been announced.Dunkirkwill be a large-scale production. Christopher Nolan wants maximum image quality, and high-impact immersion in telling his next story.Dunkirkbegins shooting in May, and will utilize many of the real locations where this true piece of war history happened.
