Why Chris Nolan's Next Movie MUST Be This

6. Nolan's Aborted Howard Hughes Biopic

After Nolan completed his 2002 Insomnia remake, the director began prepping a biopic of legendary American businessman, pilot, engineer, filmmaker, and all-around renaissance man Howard Hughes.

Nolan was set to have Jim Carrey star as Hughes, though a major spanner was thrown in the works when Nolan learned that Martin Scorsese was busy assembling his own Hughes biopic - the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring 2004 film The Aviator, which went on to win five Oscars (and be nominated for a further six).

Well aware that competing with arguably our greatest living filmmaker would be a fruitless endeavour, Nolan reluctantly shelved his script, which was fully completed, and moved onto another project - a little-known movie called Batman Begins.

But since the release of Tenet, Nolan's fans have begun to consider whether this might be the perfect time for him to dust off that old script and finally bring it to life.

After all, 2024 will mark two decades since The Aviator was released, so there's certainly sufficient artistic distance for Nolan to deliver his own singular take on the subject.

Beyond that, it feels like Nolan has reached a natural point in his career where a film like this would be an exciting next step...