SONY - Director Nolan chooses Universal over Warner Bros. for next film

Blockbuster film director Christopher Nolan is taking his next film to Universal (CMCSA -5.4%), stepping away from a longtime Warner Bros. (T -0.8%) home after shopping the project around. Nolan - director of such tentpole releases as his Batman trilogy, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar and Dunkirk - is making a biographical picture about scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, considered a "father" of the atomic bomb. And he's taking that project to Universal after a high-profile spat with Warner Bros. last year over the studio's decision to take their 2021 films to day-and-date release on HBO Max. Nolan's last film, Tenet, became an accidental bellwether last Labor Day in whether moviegoers might go back to theaters. He reportedly also considered Sony (SONY +0.4%) and Paramount (VIAC -3.8%, VIACA -4.2%) along with Universal and Warner Bros. In recent years, Disney (DIS -1.1%) has taken on one of his films: 2006's The Prestige. Nolan

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Director Nolan chooses Universal over Warner Bros. for next film