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Christopher Nolan Wants ‘Tenet’ to Revive Movie Theaters. Will It?
By Brent Lang, Rebecca Rubin

For movie theaters shuttered by coronavirus, it’s become something of a mantra: “Just wait until ‘ Tenet .'”

The science-fiction epic that’s shrouded in secrecy isn’t just hotly anticipated because it’s the latest film from Christopher Nolan , the preeminent practitioner of a certain kind of blockbuster entertainment that is popular with critics and general audiences alike. There’s certainly the hope that “Tenet,” like “Inception,” “The Dark Knight,” and “Dunkirk” before it, will prove to be a box office smash when it debuts on July 17.

But in this case, “Tenet” is more than a movie. It’s the spark that cinemas are counting on to ignite a moviegoing revival in the U.S. and beyond. Nearly every blockbuster set to debut this year has shifted after the coronavirus pandemic prompted cinemas nationwide to close. While tentpoles like Universal’s “Fast and Furious” installment “F9” and Disney’s “The Eternals” were pushed into 2021, “Tenet” has been one of the few films to hold steady on the release calendar. When movie theaters do reopen, Nolan wants his big-budget espionage thriller to be the first to greet moviegoers on the big screen.

“Chris really would like to be coming out with the film that opens theaters,” Imax CEO Richard Gelfond said on a recent earnings call . “I don’t know anyone in America who is pushing harder to get the theaters re-opened and to get his movie released than Chris Nolan.”

Charlotte

We've been keeping ourselves busy but we're really missing going to the movies. We've gotten into a habit of going regularly.

I know, which cracks me up.

Most people aren't lucky enough to have a mini theater at home - let alone a loving son who shares his screeners.

You said Chris would rather die than let your next one be shown on the little screen.

I don't think he'd make an exception for our medium screen.

Touché.

Any news on that front?

I'm trying hard not to think about it.

I'm sorry, Will. I know you feel guilty thinking about people getting sick going to see it. But even if they do, it's not your fault. You can't control what people do and you can't control what the studio does. And you can't control the theatre either, because I know you're feeling guilty about the play too.

Since you brought that up...

Did they make a decision yet?

No. I'm talking to the team about how badly it would go for me legally if I pulled out of the show.

Bridge thinks any press would be understanding. I'm not too worried about any financial penalty. More than anything I'm scared Martin would be furious with me.

I'll take him on.

Love you too, mama.

Delivered

"The funny thing with Will is, half the things he says, he says with a twinkle in his eye. He's slightly f***ing with you, but he’s also being disarmingly honest. It's sort of both things at once. When you see the film, you'll understand. Will's read on the script was extremely acute. But he also understood the ambiguities of the film and the possibilities that spin off in the mind around the story.

"And so both things are true. Yes, he's f***ing with you, because he had a complete grasp of the script. But a complete grasp of the script, in the case of Tenet , is one that understands and acknowledges the need for this film to live on in the audience's mind, and suggest possibilities in the audience's mind. And he was very much a partner in crime with that."
— Christopher Nolan

10 of Twitter's Most Relatable Reactions to Will Browder & Libby Rollins' Activity-Filled Quarantine

by Morgan Murrell
BuzzFeed Staff

Celebrity besties Will Browder and Libby Rollins have encouraged safe self-isolation behavior - and lots of jealousy - by quarantining together at Browder's home in Brooklyn. For the last two months, the Tenet co-stars have been keeping us updated on the ways they're keeping each other busy on their respective social media accounts.

Some of their activities have been about what you'd expect - like most of us normals, they binged Tiger King and have tried their hand at baking homemade bread - but others have sparked a whole array of reactions from people on Twitter.

meg ✨ @danysstark

it's 2020 and kylo ren live-tweeting 15 year old episodes of america's next top model makes more sense than anything coming out of the white house

FUNBOY @FUNBOYLife

Last week @libberated and @willbrowder broke our website when they posted a self-portrait lounging in one of our pink heart pools.

Cheers to them and notifications when it's back in stock for you.

Lucy @stanseb

I hope the main changes to come out of the pandemic are universal healthcare and @willbrowder creating his own cooking show. #snokedbrisket

emma @browdrs

the 2020 pulitzer for investigative reporting goes to the stans that identified the assailant in that will browder video as parker best's new dog or we riot

mark @happybush

will's twin sister thanked libby on instagram for sewing will's eight month old niece a dress

chloe @peekyblinders

not @willbrowder tweeting with genuine pride about @libberated getting raymond in animal crossing i can't

ms. rollins if ya nasty @willbey

wilby doing meditative yoga, a history-
libby:
will:
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Jen @maebytonight12

would give my firstborn to see libby rollins' quarantine camera roll because you know she has pictures of shit like

-will taking out the trash in a face mask and wig
-extreme close-ups of the struggle stubble
-pre-libby-playing-hamlet pep rally

aja @AjaSaman

fyre fest's fema tents crawled so your shitty apartment could run so the browder/rollins blanket fort could fly

Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Armie Hammer & Joel Edgerton To Star In Watergate Drama ‘Gaslit’, UCP Series Based On ‘Slow Burn’ Podcast

Julia Roberts is reuniting with Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail on another podcast adaptation as she is attached to star, alongside Sean Penn , Will Browder and Joel Edgerton , in a remake of Slate’s Watergate audio series Slow Burn .

Gaslit is a modern take on Watergate that focuses on the untold stories and forgotten characters of the scandal, from Nixon’s bumbling, opportunistic subordinates, to the deranged zealots aiding and abetting their crimes, to the tragic whistleblowers who would eventually bring the whole rotten enterprise crashing down.

Roberts plays Martha Mitchell, a celebrity Arkansan socialite and wife to Nixon’s loyal Attorney General, John Mitchell, who has a big personality and an even bigger mouth. Despite her party affiliation, she’s the first person to publicly sound the alarm on Nixon’s involvement in Watergate, causing both the Presidency and her personal life to unravel. Penn plays her husband John Mitchell. As Attorney General, Mitchell is Nixon’s most trusted advisor and best friend. Temperamental, foulmouthed and ruthless – yet hopelessly in love with his famously outspoken wife – he’ll be forced to choose between Martha and the President.

Browder plays John Dean, the young White House Counsel torn between his ambition and his struggle with whether he can lie to protect the President. Edgerton will play G. Gordon Liddy, Korean War veteran, former FBI agent and chief operative of Nixon’s “Plumbers” unit, tasked with plugging embarrassing leaks in the wake of the Pentagon Papers.

“Now more than ever, truth is absolutely stranger than fiction,” added Esmail. “When Robbie first told me about the Slow Burn podcast, I devoured it instantly. The second I finished it, I felt compelled to bring this story to television especially after watching the cowardice on display during the recent impeachment hearings.”

6 Comments

Anonymous on June 10, 2020 4:59 pm
The only interesting thing about this project is the cast. The story itself has been told a million times. Yawn.

Anonymous on June 10, 2020 1:23 pm
Another political project for Browder to use to try to make himself look liberal and woke. Constantly trying to get us to forget how he benefits from generations of rich Republican opportunism.

Anonymous on June 10, 2020 3:40 pm
Apart from some of his early tone-deaf comments and arguable queer-baiting during 'Angels in America,' Browder at least acknowledges his privilege and seems like he's trying to learn. That's more than you can say for some stars I won't name...

Anonymous on June 10, 2020 12:14 pm
Found both this podcast and Mr Robot so addicting. I can't wait for this.

Anonymous on June 10, 2020 11:34 am
Such a bland cast.

Anonymous on June 10, 2020 10:19 am
I refuse to watch anything with that abuser Sean Penn. It's a shame because this looks interesting.

LATE NIGHT
John Oliver Tries to Explain His Intense Will Browder Obsession

N ot even adapting his show to the pandemic era has dulled John Oliver’s thirst for Will Browder. After weeks of bizarre sexual asides about the Tenet star, Oliver began to try and explain his obsession during Last Week Tonight on Sunday.

During a segment about the challenges facing team sports in the wake of the global health crisis, Oliver played audio of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon discussing his push to produce new matches. “Obviously, everyone is pretty much starved for new content,” McMahon said. “It could very well be that you’re tired of watching Netflix and you want to see strong men running around in their underwear.”

“First, I would argue that the risks of creating content the way that you are seems to outweigh the benefits right now,” Oliver said in response, before getting to his Browder infatuation. “And second: no one on that call registered your point there—because you just said ‘stimulating,’ ‘strong men,’ and ‘underwear,’ all in the same sentence. At which point everyone’s mind turned immediately to getting absolutely bone-crushed by Will Browder.” At that point, he addressed the Oscar nominee directly: “Choke slam me to hell, you nasty shed. Jam your mandible claw down my throat, you irredeemable steer.”

Since February, Oliver has frequently made time to call out Browder in violent, thirsty pleas notably focused on the 6'3" actor's height and size. “Step on my throat, Will Browder, you rudely large man,” Oliver said during an episode on February 24, the first instance this year of his Browder gag. “Break my fingers, you brooding mountain.”

“Shatter my knees, you fuckable redwood,” Oliver said in a later episode.

“A lot of you might well be wondering where I’m going with this bit,” Oliver said on Sunday night. “If you’re anything like my staff, you’re asking questions like, ‘Is this sexual or is it violent?’ And then you’re unsatisfied when the answer comes back, ‘Yes.’ If you’re like my wife, you might be asking, ‘Should I be worried about this?’ with your concern only growing when the answer is, ‘Only if you want to be.’”

Oliver then wondered what Browder himself might think of the jokes. “Is he bothered by this continued sexualization? He seems like a fairly private guy, making what I’m doing possibly some form of harassment. He might actually have pretty good grounds to have me reprimanded legally,” the comedian mused, before concluding with another plea to the Kylo Ren actor. “To which I say, do it. Slap a restraining order on me you forlorn block. Beg me to stop, you menacing obstacle.” Ball’s in your court, Will.

PRAISE THE LORD

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	Will Browder <werbrowder@gmail.com>	June 20, 2020, 11:44 PM
	to: Jared Goode <jared.b.goode@gmail.com>

IT HAPPENED.

I can't tell you how relieved I am.

On the logistics side: can we make sure to cancel the London flight et al? Lib and I are off to California instead. I already talked to Ted about staying at the Reilly compound. Bridget said that you two were fine with watching Charlie and Bash while we're gone. Is that still cool?

willbee

willbee best "press tour" of all time.
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libberated all that water and you're still posting thirst traps
bridgetbrowder Looking out for this on next week's @entertainmentweekly . ⚡️
ted.reilly missing it right now.
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'summer of george,' meet THERE WILLBEE FALL. with the delays of 'tenet' and new news about netflix releasing 'chicago 7' and 'i'm thinking of ending things', our long drought is almost over.

august 12: 'tenet' finally comes out in theaters
september 4: 'i'm thinking of ending things' drops on netflix
october (?): 'the trial of the chicago 7' drops on netflix
november 3: will as tom hayden wins u.s. election in a landslide
spring 2021: will awarded every single oscar

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