This sounds awesome. I had a feeling that Nolan would make a space opera sooner or later but I never would have thought it would be this.
I'm definitely excited by this but I'm slightly cautious at the same time as there feels like there are too many ways this potential deal can go sideways.
Splitting a project like this between two studios (especially when WB guard Nolan so jealously) seems like it would be a nightmare of a deal to pull off. Especially as Paramount are known for being more 'frugal' than most when it comes to big projects like this.
If anyone can pull off a 'hard sci-fi space film' like this in the current studio climate it's going to be Nolan.
Huh, never knew Disney produced The Prestige.
It was produced and financed by a now defunct sales outfit called Newmarket if I remember correctly and was distributed by Disney's (now rarely used) label Touchstone in the US and by Warner Bros Internationally.
Kudos. I had a feeling that Nolan would go 'space' sooner or later but I never thought it would have been this even with his brother scripting.