“All I have for you is a word,” says a voice in the new trailer for the upcoming science-fiction movie “Tenet” that dropped Thursday. “It’ll open the right doors, and open some of the wrong doors, too.” Director Christopher Nolan is hoping “Tenet” will also open some cinema doors.
Nolan, who is famed for major big-screen films such as “The Dark Knight” and “Dunkirk,” has stayed adamant that “Tenet” will have a traditional movie-going experience, and not join the throngs of direct-to-streaming releases that have become common during the coronavirus pandemic.
In March, Nolan went so far as to write an op-ed for the Washington Post called “Movie theaters are a vital part of American social life.