After we recently reported that Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” was set to shoot at multiple locations all around the world, news today that the film has, in fact, already commenced shooting in Tokyo as of this week.
This picture of Nolan with the film’s stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Ken Watanbe was taken in the Japanese capital on June 15th with filming reportedly beginning not long after.
Nolan’s “Batman” partner David Goyer confirms the news in a throwaway comment from an interview with IGN. “You know, talk to him after he finishes ‘Inception,’ which he’s shooting right now. That just started shooting,” Goyer replied – probably to the barrage of “The Dark Knight” sequel questions he must have faced whilst doing press for his upcoming television series “FlashForward.” BTW, Goyer doesn’t sound exactly convinced that Nolan will come back, but this is really nothing new and shouldn’t exacerbate recent concerns, rumors and talk. The screenwriter echoed what Nolan and producers have said pretty much after “The Dark Knight” was complete, “[Christopher Nolan] said if we can find the story that he’s happy with, that he would return.” So yeah, nothing has changed.
How much thought have they given to that story? Well, the filmmaker is busy with “Inception,” but Goyer says, “You know, we’ve been talking.” Don’t worry kids, it’s too early days to say yes or no at this point. It’s in holding pattern, keep your pants on.
As frustrating as the lack of details have been for this project, you have to tip your hat to Nolan and his staff at being able to beat the information age. How long that lasts though…[NolanFans/IGN]