Zendaya joins Tom Holland and Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next film

They are almost inseparable. After Tom Holland, it’s the turn of American actress Zendaya to join the cast of Christopher Nolan’s next film. A feature film of which we currently do not know either the plot or the subject, but which continues to arouse enthusiasm among the British director’s fervent admirers. Expected for July 2026, the film will therefore bring together the two main actors of the last Spider Man for their first collaboration with the 54-year-old screenwriter.

« I’m incredibly excited »exclaimed Tom Holland on the set of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon a few weeks ago, « and obviously honored, but that’s all I can say because, to be honest, that’s all I know. » The London actor’s enthusiasm is understandable, because with this film, he and Zendaya will join Nolan’s formidable filmography. There are, in fact, films as important as Interstellar (2014), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017), The Dark Night Rises (2012)…

A “Nolan-style” film

Several media outlets played the guessing game. Some of them think that the film would evoke a family story between a father and his son. Others are thinking more of a futuristic story, characteristic of Nolan, or a vampire story in the 1920s. Only one element has leaked: the director should use new technology. Variety reports that it would be a “ Imax equipment developed over the past year ».

Regardless, Zendaya and Tom Holland know big American-style productions. The Oakland native shared the poster for the first two parts of Dune with French actor Timothée Chalamet, and starred in several successful series like Euphoria (since 2019) and Shake It Up (2010-2013). On Tom Holland’s side, he is the interpreter of Spider Man since 2017 and will still be for the fourth part scheduled for July 24, 2026. In 2022, he played Nathan Drake in the cinema in an adaptation of the famous adventure video game Uncharted .

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Matt Damon, Anne Athaway and Lupita Nyong’o starring

The couple of actors will be joined in the cast by American actor Matt Damon, one of Christopher Nolan’s faithful actors. In 2010, he played Dr. Mann in Interstellarthen Leslie Groves in 2023 in Oppenheimer . Another star of American cinema, Anne Athaway, also familiar with the Nolan universe (The Dark Night Rises et Interstellar), was announced to the casting of the film. Finally, we learned this Tuesday, November 12 that Lupita Nyong’o will also have a role. The 41-year-old Mexican-Kenyan actress, who lives in the United States, starred in the first two parts of Black Panther as well as the successful thriller Quietly: Day 1 (2024).

Now all that remains is to know the name of the film, its plot and its characters. Will it have the same success asOppenheimer and its 977 million dollars in revenue? Christopher Nolan’s latest feature film received seven statuettes at the 2023 edition of the Oscars, including those for best film, best director, best actor and best supporting role.