Christopher Nolan planning next movie with Matt Damon as potential lead

Damon portrayed General Leslie Groves in the director's most recent film 'Oppenheimer'

Matt Damon is in talks to star in the lead role for Christopher Nolan‘s next movie.

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Damon portrayed General Leslie Groves in Nolan’s most recent film, Oppenheimer, alongside Cillian Murphy.

Now, according to Variety, Nolan is returning to Universal for his next movie – and Damon looks set to be the lead star.

The as-yet-untitled film is expected to be released in July 2026. Plot details for the project remain under wraps.

Before Oppenheimer all of Nolan’s films including Inception, The Dark Knight and Dunkirk, were made under Warner Bros.

Oppenheimer was the biggest winner at the Oscars and the BAFTAs this year.

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It also became Nolan’s biggest Box Office hit overseas with the film garnering over $960million (£757million) worldwide.

The film remains Nolan’s third-biggest hit globally, behind The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises – both of which have grossed over a billion each.

In a five-star review of the film, NME shared: “Not just the definitive account of the man behind the atom bomb, Oppenheimer is a monumental achievement in grown-up filmmaking. For years, Nolan has been perfecting the art of the serious blockbuster – crafting smart, finely-tuned multiplex epics that demand attention; that can’t be watched anywhere other than in a cinema, uninterrupted, without distractions. But this, somehow, feels bigger.”

Elsewhere, Gary Oldman recently revealed that he told Nolan that he considered his commitment to Slow Horses as more important than his appearance in Oppenheimer.

The actor portrayed the US President Harry S. Truman in Nolan’s blockbuster.