Himesh Patel to star in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet

Variety is reporting that Himesh Patel (Yesterday, Damned, The Luminaries) has joined Christopher Nolan’s action-thriller Tenet.

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Tenet is described as an action epic evolving from the world of international espionage. Production on the movie is currently underway and is being filmed on location in seven countries.

Patel, who recently starred in Danny Boyle’s hit musical dramedy Yesterday, joins a cast that includes John David Washington (BlackKkKlansman), Robert Pattinson (Good Time), Elizabeth Debicki (Widows), Dimple Kapadia (Fugly), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Clémence Poésy (In Bruges), Michael Caine (The Dark Knight Rises) and Kenneth Branagh (Dunkirk).

Nolan is directing and also wrote the script and has been using a mixture of IMAX and 70mm film, which is something he’s become famous for. He’s also producing along with his partner Emma Thomas. Thomas Hayslip is serving as executive producer.

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The director first made an impact in 2001 with his indie film, Memento, which liberally played time as well as conventional narratives. His next film, Insomnia, was also a modest hit, but it wasn’t until Batman Begins hit theaters in 2005 that Nolan became a box office force in his own right. The Prestige was Nolan’s last movie to gross under $200 million worldwide.

Tenet is set to hit theaters on July 17, 2020.