Christopher Nolan is expected to make his next in horror, and this time, the movie might star vampires. Yes, you read that right! After his Oppenheimer movie, which did whole sweeps at the Academy Awards with seven wins, Nolan is ready to try new creative grounds.
This untitled film really picked up steam when reports confirmed Spider-Man star Tom Holland would headline the project. Joining him will be the ever-so talented Matt Damon, who is quite familiar with Nolan’s work, given his star turns in other films by the director, like Interstellar and Oppenheimer. With that cast, there will inherently be interest in the movie, although details about the film remain scarce, which is nothing out of the ordinary for famously tight-lipped Nolan.
This film is scheduled for release in the box offices on July 26, 2026, via Universal Pictures. Although little has been given about it, already the idea of a vampire movie set in the 1920s gets the fans excited.
The 1920s were an era of change-lived in great jazz music, flapper dresses, and also was the post-First World War aftermath, which could add so much richness to that atmospheric kind of tension that only vampire tales provide.
While this is far from Nolan‘s first foray into a diverse array of genres, horror does represent a pretty big deviation for the filmmaker. He has also spoken of the genre: “Horror is really where filmmakers can push the visceral with strong narratives that go against the grain.”
It seems like he’s going to dive head-first into doing just that, and that fans should likely expect something quite different. The mixture of horror with Nolan’s own brand of storytelling might create a very unique telling of the vampire mythos.
Reports indicate that this might be Nolan’s first horror and telling any specific vampire story. Back in January, Nolan appeared at an event for the BFI, where he mentioned that he would definitely consider making a horror if a good idea came along. He has said he wants to tackle horror as a “visceral genre,” filled with bleakness and abstraction. How that melds with Nolan’s signature style to combine the aspects of eeriness and thrill in a vampire’s tale largely remains to be seen.
For Tom Holland, this new role may prove a pivotal moment in his career. The web-slinging superhero that made him famous, he is now ready to take on and diversify the trending acting portfolio. He is also set to reopen his character with Spider-Man 4 and Avengers: Doomsday, so the balancing between projects should be a challenge. This is mainly for those supporters who will be excited to witness Holland go for a character much darker and complex as opposed to most of his usual roles.
What’s always been particularly fascinating about Nolan is the ways in which he finds his inspiration in very unusual places. There’s a feeling with this vampire film that it could be another uniquely different take on such topics as immortality, isolation, and states of the human condition. The 1920 setting would likely provide a slick backcloth to what could be a tale revealing several dark sides of humanity.
The fans, of course, can only speculate what this film will deliver: will it be a horror sending shivers down our spines or something more adroit at tackling deeper questions wrapped in a vampire narrative? Whichever it might be, the anticipation is already building.
