Inception trailer news

Comments: 23
terometer
85%
Strike Back below!
by: Mike Sampson Aug. 10, 2009

While people continue to whip themselves up into a frenzy over BATMAN 3 and what may or may not be happening with that film, they forget that director Christopher Nolan is filming a project right now. INCEPTION might not have any men in bat suits but Nolan has certainly proved himself as a director worth following no matter what project he's working on. What we know about INCEPTION could fit into a thimble at this point: it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (among others) and that it's a "contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind." But we're about to learn a little bit more about the film.

On August 21st the first teaser trailer for INCEPTION will debut in theaters despite only about a month of filming having been completed. The teaser will debut in front of INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, just another reason to see Tarantino's latest. I'm still trying to lock down an exact runtime (is it a :20 logo teaser or something more substantial?) but we know we're getting something. Considering how mysterious the production has been thus far, I'm exciting to see if Nolan and his crew have something equally as perplexing planned for the marketing campaign...

Source: JoBlo.com

Extra Tidbit: Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page and Ken Watanabe also star in the film.

23 discussions Expand all
 
-3
Vote Up Vote Down
cadillac20
12:27AM on 08/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Another Dark-Knight's-first-teaser Teaser
Mmm, I'm skeptical. They've only been shooting a month, and when they did the first teaser for Dark Knight, all we got was an evaporating bat signal-ish thing with some one liners. I get a sense we'll see something similar here. If they were really smart, they'd do a teaser like the Cloverfield thing. That's how a trailer should be done.
Mmm, I'm skeptical. They've only been shooting a month, and when they did the first teaser for Dark Knight, all we got was an evaporating bat signal-ish thing with some one liners. I get a sense we'll see something similar here. If they were really smart, they'd do a teaser like the Cloverfield thing. That's how a trailer should be done.
 
-18
Vote Up Vote Down
ginopags
11:47AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Mark_Rumsfield
I second your hatred for the Bat films and general skepticism regarding Nolan's film.
I second your hatred for the Bat films and general skepticism regarding Nolan's film.
1 Reply
 
Mark_Rumsfield
2:28PM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Thanks. And ignore all the negative votes you're getting. I suspect most of them are from one or two people who keep voting over and over again because I somehow offended them so greatly with my comments. Whatever. I'm growing sick of the strike back section anyway because it's becoming overrun with immature kids like on the IMDB message boards who like to bully people since the anonymity o...
Thanks. And ignore all the negative votes you're getting. I suspect most of them are from one or two people who keep voting over and over again because I somehow offended them so greatly with my comments. Whatever. I'm growing sick of the strike back section anyway because it's becoming overrun with immature kids like on the IMDB message boards who like to bully people since the anonymity of the internet makes them fearless. And while I love the site itself and the articles, some of the schmoes are complete assholes and offend my sense of good taste every time I have to read any of their ignorant comments. So, I guess the solution to this is to just read the articles and ignore the strike back section.
 
+1
Vote Up Vote Down
maliswan
9:50AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
WAIT A FUCKIN' MINUTE!!
I know studios have a pinchon for exaggerations, but a $200 Million budget for this?
I know studios have a pinchon for exaggerations, but a $200 Million budget for this?
 
+6
Vote Up Vote Down
battleflag0013
9:32AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
So is his brother still wanted for murder? What happened to that story? It just evaporated. I thought it was a hoax until I actually read the news story- it was real. WTF?
So is his brother still wanted for murder? What happened to that story? It just evaporated. I thought it was a hoax until I actually read the news story- it was real. WTF?
 
+8
Vote Up Vote Down
baleman
7:21AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Inception Day
August 21st has just become INCEPTION DAY.
Add that with the 'Avatar Day' and Inglourious Basterds, its GOLD

EDIT : Also, just want to add that, i havent read through all of the comments below but i think this guy(i dont kno whats his name) would be here sooner or later cos this news post is related to chris nolan. He would post stuff at every Nolan and also Christian Bale...
August 21st has just become INCEPTION DAY.
Add that with the 'Avatar Day' and Inglourious Basterds, its GOLD

EDIT : Also, just want to add that, i havent read through all of the comments below but i think this guy(i dont kno whats his name) would be here sooner or later cos this news post is related to chris nolan. He would post stuff at every Nolan and also Christian Bale news saying Nolan is my fav director and Bale is my fav actor but i hate their movies and dont like their Batman and blah blah blah.... what the hell!!!! Dude, you gotta chill and stop writing the same thing at every Nolan/Bale news. We get your point and understand, just take a chill, man.


EDIT 2 : I think he was already here. lol
2 Replies
 
baleman
1:31PM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Dude, i just read the 'things clear up' line and cant be bothered to read your whole post (5 paragraphs!!!)
And Mark, now that i have come to know your name, i will keep in mind to completely ignore your posts (5 paragraphs!!!). See ya in another life and ya, as i said before, you need to take a chill (5 paragraphs!!!)
Dude, i just read the 'things clear up' line and cant be bothered to read your whole post (5 paragraphs!!!)
And Mark, now that i have come to know your name, i will keep in mind to completely ignore your posts (5 paragraphs!!!). See ya in another life and ya, as i said before, you need to take a chill (5 paragraphs!!!)
 
Mark_Rumsfield
9:20AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I had to sit through this Dark Knight fanboy hype nonsense practically every time I came to this site back in '08, so give me a break. This hype started way before the movie even came out (everyone had made up their minds it was the best movie ever) and it lasted until months after its release, like when everyone was bitching when it didn't get nominated for best picture. I like this site a l...
I had to sit through this Dark Knight fanboy hype nonsense practically every time I came to this site back in '08, so give me a break. This hype started way before the movie even came out (everyone had made up their minds it was the best movie ever) and it lasted until months after its release, like when everyone was bitching when it didn't get nominated for best picture. I like this site a lot and it really got annoying so I wanted to give you a taste of your own medicine by repeating my opinion over and over and over again just to represent the other viewpoint. And Nolan was my favorite director and Bale was my favorite actor, so the fact that these movies were so bad (in my opinion, not trying to convince anyone) bothered me, I thought they were capable of making much better movies. So, as a fan of them, I definitely had an opinion.

However, the hype died down and when the 3rd Batman movie comes out everyone's probably going to hate it since that's the common thing to do with 3rd movies in franchises. So, I'm not too annoyed anymore with this movie since I don't have to read about it day after day after day. And I'm not blaming the writers of joblo since it WAS a big movie and they were just giving people what they wanted. It's SOME of the fans who made things annoying around here by proclaiming (without subjectivity) that it was the greatest movie ever made and they told off in an obnoxously snobbish way anyone who disagreed.

If that doesn't apply to you, then my posts about Bale and Nolan weren't for you. And also, when you read practically 99% of strike backs praising a movie, and one person has a different opinion, why is it that you feel THAT person needs to chill out? I'm pretty sure more than one of you have gone on and on about The Dark Knight being great in more than one post, which would be posting the same thing over and over again.

But, you'll notice, my entire post wasn't about Nolan and Bale and I didn't say Inception would suck. I explained where I stood and talked about the positive and the negative.

Also, I must admit, I didn't know the inner workings of fandom, and at the time when I posted my "angry" Bale/Nolan posts, it was at the height of the hype for The Dark Knight. At that time, it felt like the hype would NEVER go away, and I was expressing my disaproval in an indirect way at all the jerks who had been posting about it (not calling every fan of this movie a jerk, just the ones that were behaving like idiots, like I said before). Anyway, I didn't realize that there is a HUGE dropoff of fans once a little time passes and now there are A LOT of people saying they hate this movie. Same thing happened with Bale, everyone LOVED him in Batman Begins but when The Dark Knight came out everyone was obsessed with Heath Ledger and now people constantly bitch about Bale. And the same thing might happen with Nolan someday. But, the difference between those people and me is that they simply GOT SICK of the object of their fandom and I just want actors and directors I like to make movies that appeal to me.

I hope that clears some things up.

 
+11
Vote Up Vote Down
baleman
7:12AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Inception Day
August 21st has just become INCEPTION DAY.
Add that with the 'Avatar Day' and Inglourious Basterds, its GOLD
August 21st has just become INCEPTION DAY.
Add that with the 'Avatar Day' and Inglourious Basterds, its GOLD
 
+6
Vote Up Vote Down
WalterKovacs
2:22AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm so fucking psyched for this. This man creates gold. I'm not just speaking as a fanboy, he's a true auteur in every sense of the word, and that's not a word I throw around often because it gets on my nerves. I would murder another human being for the opportunity to work with Nolan. This is already one of the top 5 movies of 2010, guaranteed. God bless this guy and his projects. Awesome.
I'm so fucking psyched for this. This man creates gold. I'm not just speaking as a fanboy, he's a true auteur in every sense of the word, and that's not a word I throw around often because it gets on my nerves. I would murder another human being for the opportunity to work with Nolan. This is already one of the top 5 movies of 2010, guaranteed. God bless this guy and his projects. Awesome.
 
+9
Vote Up Vote Down
Arvindh
2:01AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Nolan could take 5 years to make the next Batman, as long as it's good. Better get a great film in 2014 than a crappy third installment in 2011. Unless the world's gonna' end in 2012...then I wanna' see the third Batman by 2011..and make it good, Nole!

Oh..and cannot wait to see what he's been brewing with Inception. The man's a genius!
Nolan could take 5 years to make the next Batman, as long as it's good. Better get a great film in 2014 than a crappy third installment in 2011. Unless the world's gonna' end in 2012...then I wanna' see the third Batman by 2011..and make it good, Nole!

Oh..and cannot wait to see what he's been brewing with Inception. The man's a genius!
 
+5
Vote Up Vote Down
VincentCostigan
12:54AM on 08/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
So soon? FUCK YA!
I hope this Inception trailer is worth it. If they're so early into shooting, I really wonder what they're gonna show besides "Next Summer" and "From the director of The Dark Knight comes..."
I hope this Inception trailer is worth it. If they're so early into shooting, I really wonder what they're gonna show besides "Next Summer" and "From the director of The Dark Knight comes..."
 
+9
Vote Up Vote Down
Film Fan BeAm2k
10:59PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Okay, Nolan...
You can have this one movie and then GET BACK TO BATMAN FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! Lol.
You can have this one movie and then GET BACK TO BATMAN FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! Lol.
 
+7
Vote Up Vote Down
The_Soloist
10:43PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
mark_rumsfield..WTF?
if you do not like the batman movies then there is no way in hell that nolan is your favoite director. Learn to appreciate good movies dude, seriously. And why is there a picture of a little boy in your inbox?
if you do not like the batman movies then there is no way in hell that nolan is your favoite director. Learn to appreciate good movies dude, seriously. And why is there a picture of a little boy in your inbox?
1 Reply
 
Mark_Rumsfield
10:51PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
You know, you could have replied to my post directly instead of being a prick about it and having a temper tantrum for all to see.

Nolan WAS my favorite director because I really liked Memento, Insomnia, and The Prestige but his Batman movies seriously hurt his track record for me. "Learn to appreciate good movies"?????? Seriously, learn to tolerate someone else's opinion and don...
You know, you could have replied to my post directly instead of being a prick about it and having a temper tantrum for all to see.

Nolan WAS my favorite director because I really liked Memento, Insomnia, and The Prestige but his Batman movies seriously hurt his track record for me. "Learn to appreciate good movies"?????? Seriously, learn to tolerate someone else's opinion and don't always assume that because something's popular that it MUST be good. And learn to accept people disagreeing with your own opinion.

And I might as well tell you to learn to appreciate gorgeous women. Ellen Page is incredibly hot and a phenomenal actress.
 
-12
Vote Up Vote Down
Mark_Rumsfield
10:18PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
As someone who hates the Nolan Batman movies and DiCaprio, I'm very skeptical about Inception.

But, I used to consider Nolan to be my favorite director, I really liked all of his non-Batman films, especially Memento, so I think he still might be able to make a good movie.

And I'm a huge fan of Ellen Page, I consider her to be towards the very top of the list of mos...
As someone who hates the Nolan Batman movies and DiCaprio, I'm very skeptical about Inception.

But, I used to consider Nolan to be my favorite director, I really liked all of his non-Batman films, especially Memento, so I think he still might be able to make a good movie.

And I'm a huge fan of Ellen Page, I consider her to be towards the very top of the list of most talented actresses working today, Hard Candy being her best movie and performance. So, of course, I'll be seeing Inception just for her.

However, I'm MUCH more excited for Whip It.

Some of the other people in the cast of Inception are great though too, so hopefully this movie won't be as bad as I think.

But, I was extremely unimpressed, annoyed actually, with the Batman movies, so I find it difficult to think highly of this director anymore. And DiCaprio has NEVER given a convincing performance in my opinion. He irritates me every time he's on screen, no matter what the movie.
 
+5
Vote Up Vote Down
Beatowner
8:17PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Saw this over at NolanFans.com. Totally excited about it.

Gonna steal any of the thunder from Avatar Day?
Saw this over at NolanFans.com. Totally excited about it.

Gonna steal any of the thunder from Avatar Day?
 
+1
Vote Up Vote Down
Jig Saw 123
6:25PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
August 21st is going to be the best day of the summer. Inglorious Basterds, Avatar Day and now Inception. WB wants to kick off the advertising for this movie as soon as possible apparently. I hope its more than a 20 sec. logo teaser. It'll probably be more on the lines of The Last Airbender teaser which will feature a narration by a character most likely DiCaprio and than hopefully some shots o...
August 21st is going to be the best day of the summer. Inglorious Basterds, Avatar Day and now Inception. WB wants to kick off the advertising for this movie as soon as possible apparently. I hope its more than a 20 sec. logo teaser. It'll probably be more on the lines of The Last Airbender teaser which will feature a narration by a character most likely DiCaprio and than hopefully some shots of the cities in which they've filmed thus far.
 
-1
Vote Up Vote Down
CosmicPuppet
6:19PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I just hope it's not the logo thing again. That was a waste. They should at least show something substantial other than clips of dialogue.
I just hope it's not the logo thing again. That was a waste. They should at least show something substantial other than clips of dialogue.
 
+3
Vote Up Vote Down
Dark Knight
6:17PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
WOW ...
... isn't 21st supposed to be Avatar day? :D
... isn't 21st supposed to be Avatar day? :D
 
+2
Vote Up Vote Down
RunForrest
6:04PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
With each bit of news on this thing, I get more excited. Can't wait!
With each bit of news on this thing, I get more excited. Can't wait!
 
+3
Vote Up Vote Down
LoCkEd_N_LoAdEd
5:51PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
inception &
avatar on the same day? thank you. =)
avatar on the same day? thank you. =)
 
+5
Vote Up Vote Down
The Trainman
5:19PM on 08/10/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
HELL YEAH!
This bit of news just made my day. Thanks Sampson!
This bit of news just made my day. Thanks Sampson!