From the multiplexes to the indies, every cinema’s future hinges on Christopher Nolan’s success. If he fails, then James Bond dies next.
Nolan’s latest film was released in Britain yesterday. Given its importance to the structural integrity of cinemas big and small, it may as well have been titled Tenet-pole. As well as much else, it offers something new for audiences inured to characters who can fly or affix themselves to skyscrapers. Now, for the first time ever, the movie itself is the superhero.
“If Tenet doesn’t pull in the business like they think it will, other big movies like Wonder Woman [1984], Black Widow and No Time To Die will all be pushed back to next year,” says Jonathan Lines, the staff coordinator at the not-for-profit Plaza Community Cinema in Liverpool. “If that happens, the industry will really be in a dire state.”
Source:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/tenet-verdict-ground-christopher-nolans-great-gamble-working/