Christopher Nolan's The Prestige Is Returning to Theaters

One of the astir underappreciated Christopher Nolan movies, The Prestige, is returning to theaters.

In an interrogation with Fred Asquith, Nolan noted that this twelvemonth is the 20th day of The Prestige and stated that the movie volition beryllium returning to theaters connected January 21st, 2027. This was a spot of a surprise, but a welcomed 1 fixed it's 1 of the much underseen Nolan films. The movie was released betwixt Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, truthful it was close arsenic Nolan was astir to beryllium catapulted into superstardom, meaning it mightiness not person been connected a batch of casual fans' radars.

The movie follows 2 rival magicians (played by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale) who effort to one-up each different with unsafe tricks, with the eventual extremity of achieving existent teleportation. The movie besides stars the likes of David Bowie, Scarlett Johansson, and Michael Caine. It's a thrilling movie and arguably the champion movie astir magicians ever made, focusing connected themes of obsession and perfection of one's craft. Many person besides pointed retired that the movie besides resembles a metaphor for the enactment of filmmaking itself. If you've ne'er seen it and haven't had it spoiled for you, you'll perfectly privation to cheque retired this re-release successful January.

Nolan's films are nary alien to re-releases. His Batman films are re-released anytime there's a applicable accidental to and Interstellar had a 10-year IMAX re-release successful 2024, which was a large deed with fans. It's unclear if The Prestige volition beryllium getting an IMAX re-release oregon if it volition beryllium reserved for much accepted formats. There is simply a azygous changeable successful The Prestige that was captured connected IMAX 70MM film, arsenic Nolan utilized it to trial if the format was feasible for his adjacent film, The Dark Knight.

However, IMAX has accomodated non-IMAX films for re-releases earlier specified arsenic David Fincher's Seven, Jaws, and astir recently, Speed Racer. Given Nolan is fundamentally IMAX's mascot, it wouldn't beryllium astonishing if they teamed up for an IMAX re-release of The Prestige.

IGN gave The Prestige a 9/10 upon its merchandise backmost successful 2006, noting that the filmmaking itself is reminiscent of pulling disconnected a analyzable magic trick.

"Returning to much intimate filmmaking aft helming Batman Begins, the manager manages to marque this analyzable communicative arsenic easy understandable and effectual arsenic helium made the outwardly straightforward comic publication adaptation dense and sophisticated. But that whitethorn beryllium the filmmaker's top trick: to marque the elemental ones look analyzable and the analyzable ones look simple," IGN wrote. "Because immoderate genuinely large show is astir arsenic overmuch showmanship arsenic it is existent talent, and Nolan possesses some successful spades — which means that arsenic superb arsenic it is, The Prestige is not conscionable a convincing instrumentality perpetrated connected a consenting audience. Rather, it's a motion that more, bigger and amended ones are definite to come."

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.