#god has its favorites

[florasletter]

Spider-Man actor Tom Holland was just cast in the next film by Oscar-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan and while no one is exactly sure what that movie is about yet, we just heard a super exciting, juicy rumor about it.

Since Universal announced it was reteaming with Nolan, fans everywhere have been speculating about the nature of the film. One rumor is that it’s a horror movie. Another is that it’s a helicopter action movie like 1983’s Blue Thunder. And the Hollywood Reporter story about Holland’s casting writes that “the setting is not present day (although it’s unclear whether it’s set in the past or the future).” Well, we heard two of those could potentially be true. io9 got word from a reliable source that Nolan’s film is a vampire movie set in the 1920s.

We know what you’re thinking: “Isn’t Ryan Coogler already making that movie?” Yes, he is. It’s called Sinners and it’s out in March. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for two visionary filmmakers to tackle the same topic, especially when the releases are so far apart. Don’t forget, not only was Nolan one of many directors to tackle Batman, he did a magic movie—The Prestige—around the same time as a rival studio was doing a magic movie, The Illusionist. He’s not beholden to what other people are doing. Plus, it’s not like period horror movies are all over the nation’s multiplexes these days or ever. There’s plenty of room for two or maybe even more of these.

io9 reached out to Universal for confirmation or denial of the rumor and didn’t hear back as of publication. We’ll update the post if or when we do.

So is Nolan’s latest a period vampire movie? Probably, but we can’t say for sure. What we can say for sure is it’s Nolan’s first movie since winning Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director for Oppenheimer. It stars Matt Damon and, now, Tom Holland—who’ll reportedly shoot the film alongside Spider-Man 4 and Avengers: Doomsday. We also know it’s being released by Universal, in IMAX, on July 17, 2026.

Let’s be honest though. We all want this rumor to be true, right? We want to see Matt Damon and Tom Holland in long, flowing coats ripping out people’s throats in 70mm IMAX with your seat shaking from the huge Hans Zimmer score. That sounds like the perfect night at the movies. Let’s cross our fingers… but don’t show the vampires.

[dreamsy990]

drew some of my fav ody designs! wasnt originally meant to be also replicating the styles but thats sort of just how my brain works. except i didnt copy the lineart styles of anyone here so its DEFINITELY a bit uncanny for a couple of these (LOOKING AT YOU QINNY IM SO SORRY) but whatever

the designs featured here (from left to right) belong to: me, @gigizetz, @neal-illustrator, @irunaki, @bigidiotenergytm, @qinnyanimation, and @foopsie-daisy

[missinglaterals]

The epicness of 'just some guy' fashion

[gyrmirr]

can i tell you that i'm empty?

[poisonedapples]

People online: Hey if you don’t give your body a rest then your body will make you rest

Me: Haha maybe yours will but I’m built different

My body: *Makes me rest*

Me:

Me: Fuck

[asavt]

leshy freaking cat

The fact that we all (or almost all) took one look at the yellow cat and went "yeah sure lets go with that" will never not be hilarious to me.

[zephyrine-gale]

ZEPHYRINE IS A EPIC FAAN

SO what are your favorite songs in the sagas of epic???

luck runs out, puppeteer, wouldn't you like, thunder bringer, the challenge, wyfilwma! ramblings will be in the tags ajkdjg

my favorite character is hermes I love his silly horse laugh if i had to draw him rq he'd probably look like this in my style

[sonknuxadow]

EVERYONE VOTE SONIC FOR ME ON THIS MONTHS SONIC CHANNEL ART POLL PLEASEEEE FOR THE LOVE OF GODDDD

[smile-files]

mommy let you use her ipad, you were barely two

and it did all the things we designed it to do

now look at you, look at you!

(objectober 2024 day 10: internet)

[beatcroc]

what kind of frivolity would you engage in, mecha?

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[crossbackpoke-check]

blessed be (lorscher bienensegen) | telling the bees (wiþ ymbe)

"Bees" [remixed, abridged], Claudia Emerson // "Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now" [remixed. abridged], Matthew Olzmann // "Letter to my Great, Great Grandchild" [remixed, abridged], J.P. Grasser | Len Redkole, Nina Weiss, Brian Babineau, Christian Peterson, Mitchell Leff, Dave Isaac, Megan DeRuchie

[jontaro-kun]

Sir, a second woman has sat down in front of the viewer

POV: Uh, okay so there's two women and they're, like, looking at you, yeah? I'd mention that they're smiling seductively at you but we're already REALLY toeing the line of relatability here. This isn't a meme caption it's a cry for help-

[wardensantoineandevka]

I will admit I'm a little salty that people, in an effort to prove that there is no good dialogue in Veilguard at all, keep comparing mission exposition to the high point narrative set pieces of prior games. I agree that some of the writing related to plot mechanics and mission exposition in Veilguard is a little too utilitarian, but that doesn't mean none of the dialogue is good or that prior games didn't also sometimes have this issue here and there.

I also generally dislike when people put the bar for good writing — and all writing too, not even just dialogue writing, ALL writing — at mic-drop sentences that still sound good completely divorced from context, because that really just reduces "good writing" down to like fake-deep philosophizing or witty quips exclusively. sometimes, a really good bit of dialogue sounds like a completely normal sentence out of context.

[dandp]

When Dan applies the "cringe is dead/our old content has merit and was special even if it's hard to watch now" mentality that they've had in all the react videos to Hello Internet too...then I will know peace

[sunnyknight-original]

Pt 2 of my neglecting digital art for traditional WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME

I rock w it.

[fagulaa]

Something I really love about the Silt Verses is how, in a world of gods and monsters, how grounded Faulkner's trauma [and relationship with his father] is. Especially as the season moves on, and the stakes amp up [and up] its so unexpectedly piercing to be presented with this exploration of childhood abandonment/negligence, inter-generational trauma, the indignities and stress that comes with unexpected elder care/early onset Alzheimer's. You're so locked in to these grander, more abstract concepts that your defenses are down! Mine were, anyway. TSV is so good at cutting its grand, complex plotlines with simpler [but not shallower] gutpunches, and it just grounds the whole thing.