Inception’s First Official Production Still

Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 2:37 pm by George

Although hundreds of unofficial production stills have hit the web since filming began, Warner Bros. has just released the first official still for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. It appears to be one of the scenes set in Tokyo, with DiCaprio’s Cobb dressed very closely to one of the shots in the most recent trailer where he attaches a silencer to a pistol while making his way through a kitchen.

Inceptions First Official Production Still

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Chee

Can’t wait for more to be released.
rbevanx

I have a gut feeling it’s the scene where the room changes as well George.
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Jake088800

Wally Pfister for Best Cinematography!
Chee

I totally agree Jake, its about time he wins an Oscar for his cinematography. Hopefully this will be the one.
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http://themoviemash.com Barrett

It really doesn’t get any more badass than that. Just looking at the pic gives me chills.
http://christophernolansfans.blogspot.com/ sean nolan

Any idea about where is happening that?
Oriental temple filmed in Canada??

What has Leo in his hands?
Eternalist

^ Read the article.

Awesome photo.
Ben

Chris Nolan will never make a movie I don’t want to see.
http://themoviemash.com Barrett

NolanFans, how was this photo released by WB? Their website, or did they send you the pic? Just curious…
Chee

It was released with an article by LATimes.
aaron

on paper, that pic should be kind of ho-hum (dicaprio holding a gun in a room), but there’s a great atmosphere that’s conveyed. i also get this strong sense of atmosphere in the trailer; you could look at the pic and say it’s a still from a science-fiction movie, a fantasy movie, a horror movie, a thriller, etc. and all could be accurate.
Jake088800

@aaron

The thing that makes the photo so amazing is the lighting. The colors work so well together to create, well, what you already said: atmosphere. OMFG I can’t wait.
drbenway

I don’t think the character’s name is Cobb…
DHOPW42

@drbenway

Why are you saying that?
Chee

Yea, I agree drbenway, but until his official name is released that’s our best bet.

aaron: hahah, yea, the background looks like its a melting painting, even though its not. It makes it look like its a nightmare.
Saito

This gives me a chill and a surreal feel and reminds me of a brilliant Indian film No Smoking.
drbenway

@DHOPW42

I think it’s been confirmed the character’s name is Jacob Hastley. “Cobb” is a codename used during the shoot (and erroneously picked up by imdb, as usual), and is taken from one of the main characters in Following.
drbenway

Actually, just doing a little more research here, the Jacob Hastley thing isn’t correct, I don’t think.
DHOPW42

@drbenway

Yeah, the Jacob Hastley thing was the fake name, just like Isabella for Ellen Page’s name. We now know that their real name is Cobb and Ariadne.
Chee

OH MY GOD. JACOB HASTELY IS NOT HIS REAL NAME. IT’S FROM AN APRIL FOOLS PRANK.

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Krystal

Does it look like Leonardo is being deliberately styled to look like Nolan (like in the 1st poster)?
apw

No. Millions of men wear a suit every single day. Millions of men have the same hairstyle as Leo and Nolan.
DHOPW42

@apw

But just the both of them are going to take part in the movie Inception. It can’t be a coincidence;-):-D
apw

It is just a coincidence.
DHOPW42

I know, it was only a joke:-D
Giving the Kick

some of you people or so quick to write off things you can have no idea of truely possibly knowing. Everything is Assumption. So APW, don’t act like you have the answers.
adam

Leo plays a CEO and CEOs wear a suit.

Wouldn’t it be just common sense to consider it a coincidence?

If Nolan wore a bright red bowler hat and Leo was wearing the same then I think it was deliberate.
apw

Comment 28 was me, by the way. I enetered my real name by mistake.
Giving the Kick

Yes you have a point but I’m just saying that we can’t write things off as coincidence or not purely on our own basis because its all assumption. No one knows what’s what except for Nolan himself. So until July 16 comes around (that may not even give us all the answers) or until Nolan confirms anything then we can only leave every piece of speculation open.
Giving the Kick

And why does it have to be something so vibrant and loud for it to be considered deliberate? Just because it’s such a subtlety of having a suit doesn’t mean that it wasn’t an intentional choice.
Morten

To all the people who speculates if Leo is Cobb.

Cobb’s stuntdouble is Marc Fichera, who is also stunt double for Leo in “Shutter Island” and “Body of Lies”.
apw

That still doesn’t mean the character is actually called Cobb.
KeeN

Awesome!