"Thomas told me Nolan is actually interested in putting together a western, but the stars haven’t aligned for that yet. She mentioned that Nolan is keen to do a horror film, something tangible and perhaps cerebral, more akin to “Jaws” than something supernatural. We chatted briefly about Nolan’s aborted Howard Hughes screenplay but she is hopeful they can revisit the project in the future, despite the success of Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” in 2004, which played a role in derailing Nolan’s effort."
She mentioned that Nolan is keen to do a horror film, something tangible and perhaps cerebral
We know that it's not going to happen, he is already in the middle of his next project apparently, and it's not official that he will do the Bond 26, he clearly said that the franchise can handle it very well without him, so in my opinion it's not now, he'll continue doing his own things (original story I mean).
From "The Los Angeles Times" today :
Nolan and his team worked for four months on "2001," but he says calling it work doesn't feel quite right. "It was fun, I consider it a great privilege.I was in the middle of writing a script but whenever I was looking for a reason to mess around I came here.
