This is obviously a big fat What If, but seeing as how Nolan has now adapted a major WB property, a novel, a book, and is now starting what seems to be a long relationship with Universal, it's not out of the question that they might try to rope him into reviving one of their major IPs. Looking at their list of franchises, there's a lot to be desired, but I think there's potential for some Nolan goodness. What say you guys?
- Jurassic Park (Maaaaybe? An origin? Grounded with very limited CGI?)
- Back to the Future (Time Travel... Hmm.)
- Jaws (A modern oceanic survival thriller)
- Insidious (Starts with "In", haha, and we want a Nolan Horror damn it!)
- Battlestar Galactica (Epic space opera not unlike Star Wars)
- Jason Bourne (Hard reboot; if he can't do 007, action, espionage, why not?)
- Fast & Furious (Nah, no thanks - for the love of god)
Now here's where I think things could get a little more interesting...
Universal Monsters
- Frankenstein (the first completely faithful adaptation?)
- Dracula (the first completely faithful adaptation?)
- The Wolf Man (not likely, Ryan Gosling's film is in pre-production)
- Bride of Frankenstein (Nolan would probably want to tackle Frankenstein first)
- The Invisible Man (Just got one in 2020, although not faithful to the source material)
- The Mummy (Probably not ready to wash the Tom Cruise stink off of this just yet)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (Del Toro essentially tried and ended up doing Shape of Water)
- The Phantom of the Opera (Eh? Maybe?)
- Van Helsing (Eh? Maybe?)
- Jurassic Park (Maaaaybe? An origin? Grounded with very limited CGI?)
- Back to the Future (Time Travel... Hmm.)
- Jaws (A modern oceanic survival thriller)
- Insidious (Starts with "In", haha, and we want a Nolan Horror damn it!)
- Battlestar Galactica (Epic space opera not unlike Star Wars)
- Jason Bourne (Hard reboot; if he can't do 007, action, espionage, why not?)
- Fast & Furious (Nah, no thanks - for the love of god)
Now here's where I think things could get a little more interesting...
Universal Monsters
- Frankenstein (the first completely faithful adaptation?)
- Dracula (the first completely faithful adaptation?)
- The Wolf Man (not likely, Ryan Gosling's film is in pre-production)
- Bride of Frankenstein (Nolan would probably want to tackle Frankenstein first)
- The Invisible Man (Just got one in 2020, although not faithful to the source material)
- The Mummy (Probably not ready to wash the Tom Cruise stink off of this just yet)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (Del Toro essentially tried and ended up doing Shape of Water)
- The Phantom of the Opera (Eh? Maybe?)
- Van Helsing (Eh? Maybe?)