Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance are also in talks to co-star in the epic action-thriller
Following in the footsteps of Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, Christopher Nolan is prepping an epic war movie titled “Dunkirk” about the WWII evacuation of Dunkirk, France. Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance are in talks to star in the action-thriller, Warner Bros. announced Monday.

The large-scale film will be shot on a combination of IMAX 65mm and 65mm large-format film photography for maximum image quality and high-impact immersion. Shooting will begin in May using many of the real locations of the true-life events, which form the background for the story.

The ensemble cast will be headed by yet-to-be cast unknowns, though Hardy, Branagh and Rylance will co-star, likely as high-ranking military officers.

Nolan wrote the script and he’ll also produce the film with his longtime producing partner Emma Thomas. He has already visited Dunkirk to scout locations for the re-creation of Operation Dynamo, the British military operation that saved the lives of 330,000 Allied soldiers who were surrounded by German forces.

“We are thrilled to be continuing our collaboration with Christopher Nolan, a singular filmmaker who has created some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films of all time. ‘Dunkirk’ is a gripping and powerful story and we are excited to see Chris, Emma and their cast realize it on the big screen,” said Greg Silverman, president of creative development and worldwide production at Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. will release “Dunkirk” worldwide on July 21, 2017. The film will be released theatrically on IMAX, 70mm, 35mm and all other screens.

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In testy open letter, the star of The Revenant denies that he pulled out of a press junket interview at short notice while doing publicity for the film.

Tom Hardy has written an irate open letter to a film journalist after the latter sent a series of profanity-laced tweets excoriating Hardy for not turning up to a press junket to do interviews.

Journalist Drew McWeeny, from the US-based entertainment website HitFix, said he had been waiting four hours for an interview before Hardy cancelled.

He tweeted: “Spoiled babies like Hardy count on the press needing access to them and staying quiet about how badly they behave. Dick move.” He suggested that Hardy had made publicists cry by not doing press, “makes it impossible for anyone to do their jobs” and said “Tom Hardy could be set to play me in a movie, and I still wouldn’t interview him about it. Besides, his answers would all be, ‘Ghbbbbygy’.”

He concluded: “I get it, dude. Being a movie star is a burden. Thanks for making my job impossible because you’re such a delicate fucking flower.”

Hardy responded by posting an open letter on his website in which denied that he had deliberately cancelled, and had been unaware that journalists were waiting. He added:

One note to make is that per Fox, they said they ‘never actually told (you) that the interview was cancelled, simply that they were running behind schedule.’ They also said that ‘Drew chose not to wait and left. Had he stayed, he would have gotten his interview as planned.’

Hardy went on to take issue with the tone of McWeeny’s tweets, writing: “Resisting the urge to dare you to say what you ‘rant tweeted’ so publicly, to my face next time we meet, which I doubt you have the balls to do; I want to apologise regardless on behalf of those that misled the both of us. That isn’t cool. At all. Neither were your tweets. But that’s by the by.”

Hardy also suggested that he and the journalist had emailed one another about the fiasco, though McWeeny denied this on Twitter.

Hardy concluded his letter: “Best regards and thanks for calling me an asshole a lot, Tommy xxx.”

It is not the first time Hardy has crossed swords with a journalist. While promoting Legend at the Toronto film festival, he had a tense exchange with a writer who tried to ask him about his sexuality. Hardy later said that the question was “inelegant and humiliating”.

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Here is a link to the Legend Press Conference live stream at the Toronto Film Festival.

Images of Tom and Charlotte at the BGC Annual Global Charity Day have been added to the gallery.

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