Say Goodbye to Christopher Nolan’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece on Streaming
Collider reports that a Christopher Nolan film widely regarded by fans as his most overlooked work is set to leave the Peacock streaming service in the United States, urging viewers to watch it before it departs. The piece frames the film's disappearance against Nolan's current standing, noting that his forthcoming epic The Odyssey has drawn early praise as a possible career highlight, following his Best Picture and Best Director wins for Oppenheimer.
Although the article's headline and URL point to The Prestige — the film Nolan made between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight — the text itself never names the title outright. It describes the film as reuniting Nolan with Christian Bale and Michael Caine while marking his first collaborations with Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall, and as bearing his hallmarks of intricate plotting, existential themes and tortured male protagonists. The writer notes that, despite strong reviews and solid box-office takings, it was not initially obvious the film would come to be regarded as one of the finest of the 2000s, and adds context about Nolan's belated Oscar recognition, with his first directing nomination only arriving for 2017's Dunkirk.
- A beloved, overlooked Nolan film is leaving Peacock soon in the US.
- The URL points to The Prestige, made between his two Batman films.
- Nolan is riding high after Oppenheimer and buzz for The Odyssey.