Christopher Nolan has described his upcoming film, Tenet, as his most ambitious film to date. That’s an interesting claim coming from the director who dreamed up Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and The Dark Knight trilogy. Finally, the first trailer is here to shed some light on what he was talking about.
Nolan’s 11th film, due out July 17, is set within the world of international espionage and stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Kenneth Branagh. While details on the film’s story have to this point been hazy and intentionally kept under wraps, the trailer gives us a little more background.
Beginning with David Washington — who Nolan has said is the hero of the story — scaling a wall like Spider-Man, we hear a voiceover remarking, “We all believe we’d run into the burning building but until we feel that heat, we can never know.” The ominous overtones play over quick cuts of what appears to be Washington’s character experiencing some of the pain points of international espionage: Torture, physical duress, and hospitalization.
The trailer reveals that Washington’s character is trying to prevent World War III. Not, as he asks, nuclear holocaust but “something worse.” He’s given a code word — “tenet” — that will “open doors” that evidently will help him along with the mission. As with other Nolan films, an element of time travel will also be needed for Washington to save the world, evidenced by a flipped car appearing to right itself by rewinding.
Tenet was shot in seven different countries and the trailer makes it very apparent that this international espionage film will be truly globe-trotting. With beautiful shots from around the world and massive set pieces, the cinematography appears to pay some homage to a Nolan classic, Inception.
Warner Bros. will also release a longer prologue for the film before Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in certain IMAX theaters, however, there are no plans to release it to the public. A previous, shorter teaser was screened in theaters but leaks to Twitter and YouTube were removed quickly. If you’d like to see the prologue, you’ll probably have to buy a ticket to see Rise of Skywalker in IMAX.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.