Inception 2 hopes sparked after mysterious Christopher Nolan tease
Warner Bros. PicturesChristopher Nolan has been at the helm of some of the most iconic movies of the 21st century — and now, fans think there’s a chance he’s making Inception 2.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Elliot Page, the original movie follows a group of thieves who steal information from their target’s minds.
Empire Magazine dropped a fun Easter egg from the movie with a mysterious image of its spinning top, hinting that something big is “coming soon” — and some fans believe it’ll be an announcement for Inception 2.
“Wait I KNOW that’s not what I think it is,” one fan tweeted with a shot of DiCaprio from the movie with another writing, “Imagine if it’s actually Inception 2 lol.”
Unfortunately, it looks like the spinning top isn’t for Inception 2, instead teasing an incoming Nolan-centric magazine cover is coming.
The director’s space epic Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, will be returning to theaters for its 10th anniversary this fall, so this magazine cover will probably cover that re-release and have Nolan revisit some of his biggest pieces of work.
Will there ever be an Inception 2?
Despite some rumors, Christopher Nolan has never confirmed Inception 2 was close to being in production.
Inception was always meant to be a standalone movie, especially after its incredibly famous ambiguous ending.
While the idea of being able to hop in and out of minds is an intriguing plot device many would want to revisit, Nolan seemed to go out of his way to make the last shot of the spinning top the only answer audiences would ever need.
On top of that, Nolan is not a director known for making sequels to his work. While he’s never overtly said a sequel to his movies is out of the question, most of them are made with a closed ending, so a follow-up would be hard to put together.
The only exception to the rule was the Batman series, but Nolan has not returned to the character or his world since 2012 premiere of The Dark Knight Rises.
Also, it seems like the Inception cast is fine with how things ended, as Gordon-Levitt answered a fan’s question about an Inception sequel by tweeting, “Hahaahahahaha oh you were serious?”
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