In 2008, Jonathan Nolan wrote this script for Interstellar which, at the time, was a project for Steven Spielberg. When his brother Chris came into the picture, the script for Interstellar changed dramatically. You can read Jonathan’s 2008 Interstellar script here. Ryan Lambie over at Den of Geek gave his take on the drastic differences between this script and the Nolan brother’s final product:
From its genesis, Interstellar was a movie with big ideas. Beginning life in 2006 as a project for Steven Spielberg to direct, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan (brother of Christopher) was hired to pen the script, based on an original concept by producer Lynda Obst and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne. Jonathan worked on the project for several years before Spielberg departed, and when Christopher Nolan took on Interstellar in 2012, he began to greatly rework its events to reflect his own ideas and filmmaking style.
This naturally begs an interesting question: what was Interstellar like when it was still a Steven Spielberg project? A draft of Jonathan Nolan’s script written in 2008 has the answer, and we couldn’t resist delving in to find out what secrets it holds…
Keep reading at Den of Geek for a detailed breakdown of the differences between this script and the final film.
