After officially landing his next film at Universal and casting Matt Damon as lead actor, Christopher Nolan has set his sights on another A-lister to fill out this ensemble, with sources telling Deadline that Tom Holland is in talks to join the cast. to become a co-star.

The film will have an Imax release on July 17, 2026. The date matches a number of Nolan films that have had similar release dates in the past.

Universal had no comment on the Holland talks.

As with any Nolan project, plot details are being kept under wraps, although sources say the film is expected to start shooting in early 2025.

As with all his upcoming films, top talent always jumps at the chance to join a Nolan film, and it sounds like Holland has been high on the list of directors to star for a while now. While this will be the third time Damon and Nolan have worked together, it will be the first time that Holland and the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer director worked together.

Holland is coming off his critically acclaimed performance in the London stage production of Romeo & Juliet, which ran for twelve weeks at the Duke of York’s Theater this summer. He also benefits from the enormous box office success of Spider-Man: No Way Home with a follow-up picture in development and Holland expected to reprise his role as Peter Parker.