Christopher Nolan’s Time-Twisting Sci-Fi Epic Lands on Paramount+ Soon
Christopher Nolan’s 2014 sci-fi epic Interstellar blasts onto Paramount+ this December, giving fans a fresh chance to relive its mind-bending, emotionally charged voyage across the cosmos.
If you have been waiting for an easy way to rewatch Nolan goes-to-space-and-breaks-your-heart, here you go: Interstellar lands on Paramount+ on December 1. Perfect timing for a holiday season spiral into relativity and feelings.
When and where
Interstellar starts streaming on Paramount+ December 1. That is the whole ballgame.
Why this one matters
Christopher Nolan wrote and directed it (and produced it), and it is still one of his biggest swings: cosmic spectacle, brainy physics, and a rough family drama all welded together. Time dilation, black holes, wormholes, the works. It is also one of the decade's most talked-about sci-fi films for a reason.
What it is about (quick refresher)
Earth is circling the drain thanks to ecological collapse, so a small crew heads through a wormhole parked near Saturn to hunt for a new home. Matthew McConaughey plays Joseph Cooper, a former NASA pilot dragged back into the cockpit for the mission, and the story keeps one eye on deep space and the other squarely on the family he leaves behind.
Cast roll call
- Matthew McConaughey as Joseph Cooper
- Anne Hathaway
- Jessica Chastain
- Michael Caine
- Ellen Burstyn
- John Lithgow
- Casey Affleck
- Topher Grace
- Matt Damon
- Timothee Chalamet
How it came together
Nolan co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, developing an idea that had been percolating since 2007. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne signed on as executive producer and scientific consultant, which is why the movie leans hard into relativity without completely floating off into fantasy. It was shot by Hoyte van Hoytema, whose work here earned a ton of praise and basically defined how prestige sci-fi has looked ever since.
Reception and numbers
The film premiered in 2014 and pretty quickly picked up a devoted following. People showed up for the IMAX spectacle and stayed for the grounded, oddly tender survival story. It pulled in over $771 million worldwide, with about $203 million of that from the U.S. (per Box Office Mojo).
Bottom line: if you missed it in theaters or want a fresh cry about gravity and cornfields, December 1 on Paramount+ is your reroute.