Nolan said he started to make Tenet's script 20 years ago. He also said in 2010 that it took him 10 years to make Inception. That means he thought about Inception and Tenet on the same period of time

“WHY TENET IS AN INCEPTION SEQUEL” REASON 1: “It has very inceptiony vibes” This guy just cured cancer

Nolan Fans: "This isn't possible" Flick Fanatics: "No, it's necessary."

We enter the theatre and the first thing we see is, the TOP STILL SPINNING....

So begins the Nolan Cinematic Universe ...the NCU

Even if turns out to be completely wrong, you didn’t disappoint

The film hasn't even come out yet and my head is already spinning.

THEY ARE PUTTING INCEPTION BACK IN THEATERS MID JULY BECAUSE TENET GOT PUSHED BACK?!?!?! “to celebrate its anniversary”

This theory is so good it feels like you’ve ruined the movie

That James and Philipa theory is so good

The Tenet scene where the main character is sitting at the train tracks reminds me of the "you're waiting for a train" lines in Inception. I sooo badly want this to be a sequel.

Maybe that why Hans zimmer isn’t composing the score for tenet, CAUSE HE ALREADY DID!!!

Nolans watching this video just thinking. "My man.... he did it..."

Damn it... Now if this isn't real, I'm going to be a tad disappointed.

TENET... "Ten" forward and back again. Ten years since Inception dropped. The hint could be right in the title of the film.

This didn't age well...

Imagine if the OG inception cast made a cameo, that would be amazing

michael caine is the Stan Lee of the NCU.

"Where is that cash going to" Me: It's going backwards

Hilarious, and extremely convincing. And if anyone could pull this off, it's Nolan. But here's the problem. Even Nolan couldn't pull this off. Inception spent almost 25% of its run time just explaining the rules of its world. And while fan theorists love the idea of a film resolving through set-up from a previous, and only tenuously connected, previous film, Nolan knows better. He would never just resolve a film by saying, "It was all a dream. remember Inception? This is part of that." Because despite its popularity, Nolan would never rely on fans remembering Inception. He didn't even rely on fans knowing the previous films of his Batman trilogy. Each film, for all their flaws, was meticulously constructed to be experienced without knowledge of the previous ones. Which brings us back to Inception. In order to integrate that film into this one, he'd have to re-explain all the rules of dream extraction and inception for those who'd never seen the previous film, while also explaining the new rules of time reversal. That would most likely require 50% of the film being exposition about the rules of its universe. Bottom line, you can't build a film a pay-off to a set-up from a separate film. That's only half a film. It's Deus ex Easter Egg. Nolan wouldn't do it.

Netflix usually adds movies when sequels are coming out soon, they recently added inception..... sooo maybe

It wouldn't surprise me if all of Christopher Nolan's movies are all in the same universe. All of Quentin Tarantino's movies are.

I started laughing when he said Leonardo DifuckingCaprio😭

Conspiracy theory I just came up with: Cobbs wife wasn't crazy... she actually did escape to reality by killing herself... Cobb Is stuck in dream state and most of his team either accepted it as their reality and forgot the truth, or were just projections of Cobbs mind. That is why cobbs daughter was raised by his wife and actually has a French accent. Idk how else she could have a French accent if cobbs wife died when the girl was just 3 or 4 years old

Fun fact: the main character is Denzel Washington’s son!

Imagine if it's actually a trilogy and there's the third film released in July 2030. I doubt Michael Caine would still be around but I'd love it

Inversion should be the name of Tenet movie because: INVERSION, INTERSTELLAR, INCEPTION

That is really strange how they havn't revealed the names of any of the main characters in the movie, including Michael Caine who likely only has a more minor role.

Far fetched but I like it. Shyamalan did this, with Split.

I REALLY hope this is true. Rock solid argument, Panwa.

Even if your conjecture is way off base... Man, this was an entertaining watch! I got excited from just hearing your ideas! Thank you.

If you're right, this will have been the most insightful incredible prediction I've ever seen on KZfaq.

As a Christopher Nolan fan and Inception especially, I hope your theory is correct. I just checked IMDb and there are in fact no character names for the roles the major actors will play, so it’s very intriguing. I think Elizabeth Debicki could turn out to be Cobb’s daughter Phillipa in your theory.

“I’d say [Tenet] is an in-law to Inception,” Washington said. “They’re related by marriage. They get together for Thanksgivings, family barbecues, like that kind of thing. Other than that, one lives in Europe, the other one lives in Compton.” I think you may be on to something here, maybe not a sequel but perhaps set in the same world

Imagine reversing time within a dream... within a dream...

They're re-releasing Inception back in theaters due to Tenet being delayed by two weeks. Could it be because of the 10 year anniversary or other reasons???

It may cost more than Inception simply because of inflation and increased costs of production.

Shyamalan hides a trilogy: 😴 Nolan hides a trilogy: 👀

I like this theory. I've always believed Cobb was still dreaming at the end of Inception, as we don't see Mal's totem, the top, fall. Arthur tell's Ariadne that a totem has to be personal, "that way when you look at your totem, you know beyond a doubt that your not in someone else's dream". I think Cobb is being deceived by Mal's totem the entire time and is stuck in his own dream. Sure, Michael Caine says Christopher Nolan told him he was only in reality scenes, but I think that could be a misdirect in itself. Having these two movies connect together and having that answer would be pretty satisfying.

Regarding the cost, $160M in 2010 is around $195M today. Just 10M short of $205M. Also, I think a lot of people knew Matt Damon was in Interstellar because he was credited on IMDB even before the movie’s release

If I were a Nolan, and you got this right, I’d send you a suitcase filled with 5k cash and a post-it note that says: “Well done, chap.”

To address the budget increase theory: 10 years of inflation. $160M in 2010 would inflate to $188M in 2020...AKA nearly the same budget of Tenet. Also...Inception was filmed only in 35mm and 65mm from what I understand....while Tenet is going farther in terms of using IMAX and 70mm film stock. Tenet also has apparently done a TON of international filming at crazy locations, and that plane crash isn't just any plane crash....I believe it is actually the largest plane on the planet or something crazy like that.

Actually, Tenet takes place completely in the tesseract from Interstellar, with Matthew Mcconaughey controlling time and everyone by tapping some books

Sounds like the Tenet we deserve as well as the Tenet we want.

Pattinson was shown after” the dark knight”

jesus i'm already freaking out......... i really hope this is true

Even if it's just your theory, you didn't disappoint at all.

Their character names are on IMDb now. Robert Pattinson being "Neil" and Elizabeth Debicki "Kat". So...

Ending scene of Tenet: -Washington and Pattison are in a govt facility after they saved the world like: "that was crazy, almost as crazy as that dream sharing program that got axed years ago." -Mysterious figure walks into the room like: "Oh it wasn't axed"....... The figure is revealed to be Leonardo DiCaprio aka Dom Cobb. The audience shits their pants. (excuse the lame dialogue but you get the idea lol. It would be insane)

This might be the only film theory that's convinced me

This has aged like fine wine hasn’t it?

lmao everyone in the comments is acting like they didn't believe in this theory a few weeks ago...

3:35 "where is all that money going to?" Its going to the freakin plane he wants to crash 😂

This video is like Inception an Idea that grows in your mind that defines who you are and now i am thinking more about it if the theory doesn't come true it may destroy me 😂

Lmao this video was so wrong

Very interesting snapping with Matt d being hidden. This gives me hope...

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for the largely positive reaction to the video. A lot of the comments made are addressing similar things so I thought I'd respond to some of them here: Higher budget due to inflation: Ok fair enough, that's a good point no argument there. Nolan bought a real plane to crash into a real hangar: Also fair enough that's a good point no argument there. If it takes place a few decades further than Inception, Michael Caine would be 90-100, he is 87 in real life. Also using time manipulation to extend life isn't exactly out of the question. Phillipa speaks with a French accent and James doesn't. Maybe because she is the older child and was able to spend more time with her mother before she died. She also might live in Paris which is where we first meet Michael Caine in Inception. Robert Pattinson was shown after the Dark Knight not Inception in the trailer. There is a shot of him after both so that furthers my point if anything. A number of people have said the cast and crew have already said it's a sequel or at least in the same universe without providing evidence. I would genuinely love to know where you heard that from and if you're referring to the recent interview with Washington, he says they are "related by marriage" and goes on to use various metaphors about their connection or lack thereof without ever truly confirming Tenet's nature as an out and out sequel. On the other end of the spectrum are those who have cited the recent Total Film interview where Nolan and Emma Thomas say that Tenet has no relation to Inception or something of the sort. Only way I can respond to this was JJ Abrams denied that Benedict Cumberbatch was playing Khan and the Russos denied Endgame was the title for the fourth Avengers film. Just saying. Finally, there is a group of circus clowns saying Nolan has never and will never make sequels. I find it interesting how they just choose to forget about the Dark Knight trilogy so they can support their denial. And when I have had the rare occasion of someone saying that trilogy of films doesn't count as they are not Nolan's original ideas and an auteur direction of his caliber would never do sequels, I can only respond with evidence and logic. Scorsese's the Colour of Money is a sequel to the Hustler. Villenueve's Blade Runner 2049 is a sequel to Blade Runner. Wes Anderson's Hotel Chevelier was a short released as a prequel to the Darjeeling Limited. Edgar Wright has his Cornetto Trilogy, Fincher's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was designed as a first film in an unfortunately cancelled trilogy. Pretty much all of Tarantino's films take place in the same universe. Sequels/ Spiritual sequels from Auteurs have existed for as long film itself. I'm sure Charlie Chaplin, Akira Kurosawa and Sergio Leone would attest to that if they were around. Oh yea and of course SPLIT, that's a film people have been mentioning in the comments. I could also drop the Godfather part 2 bomb but I think they've had enough for one day. None of these people ever made sequels until they did. You could easily say M. Night doesn't make sequels but that statement would be redundant following the release of Split and Glass. Please be so kind as to open your minds a little more. As for the rest of you lovely folks. Thank you once again for the support and I'm glad many of you enjoyed the video. Thank you for speaking with eloquence, reason and using evidence to support your differing views. I hope you are all safe during these harsh times and hope that you enjoy Tenet no matter what it turns out to be!

I’ve had the same theory ever since the title of the movie was announced. Tenet: “a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.”.... sounds very similar to that other one we’ve heard before: an idea. “ there's something you should know about me... about inception. An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.”

What a brilliant video! Great to hear your theories and even if they don't hold up, I enjoyed hearing them all the same :)

You got me so hyped. I cant stop thinking.

Boy you are amazing , I clicked to know now how wrong you are going to be but what you said might be very possible. My mind is blown, now it can't be reblown I hope your theory is wrong.

Your analysis gave me goosebumps. I wish this comes true..

165m in 2010 is 196m in 2020, so it costs almost the same.

Lmao, why are people disagreeing and saying "go watch the movie"? This was posted last MAY and was just a fan theory, smh

While I think your theories are interesting. I’ve watched countless hours of Nolan interviews and I just can’t imagine he’d do something like this. He’s often said that he’s never liked doing sequels for the sake of it. And I can’t imagine what gain either film would get from being related, besides satisfying super geeks like ourselves?? None of these theories are compelling enough to warrant connecting the 2 movies, at least in my opinion. It’s one of those ideas I feel he’d detest to be honest. It’s far more likely that they are related in a very subtle way ie. they could take place in the same world or universe; almost like a character from Inception could bump into a character from Tenet just walking down the street. Clever theories though!

As much as I love inception, I think that this being a sequel to it would ruin the ending, something that I feel Nolan wouldn’t do. That being said however, I think what he would do is make the ending of inception vague- say when someone asks “James” about his father he says “he left for a long time” and then if the person the asks if he ever came back, James just replies with a blank stare, which could be interpreted a myriad of ways. The only problem would be how to preserve the more outlandish inception theories, such as Cobb is dreaming the entire time and Mal is trying to wake him up, though if the fact that this was a sequel was true, I have no doubt Nolan would make enough grey area to preserve that.

It feels like this theory is spot on... The part about the kids/characters names not being on IMDB, was the part that had me convinced, and I just had to go check it for myself :D Great work man! Can't wait to see if you're right.

When you’re a director who makes a movie and then watches a KZfaq video about that movie and you think can I just recut my movie because this idea is great🤔

Why do i have goosebumbs. The ambition and audacity are unparalleled if this turns out to be true.

You had me almost till the end. Then you said "bringing the near-unlimited time FOUND in Limbo" and I'm like, listen son. Limbo doesn't have infinite time. It doesn't take place in the Dark Dimension from Doctor Strange, which exists outside our definition of time; or the fifth dimension from Interstellar, where our definition of time is a physical dimension. Limbo, in all its entirety, takes place in one's mind, where, in comparison to normal reality, the brain activity is accelerated, which causes PERCIEVED time to be longer than actual time passed. You aren't changing time there, you are, just in your personal frames of references, experiencing more time within actual elapsed time. You could call it relative time, but I think "subjective" time better describes the gist of it, simply because you aren't doing anything to affect time for others, you're just perceiving it differently for yourself.

DUDE, I couldnt imagine being more hyped for a movie than I already was, but you just made that happen. It would be sick if Leo just popped up in that movie!

Flick fanatics u really are a genius.

really love the idea of the kids being all grown up and involved in the film, I reckon you're spot on there, especially with james

Its been hours since ive seen your video and I can’t think of anything else. Im gonna be really sad now if this isn’t an inception sequel

This is amazing! Good job 👏🏻

I just started my research into doing my own Tenet prediction video and I got to say your theories are so good and it works so well especially with your evidence and examples. Christopher Nolan is my most favourite director of all time. Inception is my number one favourite film of all time and before watching your video I was kind-of against the idea of Tenet being a sequel to Inception but your video planted the most resilient parasite of an idea into my head. The idea that Tenet's world is the future of Inception. As a result anytime in my Tenet video where I mention any theories that are anywhere near any of yours I will absolutely shout out your channel and this video. Now I will stay away from all other Tenet theory videos because I don't want any more resilient ideas in my head.

Before Watching this Video: I was hyped for a Nolan Level Film. After Watching this Video: I am hyped for an Avengers Level Film. I'm pumped for this to be True 🤞.

The concert hall (Ukrainian Opera House in the movie) is called Linnahall, it is situated in Tallinn, Estonia. It's not functioning for many years now, waiting for very expensive renovation. So it was pretty cheap to rent for Nolan.

I'M Half Way Through The Video and You are giving me Goosebumps for days sir!!! this might actually be it, I believe you cracked it!!! like wow!!!!!!!

Brilliant mate, I could well see this popping off

That is a really interesting theory. Now I’m even more hype to see this movie. The idea of a surprise character like in interstellar has me feeling like I have to see this opening night 😆

Nolan himself said tenet has way more set pieces than inception.

amazing! thanks for making this video.

Very bold and respectable swing and miss

A crazy, crazy fan theory.

You are absolutely right on one thing... This is a ludicrous theory!

Your onto something here, really good theory & a i can't wait to watch it!!! Thanks

Thank you for making this video. We're not alone after all.

I doubt they would do this because then they’d have to answer whether or not Dom is dreaming at the end. Would kinda ruin the theme of Inception. I know he addressed this, but it would make Inception much less impactful.

1 - "Feels like Inception" So? Nolan loves doing high profile Summer blockbuster action. Tenet is a pretty natural step for him 2 - "Release at the start of a new decade" Just a coincidence. No argument here. 3 - "Similar font in Trailer" Means nothing. His team liked using it, it's pretty standard and looks good. No argument here. 4 - "Tenet shouldn't be 45 million dollars more" Why? Is Nolan not allowed to make a more expensive, bigger film? We haven't seen it yet, so it could probably have a shit ton of set pieces and sequences that are bigger than Inception's. They shot the film in a dozen different countries, so there's part of the answer. 5 - "Secretly casting other actors" This I can partially believe. It's your strongest argument. However, maybe Nolan decided to spend less on casting and more on bombastic set pieces and sequences. He bought a god damn 747 for that plane scene for pete's sake. So again, a more expensive film overall. 6 - "Michael Cane in both films" He's been in most Nolan films. He likes working with him. 7 - "Those two could be his kids" Could be. I could see this happening, but again, still only plausible. 8 - "Pattnison is shown after Inception" WRONG he's shown after they show the dark knight trilogy thing. Do your research ;) Overall, making a sequel to one of his other movies to cash in and milk it is NOT how Nolan operates, as he's always had a passion for new original stories. Making a sequel to Inception would be out of left field, and frankly I'd lose a tad bit respect for the man. But good video nonetheless. Who knows what will happen. If this turns out to be true, I'll come back here and eat my words lol.

This theory was more interesting to me personally than the actual movie. You had SO much convincing evidence, man.

Good lord! You've already nailed it

Something to consider is that the two main characters of Tenet work for Cobol Engineering. It's possible they are hunting down Cobb and his team.

New interview 👀 Tenet is “an in-law to Inception“, a star of the forthcoming Christopher Nolan movie has revealed. John David Washington, who portrays the film’s secret agent protagonist, said the film is linked in some way to Nolan’s 2010 time-bending film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. “I’d say [Tenet] is an in-law to Inception,” Washington told Esquire in a new interview. “They’re related by marriage. They get together for Thanksgivings, family barbecues, like that kind of thing. Other than that, one lives in Europe, the other one lives in Compton.”

Just now seeing your video and it gave me chills. I said wow so many times. I feel you are spot on with this. Inception is a GREAT FILM! Good Stuff!!

I've never heard of you. Now I'm subscribed!

Btw I just wanna say something, I didn’t watch interstellar and I watched this video before that! So the Matt Damon cameo was a spoiler but I watched it interstellar this Friday and I just got sucked into the movie that I forgot everything about Matt a Damon’s cameo, and then when he did come it was the most unexpected thing, that’s why I love Christopher Nolan he’s an absolute genius and his movies just suck you into the story and blows you away! I wanna be a director when I’m grown up and Nolan will be a major influence to me as well as to many others!

This is an amazing theory, I love the attention to detail and the overarching additional complexity this would bring to Inception, a movie part of my Top 5 of all time. That being said, I think this is way too ambitious to be real. Disappointingly enough, I believe the links we can see between Inception and Tenet are just some very Nolan-esque characteristics which you can find in every movie of his. Nonetheless, if you're right, you should be winning the lottery right about the next day.

Wow man, very clever thinking! Either way, very good think-through.