Los Angeles, June 28 -- Christopher Nolan has revealed that he encouraged filmmaker Ryan Coogler to shoot his 2025 film Sinners using IMAX cameras after Coogler sought his opinion before making the decision.

In an interview with The New York Times, Nolan said Coogler had called him while preparing for the film and wanted to know if using IMAX for a vampire movie was the right choice. Nolan said he was fully supportive of the idea.

"Ryan called me before he committed to Imax," Nolan said. "I think Dunkirk was the first time I dragged him to a screening of an original-made film print of Imax. I love to show filmmakers the potential of the format. So he called me when he was prepping, but really I think he was sort of looking for someone t...