It is a little rare for a horror film to be treated as an essential cinematographic event in a film “Avengers”. We are talking about “IT” from 2017 and “US” by Jordan Peele, that is to say the biggest of Big that the genre has to offer. Ryan Coogler, the filmmaker behind “Black Panther” and “Creed”, has now managed to position his new vampire film “Sinners” as one of these blockbuster level cinematographic events, and for reason. Indeed, “Sinners” is one of the most acclaimed films of 2025 in total so far.

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Given the impact “Sinners” had, in particular after its beginnings at the successful box officeIt may seem appropriate that the king of modern blockbuster, Christopher Nolan, received a cry “of special thanks” in the credits of the film. But why, exactly, did Coogle the director “Dark Knight” and “Oppenheimer” thanked? This is a good question. In simple terms, Nolan helped coogerate to prepare his film for the biggest scene that cinema has to offer.

During a trailer event of “sinners” earlier this year, Coogler explained that Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas, who also served as a producer of Nolan, offered him advice when it comes to working with premium formats, in particular IMAX (via Comicbook.com). Here is what Coogler had to say about it at the time:

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“I received advice from Christopher Nolan and [Nolan’s wife and producing partner] Emma Thomas, who are masters of form. It was the first time that we have been working with a large -format photograph. We were doing something that has never been done before, combining Ultra Panavision, which is 2.76: 1, very wideWith the full movie IMAX. “”

Nolan has more than an experience with IMAX. Not only is he one of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today, but he is also a great champion of premium formats. He even managed to make a new type of film Imax for “Opppenheimer” made. As such, being picked up with your brain was surely more than a little useful to coogulate in this case.

Coogler turned “Sinners” in partnership with IMAX, which is why Warner Bros. Several versions of premium format different from them in theaters around the world. Imax is the biggest name of premium theatrical experiences but it is not the only one, Dolby cinema is becoming more and more popular in recent years alsoFor example. Anyway, filming on IMAX cameras for premium formats is a different beast, and Nolan has been of great help to coogulate in this regard.

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Admittedly, not all directors have the chance to go to Nolan’s ear. That being the case, Coogler admitted that by thanking him in the credits of his film. It was certainly not something he had to do, but it is a nice touch and a demonstration of respect for the winner of an Oscar.

“The film was shot with two different relationships of appearance, and this is the first time that a film has been released by combining these two, so it was a fairly complicated process to shoot”, as noted in a Kodak Video that had the filmmaker explaining different ratios of appearance to the public. He also pointed out that he and his collaborators Make “sinners” with IMAX in mindAnd the film is certainly worth it for those who are fortunate to see it in this way:

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“This film was produced in partnership with IMAX and it’s a great way to see the film, certainly one of the ways wanted to see the film for us when we installed each plan.”

“Sinners” is now in theaters.