Interstellar Film Production Timeline

This is a timeline listing the real-life production of Interstellar. For the fictional timeline, see Interstellar timeline.


 * January 9, 2013: Christopher Nolan is in talks to direct Interstellar.
 * January 27, 2013: Interstellar Movie Fans Facebook page is started.
 * January 28, 2013: Interstellar Movie Twitter account is created.
 * January 31, 2013: Christopher Nolan's Top 10 of the Criterion Collection.
 * March 8, 2013: Christopher Nolan announces his direction of Interstellar.
 * March 16, 2013: Interstellar will use IMAX technology.
 * April 2, 2013: Christopher Nolan will hybridize the script from his brother's original idea.
 * April 3, 2013: Matthew McConaughey cast as Cooper.
 * April 23, 2013: Hoyte Van Hoytema announced as Director of Photography
 * May 2, 2013: Jessica Chastain will play a role, later revealed as Adult Murph
 * May 8, 2013: It is announced that filming of Flora's Letter will begin in Alberta, Canada by July.
 * June 5, 2013: Filming thought to take place in Montreal, actually near Calgary.
 * June 12, 2013: Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Bill Irwin cast.
 * June 24, 2013: Town of Okotoks meet to approve filming.
 * June 29, 2013: Steven Spielberg announces he is not at all involved with the production of Interstellar.
 * July 9, 2013: Pictures surface of cast in and around Old Towne Plaza in Okotoks, Alberta. Shooting with two characters. Filming in Alberta will last 25 days.
 * July 15, 2013: Mackenzie Foy cast as young Murph and Ellen Burstyn cast as elder Murph.
 * July 25, 2013: Casting call held in Lethbridge, Alberta.
 * July 31, 2013: Plot update: Global warming and space will be present.
 * August 22/23, 2013: Set photos of McConaughey, Lithgow surface. Matt Damon cast in small role, filming in Iceland, late August 2013.
 * September 4, 2013: Announced that filming in Alberta had concluded.
 * September 5, 2013: Filming in Iceland commences.
 * September 6, 2013: Shot of Iceland released by DP van Hoytema.
 * September 10, 2013: Dust Bowl photos published on the internet.
 * September 23, 2013: McConaughey has returned from Iceland.
 * October 14, 2013: Hans Zimmer is working on the score.
 * November 11, 2013: William Devane is cast in Interstellar in an undisclosed role.
 * November 21, 2013: Sets built in Los Angeles, a spaceship. 54 day shoot in L.A. Weston Hotel, L.A. Convention Center will also be utilized.
 * December 11, 2013: Official website for Interstellar launches.
 * December 12, 2013: Interstellar release date is announced as November 7, 2014.
 * December 13, 2013: The first official teaser of Interstellar is released, stating a new adventure will begin "one year from now."