A few weeks ago, after the release of A House of Dynamite on the 2025 movie schedule, a colleague recommended Annie Jacobson’s 2024 non-fiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario and explained how Denis Villeneuve was attached to direct an adaptation. I immediately turned on the audiobook version (narrated by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist) to see what the fuss was about. What followed was an intense, harrowing, and unforgettable experience like no other.
With Vileneuve attached to direct the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation at some point (he has a lot on his plate right now), I’m both excited and absolutely terrified by the prospect of one of the great filmmakers of our time bringing nuclear war to the big screen. Here are a few things I cannot wait to see when Nuclear War comes out.
