Christopher Nolan’s spellbinding thriller The Prestige is returning to theaters. The film from the Academy Award winner will return to the big screen starting January 29, 2027. This comes in celebration of the film’s 20th anniversary. Along with announcing the re-release of the film, The Walt Disney Studios also shared a new poster for the film.
This announcement comes 20 years to the day after The Prestige originally released in U.S. theaters, October 20, 2026. The Prestige would go on to earn two Academy Award nominations. One was for Best Cinematography and the other for Best Art Direction. In the past two decades, it has become one of the most celebrated and rewatched films of its era.
Christopher Nolan said, “I’m very excited to bring ‘The Prestige’ back to the big screen, and particularly thrilled to offer audiences the chance to see it on 70mm film, and on IMAX for the first time.”
The re-release of The Prestige gives audiences the chance to experience it on 70mm and IMAX for the first time. It will also be screened in 35mm and Digital 2D formats.
The Prestige Official Description
Award-winning actors Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson star in “The Prestige,” the twisting, turning story that, like all great magic tricks, stays with you long after the final reveal. Robert Angier (Jackman), a charismatic showman, and Alfred Borden (Bale), a gifted illusionist, are two young, passionate magicians – friends and partners until one fateful night when their biggest trick goes terribly wrong. Now the bitterest of enemies, they will stop at nothing to learn each other’s secrets. As their rivalry escalates into a total obsession full of deceit and sabotage, they risk everything to become the greatest magician of all time. But nothing is as it seems, so watch closely.
“The Prestige” is directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, based on the novel by Christopher Priest. The film, produced by Emma Thomas, Aaron Ryder and Christopher Nolan, returns to theaters via The Walt Disney Studios on January 29, 2027.
What do you think about The Prestige returning to theaters after two decades? Will you be seeing it on the big screen? If so, which format of a big screen would you like to see it in? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!
