Here's How You Can Stream Tenet

Christopher Nolan is known for his twisting, turning narratives, and Tenet, which involves "time inversion" and an attempt to stop a world war, faced a real-life journey into theaters that took nearly as many turns as its plot.

Despite numerous COVID related delays that affected every other anticipated 2020 movie, Nolan remained insistent that Tenet premiere theatrically, saying that audiences needed to experience the film — which was partially shot using top of the line IMAX cameras — on the biggest screen possible. In June of 2020, the director told Deadline exactly why Tenet was designed for a theatrical experience. "I think of all the films that I've made, this is perhaps the one that is most designed for the audience experience, the big screen experience," Nolan said at the time. "We've made big films in the past, but this is a film whose global reach and level of action is beyond anything we've ever attempted before."

After the movie was pushed back several times, Nolan finally got his wish, and the film received an international release on August 26, 2020, with a United States release shortly afterwards on September 3, 2020. As for when it will come to one of the major streaming platforms, there's no word on that just yet, but audiences can only assume that the film, which was produced by Warner Bros., will eventually find its way to the studio's service HBO Max.

Audiences will be able to rent or buy Tenet right from home just in time for Christmas on December 15, 2020.