BlacKkKlansman's John David Washington will be the lead in Christopher Nolan's upcoming film.

Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker who likes his secrets, so any update on his next film would be huge. But this is genuinely intriguing right here: Variety reports that the Dunkirk director has cast BlackKklansman star John David Washington in his next movie, which is being described only as an "event film." The actor—who happens to be the son of Oscar-winner Denzel Washington—stepped into the spotlight with a role on HBO's Dwayne Johnson vehicle Ballers, but truly broke out thanks to Spike Lee's BlackKklansman. Washington played Ron Stallworth, the real-life African American police officer …

The NBC series New Amsterdam, recently renewed for a second season, is inspired by the oldest public hospital in America and follows the brilliant Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold), who’s made it his mission to solve the underlying problems within the hospital while struggling with his own medical treatment. Being a medical director determined to cut out the bureaucracy that tends to prevent the ability to provide exceptional care for everyone and refusing to take no for an answer allows Goodwin to give hope to the underappreciated staff, and even though it’s never easy, his actions could return …

This week's Oscar nominations were a good day for Spike Lee and his newest film, and he thinks he has a recent protest to thank for it.