Interstellar will be Christopher Nolan's longest film to date.

The official runtime of the science fiction film has been revealed at 2 hours and 49 minutes, reports The Film Stage.

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The 169-minute release is five minutes longer than The Dark Knight Rises.

Nolan will be filming key sequences with IMAX cameras.

The writer-director has described the movie as "a mirror image" of his 2010 film Inception.

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Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Matt Damon and Michael Caine star in the film, which is based on scientific theories from physicist Kip Thorne and a screenplay written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan.

Interstellar will open in cinemas worldwide on November 7. Watch a trailer for the movie below:

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