Christopher Nolan’s 2014 sci-fi epic Interstellar will begin streaming on Peacock next month. The Oscar-winning film follows an intergalactic journey across space and time, while keeping its core emotional theme rooted in the relationship between a father and his daughter.
Interstellar is coming to Peacock next month
Peacock subscribers will be able to stream Interstellar on the platform from Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
The film’s story takes place in a near future in which Earth is dying from crop failures and severe dust storms. Meanwhile, a former pilot’s daughter experiences strange gravitational anomalies in her room, which leads the two to a secret NASA base.
There, they learn that the organization is planning a manned mission through a wormhole to find a new habitable planet. Given his past as a former NASA pilot, the father is asked to join the team on the mission. While he travels in search of a new home for humanity, his daughter grows up and works towards solving a gravity equation that could save humanity.
Christopher Nolan helmed the film and co-wrote the script with his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Reportedly, he was not the first choice to direct Interstellar. Producer Lynda Obst originated the film’s premise after meeting theoretical physicist Kip Thorne (via Empire). The two approached Steven Spielberg to direct it, and later brought in Jonathan to write the script, who worked on it for four years.
After Spielberg dropped out of the project, Jonathan suggested his brother’s name. When Christopher Nolan came on board, he retained the story elements set on Earth at the beginning of the film and reworked the latter half.
Interstellar was released worldwide on November 5, 2014, and received a favorable reception. It currently boasts an 87% audience score and a 73% approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It ended its theatrical run, earning $773.9 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo). Furthermore, it received five Oscar nominations, winning one.
