On "the 14th", the Protagonist leads a covert CIA extraction during a staged terrorist siege at an Opera House in Kyiv. He is saved from KORD forces by a masked operative wearing a red trinket. The Protagonis… See more

• John David Washington as the "Protagonist", a CIA operative, later revealed as the founder of Tenet
• Robert Pattinson as Neil, the Protagonist's handler, later revealed as a long-term associate of the Protagonist … See more

Writer and director Christopher Nolan conceived the ideas behind Tenet over the course of twenty years, but began working on the script in 2014. The title, as well as being a palindrome, is an allusion to the Sator Square. … See more