what year is interstellar set in

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Interstellar is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan and set in a dystopian future where humanity is facing a catastrophic blight and famine). The film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn in search of a new home for humankind. The movie does not have a title card giving a date, and Nolan has been cagey about specific details. However, according to a series of dialogue bits throughout the movie, the initial time period in human history that "Interstellar" explains in detail is the first half of the 21st century. Kip Thorne, the films scientific advisor, wrote in his book "The Science of Interstellar" that Professor Brand discovered the wormhole in 2019, and almost every other significant event in the film, including the present day which is 48 years later, can be found using that one date. Therefore, the movie takes place around 2067.