The new blockbuster from Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers Entertainment Interstellar, featuring Mathew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, has not been the center of many criticism given movie goers really enjoyed the flick and the secretiveness of Christopher Nolan from reporters.

It was announced Friday however some details about the film managed to leak out to reporters about some scientific discoveries associated with the construction of the central plot of the film. Assisted by theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, Thorne provided some calculation of the films giant black hole scenario, revealing through data a rendering that was made to mimic our current accurate speculations of how a black hole would appear in the universe, and also Interstellar provided a scientific breakthrough regarding new characteristics of the black hole’s accretion disc.

This was impart to Christopher Nolan’s dedication to scientific accuracy and detail and the National Academy of Sciences promotion of cooperation between the entertainment industry and scientists in a valiant offer to find ways to communicate accurate science and technology education to the general public. Under this diagram movies act as a grown up version of sesame street for adults. The film industry can also act as a marker for the touchstones for scientific endeavor.

Films also can be more than tools to teach science to the public, as many films have done the opposite with mis-information of out of context data. Some have gone as far to say the recent Ebola panic has been associated with the release of films like “Outbreak” and the fear it has engendered. This controversy has lead to some scientific and entertainment communities alike requesting mandated warning signs before movies explaining weather or not the information in the movie is scientifically accurate or merely science fiction. As we have seen in the recent movie Interstellar movies can be an active tool for guiding the public in gaining scientific knowledge.