Middle of last month, we reported that Christopher Nolan (Inception) had signed on to direct Interstellar, a space adventure movie that will be released in November of next year. Today we can confirm that Matthew McConaughey has been cast as the leading man for the film.

All we still know about the film is what we previously reported in the press release and that is that Interstellar “will depict a heroic interstellar voyage to the furthest reaches of our scientific understanding.” Though little is known about the specifics of the role that Matthew McConaughey will play, according to Deadline his character’s name is Cooper.

We will keep you posted on the latest for Interstellar.

Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matthew McConaughey is slated to hit theaters and IMAX November 7th 2014.