Oppenheimer will be Christopher Nolan’s first time returning to film after cutting ties with Warner Bros. Here’s what we know about the new film slated for 2023.
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Cillian Murphy is landing his first leading role in a Christopher Nolan film in the months to come. The actor best known for his lead role in Peaky Blinders previously starred in a variety of Nolan’s films but has now returned for a bigger role.
Releasing on July 21st, 2023 the film will follow the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This time, Cillian Murphy is taking on the role of the physicist. Variety Magazine shares that his reputation and accolades have been questioned for many years.
In the recent trailer, Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) is pictured to be rather distressed in countless scenes of the trailer. Next year, the thriller is set to show how Oppenheimer came to be. This includes how credible he is in the creation of the atomic bomb.
Oppenheimer | Official trailer
Viewers of the film can expect an A-list cast. As the new film includes actors such as Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, and Emily Blunt to name a few.
Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, will take inspiration from the autobiographical novel called American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
In the months to come, Oppenheimer is one of the many highly anticipated films for 2023. Part of this list comes with Barbie which will star Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. The Super Mario Movie has also received a high response from fans hoping to see the film in 2023.
The description by Universal Pictures reads, “Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.”
Since the release of the trailer, the clip has amassed over 5 million views in the last ten hours. As shared by Universal Pictures, Emily Blunt will start as Cillian’s wife. While Robert Downey Jr will play Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.