Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan is back with another masterpiece and is all set to play with the audiences' minds yet again. Christopher Nolan's multi-starrer upcoming movie Oppenheimer official poster and teaser were released on Thursday. As soon as Oppenheimer teaser was dropped, it started trending worldwide, and fans went gaga after seeing the movie's star cast. Apart from the star cast, Oppenheimer release date was also announced and now fans are all braced up for Christopher Nolan's another masterpiece.
Oppenheimer release date and starcast
As per the official poster, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer will hit theaters worldwide on July 21, 2023. Ace Hollywood actors like Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh will be seen in the lead roles in the movie Oppenheimer. Those still wondering what Christopher Nolan is bringing for them will have to wait no more. Reportedly, in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy will be playing the protagonist i.e. the Peaky Blinders fame star will be playing theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project and the 'father of the atomic bomb.' Oppenheimer will mostly focus on l physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer's (the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory) contribution which led to the creation of the atomic bomb. It is pertinent to mention here that Oppenheimer is slated for 'theater only' release.
Oppenheimer story
As per Variety, Oppenheimer story is based on Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.' Published in 2006, the 721-page book took Bird and Sherwin 25 years to research and write. Both authors are credited as writers of the film, with Nolan himself penning the screenplay. In the powerful poster, Cillian Murphy could be seen as J. Robert Oppenheimer, taking a walk in the cloud of fire and smoke. Furthermore, the movie's poster tagline says, 'the world changes forever'.
About J. Robert Oppenheimer
As per the information available in the public domain, J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who was a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for their role in the Manhattan Project – the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Notably, Oppenheimer was among the scientists who observed the Trinity test in New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated. Later in August 1945, his atomic bomb was used over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.