In Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon will collaborate with Christopher Nolan for the first time. The title character is played by Cillian Murphy. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer will feature Robert Downey and Damon.
With the addition of Hollywood heavyweights Robert Downey Jr and Matt Damon to Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming movie Oppenheimer, the cast of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film Oppenheimer has grown significantly. The two stars join previously confirmed cast members Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt in the project, according to The SeetaGeeta.
J Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist and one of the fathers of the atomic bomb, is the subject of a Universal Pictures biopic.
Robert Downey Jr., the star of several Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, and Oscar winner Matt Damon will collaborate with Christopher Nolan for the first time on Oppenheimer. The specifics of their responsibilities have remained a secret.
J Robert Oppenheimer will be played by Cillian Murphy, while his wife Katherine will be played by Emily Blunt. Murphy collaborated with the filmmaker on his previous three films, Batman Begins, Inception, and Dunkirk.
The film Oppenheimer is based on Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer.
The film will be written and directed by Christopher Nolan, with Emma Thomas, his creative collaborator, and wife, producing with Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment.
The studio describes the picture as an “epic thriller that immerses fans in the heart-pounding dilemma of an enigmatic man who must risk destroying the planet to preserve it.”
Tenet, a 2020 espionage thriller starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh, and Elizabeth Debicki, was Nolan’s most recent film.
On July 21, 2023, Oppenheimer will be released in theatres.
